There is established a grant program to provide grants and support services for local institutions in the humanities, including, but not limited to libraries, museums and historical and cultural societies and associations. The program shall be administered by the Connecticut Humanities Council. Grants shall be made yearly and shall be payable on a matching basis. Each grant under this section shall be matched equally by the local institution through in-kind contribution, monetary contribution, or any combination of an in-kind or monetary contribution. In the case of grants in the amount of five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars, at least twenty-five per cent of the matching contribution by the local institution shall be from private sources. In the case of grants in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars or more, fifty per cent of the matching contribution by the local institution shall be from private sources. The council shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of appropriations and local humanities institutions in December of each year concerning the grants, services and programs supported under this section and their purposes.

(P.A. 85-490, S. 1, 3; P.A. 98-252, S. 45, 80.)

History: P.A. 98-252 added provision of support services, changed the match provisions, established different requirements based on the amount of the grant, removed a $25,000 cap on the amount of grants and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1998.