Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 184b - Department of Economic and Community Development: Culture and Tourism
Section 10-408. (Formerly Sec. 10-373q). - Applications for matching commitments.

Annually, on or before December fifteenth, an arts organization may apply to the department for a state matching grant, provided the organization includes in its application a copy of its Internal Revenue Service return of organization exempt from income tax form, or any replacement form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service, showing the total amount of contributions received from donors for the arts organization's two most recently completed fiscal years. On or before the January fifteenth next following, the Connecticut Arts Council shall notify the department of an amount equal to the total matching grants as calculated pursuant to section 10-407 and the department shall certify such amount to the Treasurer. Thereafter, the Treasurer shall make available such amount to the department and the department shall, on or before April fifteenth, pay to each arts organization a grant as calculated pursuant to said section 10-407, provided the department shall not pay any grant equaling less than five hundred dollars.

(P.A. 88-355, S. 3, 8; P.A. 89-237, S. 7, 11; P.A. 93-353, S. 43, 52; P.A. 94-245, S. 18, 46; P.A. 11-48, S. 112; P.A. 13-247, S. 248; P.A. 17-213, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 89-237 in Subsec. (b) substituted October fifteenth for July fifteenth as the date on or before which certain arts organizations file statements of contributions for the prior fiscal year and substituted December fifteenth for October first as the date on or before which the commission certifies the amounts calculated pursuant to Sec. 10-373p to the treasurer; P.A. 93-353 replaced previous procedures for applications with new procedures, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-245 changed application date from October to December fifteenth, substituted “copy of its Internal Revenue Service return of organization exempt from income tax form” for “statement, attested to by a certified public accountant” and substituted total amount of contributions for the two most recently completed fiscal years for such amount for the prior fiscal year and deleted requirement to specify the total amount, if any, of the contributions which were for an endowment for the arts organization, effective June 2, 1994; Sec. 10-373q transferred to Sec. 10-408 in 2005; P.A. 11-48 replaced “commission” with “department”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 added provision requiring Connecticut Arts Council to notify department of amount of matching grants and made a conforming change; P.A. 17-213 added “, provided the department shall not pay any grant equaling less than five hundred dollars”, effective July 1, 2017.

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