{"data":{"id":"us-mt/22-2-310","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"22-2-310","heading":"Prioritization of cultural and aesthetic projects grant awards -- criteria.","body":"After the cultural and aesthetic projects advisory committee provided for in 2-15-1521 has reviewed the applications to ensure compliance and determine whether the application meets the committee's criteria for funding, the committee shall rank the projects by two criteria as follows:\n(1) the status of an applicant's previous grant awards, for which:\n(a) first priority will be given to qualified applicants who have not previously received an award;\n(b) second priority will be given to applicants who have received one grant award in the previous three funding cycles;\n(c) third priority will be given to applicants who have received two grant awards in the previous three funding cycles; and\n(d) fourth priority will be given to applicants who have received three grant awards in the previous three funding cycles; and\n(2) the size of an applicant's annual operating budget, for which:\n(a) first priority will be given to applicants whose total annual operating budget is less than $99,999;\n(b) second priority will be given to applicants whose total annual operating budget ranges between $100,000 and $249,999;\n(c) third priority will be given to applicants whose total annual operating budget ranges between $250,000 and $499,999; and\n(d) fourth priority will be given to applicants whose total annual operating budget is equal to or greater than $500,000.\n(3) Between each funding cycle, the committee, in consultation with the budget director, shall increase the budget limits established in subsection (2) to account for inflation.","path":["TITLE 22. LIBRARIES, ARTS, AND ANTIQUITIES","CHAPTER 2. ARTS","Part 3. Cultural and Aesthetic Projects"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0220/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0100/0220-0020-0030-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:43Z","sha256":"4f06ca35ed2b103f0f121f8f92f3ce789c5983406cc47b228b604cec789767d5","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/22-2-309","next":"us-mt/22-2-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}