Scope and Purpose

The purpose of 962 CMR 2.00 is to provide guidance to local and regional cultural councils about their operations and procedures. 962 CMR 2.00, and supplementary guidelines promulgated independently by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), are designed to be effective for fiscal 2012 and thereafter. Both are promulgated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council incident to its power to issue guidelines, rules, rulings, or regulations for the use of funds allocable to it and for local or regional cultural council operations and procedures.