Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 39-S.F.No. 831 
           An act relating to local government; permitting local 
          government appropriations for the arts; proposing 
          coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [471.941] [APPROPRIATION FOR ARTISTIC 
ACTIVITIES.] 
    For the purposes of this section, "artistic organization" 
means an association, corporation, or other group of persons 
that provides an opportunity for persons to participate in the 
creation, performance, or appreciation of artistic activities 
which include but are not limited to:  music, dance, drama, folk 
art, architecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture, 
photography, graphic and craft arts, costume and fashion design, 
motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound records, 
activities related to the presentation, performance, execution, 
and exhibition of the art forms, and the study of the arts and 
their application to the human environment. 
    A county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town may 
appropriate money to support artistic organizations.  The 
appropriation may be divided among organizations in the 
proportions that the county board, city council, or town board 
determines. 
    Presented to the governor April 14, 1989 
    Signed by the governor April 17, 1989, 5:10 p.m.