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Notice: 6604068

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Division:

Division of Arts and Culture

Chapter:

ARTS GRANT PROGRAM

Overview

RULE:

1T-1.001	Division of Arts and Culture
1T-1.031	Historical Museum Grants Application Requirements (Repealed)
1T-1.032	History Museums Application Review and Grant Administration (Repealed)

PURPOSE:

This amendment transfers the Historical Museums Grants-in-Aid Program from the management of the Division of Historical Resources to the Division of Cultural Affairs; it incorporates minor statutory changes to the program that became effective July 1, 2008 (as authorized by Section 265.708, Florida Statutes); and it incorporates recommendations made by the Historical Museums Task Force. In regard to the Cultural Support Grants Program, this amendment deletes the minimum funding amount of $2,500. This amendment also deletes the Indemnity Grant Program (because it was repealed by the 2005 Legislature); this amendment establishes a funding amount for applicants for the Youth and Children’s Museums Program who request over $50,000; and this amendment makes other changes affecting all grant programs of the Division as more fully described in the Summary below.

SUMMARY:

This amendment incorporates the recommendations of The Historical Museums Taskforce in that it creates a two (2) year funding period, rather than annual one; it provides three (3) levels of funding catagories, rather than two (2) for the General Program Support category; it provides for alternate years in which museums that request certain levels of funding will compete with each other for funding. This amendment also establishes new eligibility criteria for the Historical Museum Grants-in-Aid Program and clarifies the eligibility criteria for multidisciplinary museums. This amendment deletes the Indemnity Grant Program because the program statutes were repealed (see former Sections 265.51 – 265.55, Florida Statutes). This amendment allows grantees who request over $50,000 for the Youth and Children's Museums Grant Program to request up to 10% of their last completed fiscal year's revenue. In regard to all grant programs of the Division, this amendment prohibits funding for general “operating expenses” such as utilities, fixtures, bank fees, property taxes, etc., and requires that grant deadlines be posted on the Division of Cultural Affairs’ website, rather than in the Division's online newsletter.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

255.043(4), 265.284(5)(d), 265.285(1)(c), 265.286(1), (4), (6), 265.2861(2)(b), (f), 265.2865(6), 265.51, 265.605(1), 265.608(1), 265.609(1), (4), 265.701(5), 265.702(8), 265.708(3) FS.

LAW:

215.97, 255.043, 265.284, 265.285, 265.286, 265.2861, 265.2865, 265.601-.603, 265.605-.607, 265.608, 265.609, 265.701, 265.702, 286.011, 286.012, 286.25, 288.0656, 288.06561, 265.708 (formerly 267.0619) FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

1/9/2009 Vol. 35/01

COMMENTS:

From 1/9/2009 To 1/30/2009 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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