Theater and concert hall buildings; application for an allocation for construction measures

Upon application, the Free State grants subsidies for construction measures at municipal theaters and concert halls.

Purpose

Within the framework of municipal financial equalization, the Free State of Bavaria supports its municipalities with construction measures at municipal theaters and concert halls with allocations in accordance with Art. 10 of the Bavarian Financial Equalization Act (BayFAG).

Object

Eligible facilities are

a) Municipal theaters and concert halls if either

• municipally supported professional theaters or orchestras are based there and receive operating cost subsidies from the StMWK or
• there is a year-round professional performance operation with at least 100 theater or concert performances on a regular basis and the municipality does not have a theater or concert hall that is subsidized under Art. 10 BayFAG or is state-owned.

b) Municipal cultural facilities of supra-regional importance at the seat of a district government that are also used as a theater or concert hall, provided that the municipality does not have a theater or concert hall building that is subsidized under Art. 10 BayFAG or is state-owned.

Eligible measures within the scope of Art. 10 BayFAG are

• New buildings, conversions and extensions
• Acquisition including conversion or repair of a building
• General and partial renovations
• Technical installations in the stage and auditorium area

Recipients of grants

Recipients of state grants in accordance with Art. 10 BayFAG are exclusively municipalities, administrative districts, districts, administrative communities, school associations and municipal special-purpose associations, but not independent municipal companies under public law or municipal companies in the legal forms of private law. If a project is carried out by another project sponsor and the municipality participates in this with a grant towards the construction or acquisition costs, the municipality will be granted grants in accordance with Art. 10 BayFAG.

Eligible costs

The basis for state funding is not the total costs, but the eligible expenditure. The eligible expenditure is determined in accordance with No. 5.2 of the Allocation Guidelines (FAZR). Measures necessary for the operation of the game are eligible for funding.

Type and amount

The funding is granted in the form of pro rata financing/capital participation.

The type of funding is project funding.
The funding period covers the entire duration of the project.

The allocations are granted as project funding by way of pro rata financing with a certain percentage of the eligible expenditure.

• The funding rate for municipal theaters and concert halls is regularly 75%.

• Required Documents
  • Zuweisungsantrag
  • Pläne, die Art und Umfang des Bauvorhabens prüfbar nachweisen: Unterlagen für Baumaßnahmen gemäß VV Nr. 4 der Anlage 4 zu Art. 44 BayHO
  • Angaben über finanziellen Verhältnisse: Sind mehrere Kommunen an der Finanzierung oder Nutzung beteiligt: Für jede Kommune eine Übersicht über die jeweiligen finanziellen Verhältnisse sowie eine Übersicht, aus der sich die Verteilung der Belastungen auf die beteiligten Kommunen ergibt.
  • Anträge auf und Zusagen von Zuweisungen Dritter

• The overall financing must be secured. The local authority must be in a position to raise the necessary own funds and also to finance the expected follow-up costs in the future.
• As a rule, the planning documents must be professionally reviewed before the start of a construction project.
• Allocations in accordance with Art. 10 BayFAG may only be granted for measures that have not yet been started.
• Measures can only be funded if their eligible expenditure exceeds the de minimis limit of €100,000.
• Damage caused by natural hazards and measures to implement accessibility are eligible for funding if their allocable expenditure is at least €25,000.
• The subsidized property must generally be used for at least 25 years in accordance with the purpose of the allocation. Deviating from this, the construction of temporary buildings is eligible for funding if their use is secured for at least ten years and the need for this has been established.
• If the period of use is shorter, a pro rata amount must be reimbursed unless the project is used for other eligible municipal purposes or to fulfill other municipal tasks of the allocation recipient and no income is generated from this.
• If, in addition to the funding pursuant to Art. 10 BayFAG, other grants are also awarded for the same eligible expenditure for a project, it must be taken into account when determining the funding rate that the grant recipient retains an own contribution of at least 10% of the eligible expenditure.

Exclusion criteria:

The following are not eligible for funding under Art. 10 BayFAG:

• Measures for ongoing maintenance (maintenance expenditure) and costs of ongoing operation.
• Small construction measures with allocable expenditure of less than € 100,000.
• Construction measures that have already been started or completed.

You can lodge an appeal against the allocation decision within one month. You will be informed of the competent court where you can lodge an appeal in the notification.

Applications for allocations must be submitted to the district government responsible for the municipality. The templates provided by the granting authority must be used for this purpose.

Further procedure:

• Allocation applications must be submitted to the StMFH via the government. After consulting the StMWK and StMB, the latter decides on the basic eligibility of the project.
• The approval procedure and the technical review are the responsibility of the responsible government.
• Allocations are approved by the government for one financial year at a time.
• After completion of the measure, proof of the appropriate use of the allocation must be submitted.

(The construction project may only be started after a corresponding approval notice has been issued or after prior approval for the early start of the project).

There are no fixed deadlines for this funding.