24:50:01:12.  Standards for review of requests for grants -- Funding decisions. The council and any advisory panel appointed shall review service programs and project applications for assistance based upon the merit and artistic quality of the project and where applicable, project description, project expense and income, and matching funds information.

          The applications of individual artists shall be reviewed for the quality of the artistic activity as demonstrated in the examples of the work submitted.

          The council shall make funding decisions based on its determination of the relative merit and artistic quality of the applications as evidenced in the application and the work submitted.

          Source: 12 SDR 56, effective October 8, 1985.

          General Authority:SDCL 1-22-8.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 1-22-5.