Relates to the appropriation to the Commission on the Arts for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Commission on the Arts. It appropriates a total of $2,140,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 10.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers' compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. Also included is one supplemental appropriation which provides funds for pandemic grants.