Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

129D.045 REGIONAL ARTS COUNCILS. A portion of each appropriation to the board shall be used for statewide distribution through the regional arts council system. These organizations shall work together to determine a formula for distributing the funds to the regions. The board ser…

129D.05 PUBLICATIONS; LEGEND. (a) Every publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by the board or prepared for use by any other organization in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "This activity is made possible in part by a gra…

129D.11 PUBLIC TELEVISION GRANTS; PURPOSE. The purpose of sections 129D.11 to 129D.13 is to facilitate the use of public television as a community resource for the public by providing financial assistance to public television stations serving Minnesota citizens, and to provide fo…

129D.12 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, the terms defined in this section have the meanings here given them. § Subd. 2.Public station. "Public station" means a station holding a license or operating under a program test authority from t…

129D.13 GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Distribution. The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The commissio…

129D.14 GENERAL NONCOMMERCIAL RADIO STATION GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The purposes of this section are to facilitate the use of the noncommercial radio station as a community resource by providing financial assistance to noncommercial radio stations serving Minnesota citiz…

129D.15 EQUIPMENT GRANTS. To be eligible for an equipment grant under sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, a public broadcasting station must meet the eligibility criteria set forth in sections 129D.13 and 129D.14. Before receiving an equipment grant, a station must submit to the commiss…

129D.155 REPAYMENT OF FUNDS. State funds distributed to public television or noncommercial radio stations and used to purchase equipment assets must be repaid to the state, without interest, if the assets purchased with these funds are sold within five years or otherwise converte…

129D.16 AUDIT PROCEDURES. The commissioner of administration may establish a procedure to audit expenditure of money appropriated for grants to public television stations and noncommercial radio stations. History: 1Sp1985 c 13 s 272; 1993 c 337 s 9

129D.17 ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The arts and cultural heritage fund is established in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. All money earned by the fund must be credited to the fund. § Subd. 2.Expenditures; accountability. (a)…

129D.18 GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION. § Subdivision 1.Use of grant funds. Money appropriated from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund may be designated to make grants to public stations, as defined in section 129D.12, subdivision 2. Grants received under this section mus…

129D.19 GRANTS TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL RADIO STATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies only to the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations and the noncommercial radio stations that are members of the Association of Minnesota Public Educational…