{"id":4792,"date":"2015-06-22T08:48:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T12:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=4792"},"modified":"2015-06-30T10:14:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T14:14:22","slug":"house-and-senate-budget-watch-part-1-the-conference-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/issues\/house-and-senate-budget-watch-part-1-the-conference-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"House and Senate Budget Watch, Part 1: The Conference Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(SPECIAL REMINDER:\u00a0Written Testimony Regarding the <a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/calls-to-action\/call-to-action-written-testimony-needed-regarding-the-independent-contractor-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Contractor Law<\/a> Needed This Week!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Conference Commitee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The state legislature is currently in the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/conference-committee-begins-budget-talks\/\">Connference Committee<\/a>\u201d stage of its annual budget process. The members of the committee are hammering out the differences between the budget proposals of the House and Senate. Soon, they will have a compromise Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal for the full legislature to vote on.<\/p>\n<p>There are several funding line items and \u00a0two &#8220;outside sections&#8221; within the budget proposals that MALC has been following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Massachusetts Office of Tourism and Travel (MOTT) Funding\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through its marketing work and via its regional offices of travel and tourism, MOTT supports art, culture, and the creative economy. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mafilm.org\/\">MA Film Office<\/a>\u00a0is under MOTT.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives accepted <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2015\/House\/ChamberActions?Keyword=Massachusetts+Office+of+Travel+and+Tourism&amp;perPage=-1&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">House Amendment 352<\/a>\u00a0to line\u00a0item 7008-0900,\u00a0filed by Representative Cory Atkins, that increases a line item of\u00a0MOTT funding from almost $6 million to $20 million. Two MOTT\u00a0amendments to the Senate budget, both filed by Senator Eric Lesser,\u00a0<a>failed<\/a> to pass. <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">Senate Amendment 472<\/a>\u00a0to line item 7008-0900 would have increased a line item of MOTT funding from $7.5 million to $10 million and <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">Senate Amendment 475<\/a>\u00a0to line item 7008-1015\u00a0would have\u00a0added $1.5 million\u00a0to a MOTT funding.<\/p>\n<p>Since increased MOTT funding was included in the House but not the Senate budget, the Conference Committee will need to determine whether any increased funding makes it into the compromise budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Library Funding\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two House budget amendments aimed at increasing library funding were accepted. <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2015\/House\/ChamberActions?Keyword=Massachusetts+Center+For+The+Book&amp;perPage=-1&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">House Amendment 569<\/a>\u00a0to line item 7000-9406, filed by Representative Kate Hogan, allocates $250,000 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massbook.org\/\">Massachusetts Center for the Book<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2015\/House\/ChamberActions?Keyword=661&amp;perPage=-1&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">House Amendment 661<\/a>\u00a0to line item 7000-9401,\u00a0filed by Representative Kevin Kuros, bumps\u00a0State Aid for Regional Public Libraries from $9.7\u00a0million to over $10 million.<\/p>\n<p>Two <a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/ma-senate-budget-library-amendments-results\/\">Senate library amendments<\/a> were accepted and one was rejected. <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">Senate Amendment\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">135<\/a>\u00a0to line item 7000-9401,\u00a0filed by Senator Michael Rush, bumps Library of the Commonwealth funding from almost $9.7 million to almost $9.9 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">Senate Amendment 139<\/a>\u00a0to line item 7000-9501,\u00a0filed by Senator Donald Humason, Jr., bumps Regional Public Libraries funding by $29,000. Both were accepted. <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">Senate Amendment 137<\/a>\u00a0to line item 7000-9506, filed by Senator Jennifer Flanagan\u00a0was rejected. It would have allocated $200,000 for the Massachusetts Center for the Book.<\/p>\n<p>Since both the House and Senate have similar library funding amendments, the Conference Committee will most likely keep some form of them in the budget. It will have to decided whether to allocate money for the Massachusetts Center for the Book, which the House funds but the Senate does not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Funding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both the Senate and the House accepted amendments to boost MCC funding. <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2015\/House\/ChamberActions?Keyword=357&amp;perPage=-1&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">House Amendment 357<\/a>\u00a0to line item 0640-0300,\u00a0filed by Atkins, boosts the MCC budget to $12 million. (Atkins sought even more funding, but was still able to negotiate for more than the House Ways and Means Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/ma-house-votes-to-level-fund-the-mcc\/\">originally\u00a0allocated<\/a>.) \u00a0Senate<a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">Amendment 130<\/a>\u00a0to line item 0640-0300,\u00a0filed by Senator Daniel Wolf, boosts the MCC budget to $14 million. The House also accepted <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2015\/House\/ChamberActions?Keyword=Massachusetts+Cultural+Council&amp;perPage=-1&amp;x=23&amp;y=14\">House Amendment 277<\/a>\u00a0to line item 0640-0000,\u00a0filed by Representative\u00a0Ann-Margaret Ferrante, which allocates $250,000 for MCC&#8217;s\u00a0Integrated Marketing for Cultural Districts efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference Committee will most likely choose to level fund the MCC as the House approved, or get closer to the higher Senate number. It will have to decide whether to fund the Marketing for Cultural Districts efforts in any amount, since the House approved funding while the Senate did not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film Tax Credit &#8220;Outside Section.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Outside sections do not allocate funding, but do impact the policies of the state. The Senate accepted an amendment striking anti-film tax credit language from the budget and creating a special commission to study the program:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/FY2016\/Senate\/ChamberActions\">Senate Amendment 43<\/a>, filed by Senator Jamie Eldridge. The House did not accept any similar amendments, but has not shown an appetite to disband the film tax credit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Percent For Art Program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The approved Senate budget contains <a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/massachusetts-percent-for-art-program-and-the-budget-process\/\">Percent For Art<\/a> language to be added to SECTION 14. Chapter 7C of the General Laws. \u00a0Under this program, <strong>if construction or substantial renovation of state-owned buildings and properties is undertaken, a minimum of 0.5 per cent of the cost of that construction or substantial renovation, not to exceed $250,000, shall be dedicated to the preservation of existing public art and the creation of new public art.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House budget does not contain Percent For Art language. Therefore, the Conference Committee will need to decide whether such language remains in or is cut from the compromise budget to be sent to Governor Charlie Baker.<\/p>\n<p>MALC will keep you informed as the state budget moves toward completion. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming Next Week: House and Senate Budget Watch, Part 2: The Procedural Debate<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(SPECIAL REMINDER:\u00a0Written Testimony Regarding the Independent Contractor Law Needed This Week!) The Conference Commitee The state legislature is currently in the \u201cConnference Committee\u201d stage of its annual budget process. The members of the committee are hammering out the differences between the budget proposals of the House and Senate. 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