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Committee hears HB 3048 on proposed semi‑independent merger of Oregon Arts Commission and Cultural Trust
Summary
HB 3048 would study and authorize steps toward a semi‑independent agency combining the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust; both boards unanimously approved drafting language and testified the change would improve governance and responsiveness.
The House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Trade held a public hearing on House Bill 3048, a study and governance bill that would establish a process to consider a semi‑independent agency combining the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
Brian Rogers, who serves as director for both the Arts Commission and the Cultural Trust within Business Oregon, summarized the agencies’ histories, financing and grant programs and described the joint working group process. Rogers told the committee that the Arts Commission was created in…
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