BILL NUMBER: SB 154 CHAPTERED 10/10/99 CHAPTER 602 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 10, 1999 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 5, 1999 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 6, 1999 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 9, 1999 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 3, 1999 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 3, 1999 AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 17, 1999 INTRODUCED BY Senator Polanco JANUARY 7, 1999 An act to amend Item 8260-103-0001 of Section 2.00 of Chapter 50 of the Statutes of 1999, relating to the California Arts Council, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 154, Polanco. California Arts Council: allocation to Los Angeles River Center. (1) Under the Budget Act of 1999, $26,187,000 is appropriated from the General Fund to the California Arts Council for allocation to specified museums and cultural institutions. The Budget Act of 1999 specifies that one of these allocations, in the amount of $750,000, is to be made to El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. This bill would instead provide that this allocation of $750,000 be made to the Los Angeles River Center, thereby making an appropriation. (2) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Appropriation: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Item 8260-103-0001 of Section 2.00 of Chapter 50 of the Statutes of 1999 is amended to read: 8260-103-0001--For local assistance, California Arts Council ......................................... 26,187,000 Provisions: 1. Of the funds appropriated in this item, the following allocations shall be made to museums and cultural institutions: $464,000 for the Armenian Film Foundation; $250,000 for the Arte Americans; $1,600,000 for the Asian Art Museum; $162,000 for the Bonita Historical Museum; $500,000 for the Brava Theater Youth Outreach; $1,000,000 for the Chinese-American Museum and Italian Hall; $750,000 for the Los Angeles River Center ; $34,000 for the Harry Sweet Film Archives; $40,000 for the historic transportation system in Old Sacramento; $1,000,000 for the Hollywood Entertainment Museum; $1,000,000 for the Japanese American National Museum; $800,000 for the Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture; $5,000,000 for the Los Angeles Civic Center; $250,000 for the Mexican-American Heritage Museum; $1,250,000 for the Mid-Peninsula Jewish Community Center; $250,000 for the Model Railroad Museum at Balboa Park; $540,000 for the Museum of Latin American Art; $1,500,000 for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; $1,000,000 for the Orange County Marine Institute; $145,000 for the Randall Museum; $72,000 for the Redding Old City Hall Arts Center; $200,000 for the San Bernardino County traveling museum exhibit; $500,000 for the San Diego Maritime Museum; $2,000,000 for the San Francisco Jewish Museum; $1,000,000 for the San Francisco Mexican Museum; $45,000 for the San Francisco Philharmonic; $35,000 for the Santa Clarita Historical Steam Engine; $200,000 for the Santa Maria Children's Museum; $2,000,000 for the Simon Weisenthal Center Museum of Tolerance; $2,000,000 for the Skirball Museum; and $400,000 for the Zimmer Museum. 2. The funds appropriated by this item are for one-time grants to museums and cultural institutions to provide educational services to public school students and for one-time grants to museums and cultural institutions for capital outlay. In making this appropriation, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide a simple system for allocating funds to museums and cultural institutions that ensures accountability of public funds. It is not the intent of the Legislature to establish an ongoing system of local assistance for museums and cultural institutions. 3. (a) For purposes of this item, educational services may include teacher training, curriculum development, schoolsite presentations or workshops, distance learning, and reduced price or free admissions. No funds appropriated by this item may be expended for hiring of permanent staff, purchase of vehicles, or the general operating expenses of these museums. Funds appropriated by this item shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, current funding for educational services for public school students from other funding sources. (b) On or before November 1, 1999, each museum and cultural institution shall submit to the California Arts Council a detailed expenditure plan on the proposed uses of the funds appropriated to it by this item for educational services. Notwithstanding Section 2.00 of this act, funds appropriated in this item for educational services may be expended only for educational services provided from July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2002, inclusive. (c) The California Arts Council shall review and approve each expenditure plan to ensure that (1) funds are proposed to be expended for educational purposes consistent with paragraph (a) of this Provision 3 and (2) the expenditure plan proposed a cost-effectiveness use of the funds. The council shall develop a process for reviewing, approving, and paying grantees in a timely fashion. To ensure financial accountability, the council shall develop a reporting process and specify information to be reported by grantees on a regular basis. (d) The California Arts Council shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by October 1, 2000, detailing expenditures made and programmatic outcomes achieved by each grant funded pursuant to this item during the 1999-00 fiscal year, and by October 1 for each subsequent fiscal year during which funds are expended, including, but not limited to, the number of students and teachers served, evidence of student achievement, curriculum materials developed, and evidence of professional growth among teachers trained. 4. (a) For purposes of this item, capital outlay includes expenditures for planning, working drawings, and repair, renovation, and construction of museum and cultural institution facilities. No funds appropriated by this item for purposes of capital outlay may be used for hiring of permanent staff, operating expenses, or non-capital-outlay-related expenditures. (b) On or before November 1, 1999, each museum and cultural institution shall submit to the California Arts Council a detailed expenditure plan on the proposed uses of the funds appropriated to it by this item for capital outlay. Notwithstanding Section 2.00 of this act, funds appropriated in this item for capital outlay may be expended only for capital outlay purposes from July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2002, inclusive. (c) The California Arts Council shall review and approve each expenditure plan to ensure that (1) funds are expended for the capital outlay purposes consistent with paragraph (a) of this Provision 4 and (2) the expenditure plan proposes a cost-effective use of the funds. The council shall develop a process for reviewing, approving, and paying grantees in a timely fashion. To ensure financial accountability, the council shall develop a reporting process and specify information for grantees to report on a regular basis. (d) The California Arts Council shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by October 1, 2000, detailing expenditures made and the outcome in terms of facilities repaired, renovated, or constructed for the 1999-00 fiscal year, and by October 1 for each subsequent fiscal year during which funds appropriated by this item are expended. 5. Of the funds appropriated by this item, $200,000 shall be used by the California Arts Council to defray it for support and related expenses for performing its responsibilities under this item. The council may enter into an interagency agreement to obtain personnel services relating to the review and approval of capital outlay expenditure plans. 6. The funds appropriated for the Armenian Film Foundation shall be expended for a grant for the production of an educational film on the Armenian genocide. SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order that funding provided in the Budget Act of 1999 may be properly directed to the Los Angeles River Center in a timely fashion, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.