19-A:9 Granite Patron of the Arts Fund. –
I. There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the granite patron of the arts fund, which shall be kept separate and distinct from all other funds and shall be continually appropriated to the division of the arts and the New Hampshire council on the arts. Such fund shall be the depository of all gifts, grants, federal funds, or donations made to the division of the arts or the New Hampshire council on the arts pursuant to RSA 19-A and RSA 12-A:2-K, IV. Implementation expenses, the expenses of the division and council, any employees of the division or council, and operations and initiatives of the division and council shall be paid from such fund. Any moneys in such fund shall not lapse into the general fund of the state.
II. The division and the council are authorized to institute programs to solicit and receive any gifts, grants, donations, or to receive federal matching funds made for the encouragement of the arts and to deposit such gifts, grants, or donations in the New Hampshire council on the arts fund under this section. The division and the council shall acknowledge receipt of any gifts, grants, or donations within 15 days of receipt on a form provided by the commissioner of the department of revenue administration. Donations greater than or equal to $50,000 shall require the approval of the governor and executive council. Expenditures greater than or equal to $50,000, and expenditures on employees of the division, shall require the approval of the governor and executive council, and with a report to the fiscal committee of the general court.
III. Quarterly expenditure reports shall be filed with the governor, executive council, and the fiscal committee of the general court.
Source. 1979, 437:2. 1981, 554:1. 1985, 399:3, I. 1998, 336:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2025, 141:186, eff. July 1, 2025. 2026, 144:1, eff. Aug. 11, 2026.