Article 1 Section 1: Commission on the Arts (General Government)

House Proposal:

Article 1: General Government (Commission on the Arts, Office of the Attorney General, Bond Review Board, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commission on State Emergency Communications, Employees Retirement System, Texas Ethics Commission, Facilities Commission, Public Finance Authority, Fire Fighter’s Pension Commissioner, Office of the Governor, Historical Commissioner, Department of Information Resources, Library & Archives Commission, Pension Review Board, Preservation Board, State Office of Risk Management, Workers’ Compensation Payments, Secretary of State, Office of State-Federal Relations, Veterans Commission, Retirement and Group Insurance, Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay, Bond Debt Service Payments, Lease Payments)

All totals are for the fiscal bienniums ending August 31 of the latter year.

Section 1: Commission on the Arts

Provides grants to aid the arts, culture, and cultural tourism for organization, education, promotion, and participation.

TOTAL 2008-09: $10,621,962

TOTAL 2010-11: $09,414,288

Average Percent Change, 2020-11: -5.856% per year

Changes in funding:

−$1,207,674 in total appropriations

• −$0,757,000 in appropriated receipts
• −$0,493,000 in General Revenue Funds and Dedicated Funds
• +$0,042,000 in federal funds

Changes mainly affect:

−$919,092 in arts and culture grants and direct administration
−$480,076 in cultural tourism promotion, participation, and direct administration
+$191,494 in indirect administration of the Commission of the Arts

• −$618,000 in arts and culture organization grants
• −$327,000 in arts and culture education grants
• +$044,000 in arts and culture direct administration
• +$108,000 in cultural tourism events
• −$312,000 in cultural tourism marketing and fund-raising
• −$276,000 in cultural tourism direct administration
• +$191,000 in indirect administration

Guaranteed Allocations of Fund Dollars Yearly Average (change from last biennium yearly average):

• Minority Grants: 20% (same)
• Rural Counties: 20% (−15%)
• Arts Education: 18% (+2%)
• Cultural Tourism: 80 activities, conferences, and seminars (same)