ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
REVISED
appropriation; Sharlot Hall
museum
Appropriates
$100,000 in FY 2001-2002 from the state general fund to the Prescott Historical
Society (PHS) for the Sharlot Hall Museum.
Background
The
PHS was established as a state agency in 1965 to operate the Sharlot Hall
Museum and is governed by a 15 member board.
The Board’s responsibilities include preserving, maintaining and
perpetuating the Territorial Governor’s Mansion, five other historic buildings
and the historical collections.
The
Sharlot Hall Museum is the largest museum in the central territory of Arizona
and provides education in human and natural history. Founded by historian and
poet Sharlot M. Hall in 1928, the museum offers festivals, living history
events, outdoor theater performances, changing exhibits, publications and
research services. The four acre museum
complex currently consists of eleven buildings, ten of which contain exhibits,
and four gardens.
PHS received $727,400 from the state
general fund in FY 1999-2000 and $753,800 in FY 2000-2001 to support its
operating costs. Private fund sources
arising from the operations of its partner nonprofit organization, the Sharlot
Hall Historical Society, total $540,000 and $555,000 for those fiscal years.
The
PHS has recently expended $99,000 of nonstate funds to develop a detailed
master plan for facility expansion.
This plan includes the expansion of archives, collections, public
exhibits, education facilities, museum and visitor services, administration and
graphics departments, service department, landscaping and storage facilities.
This
legislation appropriates $100,000 in FY 2001-2002 from the state general fund
to PHS for expansion of the museum
facilities.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $100,000 in FY 2001-2001 from the state general fund to be used by PHS for the Sharlot Hall museum.
2.
Provides
for a general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Appropriations Committee
1.
Reduces
the appropriation from $4,000,000 to $100,000.
2.
Lapses
the appropriation.
Senate Action
GOV 2/5/01 DP 5-0-1-0
APPROP 3/6/01 DPA 11-0-1-0
Prepared by Senate Staff
March 8, 2001