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Committee debates arts-admissions tax and funds Sadako statue replacement, theater upgrades
Summary
The package modifies arts funding levels: $300,000 for theater upgrades, $500,000 to replace and maintain the Sadako statue, and a proposal to treat $1.5 million of arts-admissions-tax revenue as onetime for the biennium while leaving $500,000 ongoing to support the Festol program.
Central staff presented several arts items in the balancing package, including reduced and reallocated funding levels and a proposal to change the treatment of arts admission-tax revenue. Director Noble said the chair’s packet reduces one prior request and reallocates amounts to ensure maintenance funding is included for the Sadako statue replacement.
Specific arts items described by staff included $300,000 of…
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