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Committee approves amendments to create performing arts special fund funded by 1% concert fee
Summary
HB925 HD1 was advanced with amendments to create a performing arts special fund financed by a 1% fee on concert ticket revenues at state venues, to be defined and placed in the state treasury; committee will insert a preamble and add a definition for "concerts."
The House Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs voted on Feb. 12 to pass HB925 HD1 with amendments that establish a performing arts special fund funded by a 1 percent fee on revenues from concerts held at state‑owned venues.
Karen Ewald, executive director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, testified in support. Deputy Attorney General Ian Robertson recommended clarifying the statutory definition of “concerts” to ensure consistent application of the fee.
Ewald said the measure is intended to expand funding sources for arts and cultural programming statewide; she told the committee she would supply examples of other states’ approaches and noted options such as dedicated fees on large concerts, capital improvement bond funding for arts facilities, cultural trusts and lodging taxes as alternative or supplementary mechanisms.
The committee adopted amendments that add a preamble explaining the bill’s purpose, create a performing arts special fund within the state treasury (removing the prior reference to the Works of Art Special Fund), insert a statutory definition of “concerts” to clarify scope, and add a defective date placeholder of 07/01/3000.
The committee chair called for the vote and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted; the record notes an excused member for the vote. The committee did not specify dollar amounts or an implementing department in the hearing record; those details will be handled in statutory drafting and committee report language.
