2002 House Bill 5647 ↩

House Roll Call 1021: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the FY 2002-2003 Department of Arts, History, and Libraries budget, with $59.5 million in gross spending (funded from all sources, including special state "restricted" fund and federal pass-through dollars), compared to $74.5 million, which was the FY 2001-2002 amount enacted in 2001, excluding any supplemental appropriations. Of this, $48.9 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the current year’s $64.6 million. Note: The FY 2001-2002 figures do not include supplemental appropriations, interdepartmental program shifts, funding source shifts, or cuts made by executive order later in the fiscal year, if any. The conference report includes a number of specific line item “cuts,” including $11.9 million from arts and culture grants. However, these would restored if a tobacco tax is approved. It also provides for a one-percent department-wide operational expenses cut, with the specifics to be determined by the department.