Purpose and Findings. | |
Duties of Tax Collector. | |
Duties of Mayor. | |
Expenditures from Fund. | |
Severability. |
The Board of Supervisors hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest to facilitate private contributions for the support of the arts in San Francisco. To the extent that members of the public can be encouraged to make donations to nonprofit arts organizations, the cultural quality of life in the City will be enhanced and the need to support such arts activities with public funds will be diminished. This Chapter is therefore enacted to facilitate the collection and distribution of donations from San Francisco residents and other interested members of the public for equipment acquisition, facilities maintenance and capital improvements.
(Added by Ord. 79-84, App. 2/23/84)
(a) The Tax Collector shall develop procedures to solicit contributions from all taxpayers for nonprofit arts organizations in San Francisco. Said procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the inclusion of an explanatory brochure or other material to be mailed in conjunction with all property tax bills, stating that contributions for nonprofit arts organizations may be mailed to the Tax Collector in addition to payments for property taxes.
(b) The Tax Collector shall record the receipt of all contributions received and shall deposit the same into the Voluntary Arts Contributions Fund.
(Added by Ord. 79-84, App. 2/23/84)
(a) The Mayor, or his or her designee, shall be responsible for the administration of the Voluntary Arts Contributions Fund, and shall have all such authority as may be reasonably necessary to carry out those responsibilities.
(b) The Mayor shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he or she may deem appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. Such rules and regulations shall be developed in consultation with any appropriate agencies or organizations with which the Mayor, or his or her designee, may choose to consult. Such rules and regulations shall be designed to ensure that nonprofit arts organizations which meet current eligibility requirements for the receipt of funds from the Publicity and Advertising Fund shall also be eligible for the receipt of funds under this Chapter.
(c) The Mayor shall submit a semiannual report to the Board of Supervisors, setting forth an accounting of the amounts disbursed to each nonprofit arts organization and the uses for which said funds were made.
(Added by Ord. 79-84, App. 2/23/84; amended by Ord. 287-96, App. 7/12/96)
It is the intent of the Board of Supervisors that monies deposited into the Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund shall be made available for equipment acquisition, facilities maintenance and capital improvements for the benefit of nonprofit arts organizations.
In evaluating applications for funds under this Chapter, the Mayor shall give preference, where possible, to nonprofit arts organizations with annual budgets of less than $1,000,000.
It is also the intent of the Board of Supervisors that the maximum degree of cultural and ethnic diversity be achieved among recipients of funds under this Chapter, to insure that minority, disabled, lesbian/gay and other nonprofit arts organizations may share in the benefits of this Fund. In administering the Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund, the Mayor shall give priority to this intent and shall insure that sufficient funds are available to achieve this purpose.
(Added by Ord. 79-84, App. 2/23/84; amended by Ord. 287-96, App. 7/12/96)
If any provisions of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the ordinance and the applicability of such provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(Added by Ord. 79-84, App. 2/23/84)