Title 17, Title 17

The department is exempt from the provisions of Title 75, chapter 1, parts 1 and 2, when authorizing loans, administering a loan program, or creating a loan program related to microbusiness development pursuant to this part.

A Montana tobacco settlement trust fund, as provided for in Article XII, section 4, of the Montana constitution, is established to provide a permanent source of revenue to fund the costs that the state incurs in: (1) programs for tobacco disease prevention; and (2) providing bene…

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Benefits, services, or coverage of health care needs" means the provision of health care to persons by the state through any program of benefits, services, or coverage, including income tax incentives. (2) "Health care" …

(1) Nine-tenths of the interest and income derived from the trust fund on or after January 1, 2001, must be deposited in an account in the state special revenue fund and is subject to appropriation in accordance with subsection (3). One-tenth of the interest and income derived fr…

(1) The purpose of this section is to dedicate a portion of the tobacco settlement proceeds to fund statewide programs for tobacco disease prevention and other health and support services designed to: (a) discourage children from starting use of tobacco; (b) assist adults in quit…

(1) There is a Montana housing infrastructure revolving loan fund account within the state special revenue fund type established in 17-2-102 to the credit of the board of investments. Money deposited in the account established in this section must be invested by the board of inve…

The purpose of the loans made and the bonds or other securities issued and purchased pursuant to this part are: (1) to increase home ownership and provide more long-term rental opportunity; (2) to increase housing supply and offer diverse housing types to meet the needs of popula…

The total amount of loans made to an entity for an infrastructure project pursuant to 17-6-805(1) may not exceed: (1) $1 million; or (2) 50% of the projected project cost.

(1) For the costs of an infrastructure project to be eligible to be paid by the proceeds of a loan or bonds or other securities of an eligible government unit as defined in 17-5-1604, the infrastructure project must provide for residential development at a minimum gross density o…

(1) The board of investments may make loans from the account established in 17-6-801 to an eligible government unit as defined in 17-5-1604 or an applicant for residential development to cover the costs of demolition or expanding or extending water, wastewater, storm water, stree…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Budget Act".

(Temporary) Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) "Additional services" means different services or more of the same services. (2) "Agency" means all offices, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, universities, colleges, and any othe…

(1) The governor shall be the chief budget officer of the state and shall appoint a budget director who shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor and perform the duties assigned by law or by the governor. (2) The budget director may appoint a chief assistant and may emplo…

(1) (a) To prepare a state budget, the executive branch, the legislature, and the citizens of the state need information that is consistent and accurate. Necessary information includes detailed disbursements by fund type for each agency and program for the appropriate time period…

The following is the schedule for the preparation of a state budget for submission to the legislature convening in any session that will be adopting a state budget: (1) By August 1, forms necessary for preparation of budget estimates must be distributed pursuant to 17-7-111(2). (…

The budget director or the budget director's designated representative shall make further inquiries and investigations that the budget director considers necessary as to any item included in the report and estimates furnished by any department, agency, or institution.

(1) Upon receipt of the completed forms and other available data and information, the budget director shall examine the same for the purpose of determining the necessity of the disbursements and funds requested and shall, on or before the date established in 17-7-112, submit in w…

(1) The governor shall, following the receipt of the preliminary budget from the budget director, have prepared a budget for the ensuing biennium and shall submit the budget to the legislative fiscal analyst in accordance with 17-7-112. (2) Legislative branch budget proposals mus…

(1) The budget submitted must set forth a balanced financial plan for funds subject to appropriation, as provided in 17-8-101, for each accounting entity and for the state government for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium. The budget must consist of: (a) a consolidated budg…

In addition to the budget required in 17-7-123, the governor shall prepare and make available on request a detailed analysis of receipts by accounting entity within each fund type indicating classification and source of funds.

(1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund established by 17-2-102 known as the budget stabilization reserve fund. (2) The purpose of the budget stabilization reserve fund is to mitigate budget reductions when there is a revenue shortfall. (3) Except as provided in…

(1) The presiding officers of the house of representatives and of the senate shall promptly refer the budgets and budget bills to the proper committees. The budget bill for the maintenance of the agencies of state government and the state institutions must be based upon the budge…

The budget director and representatives of agencies expending or applying for state money may and, when requested by either the house of representatives or the senate, shall appear and be heard with respect to any budget bill.

(Temporary) Montana local disaster resiliency fund. (1) There is statutorily appropriated pursuant to 17-7-502 $4 million per year beginning in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, from the general fund to the department of military affairs. (2) Eligible uses of the money are:…

(1) There is a pension portion of the Montana growth and opportunity trust established 17-1-401. (2) The account is funded by a distribution pursuant to 17-6-214, 17-7-130, and transfers made pursuant to 17-1-405. (3) Funds in the account may only be used to transfer into a state…

(1) (a) Expenditures by a state agency must be made in substantial compliance with the budget approved by the legislature. Substantial compliance may be determined by conformity to the conditions contained in the general appropriations act and to legislative intent as established…

(1) Unless prohibited by law or a condition contained in the general appropriations act, the approving authority may approve agency requests to transfer appropriations between programs within each fund type within each fiscal year. The legislature may restrict the use of funds ap…

(1) (a) As the chief budget officer of the state, the governor shall ensure that the expenditure of appropriations does not exceed available revenue. Except as provided in subsection (2), in the event of a projected general fund budget deficit, the governor, taking into account t…

Amounts appropriated for audits conducted under Title 5, chapter 13, may be transferred between fiscal years. Agencies shall reserve enough money in each fund to pay for audit costs and to the maximum extent allowable under federal regulations shall charge audit costs to federal …

(1) The reversion calculation in this section is effective only in those years when the legislature funds resident enrollment growth based on resident enrollment projections and requires a reversion by the Montana university system if the resident enrollment projections are not m…

As used in 17-7-151, the following definitions apply: (1) "Current biennium" means the biennium during which the legislature is meeting in regular session. (2) "Next biennium" means the biennium for which the regular session of the legislature makes appropriations. (3) (a) "State…

(1) The budget comparison contrasts appropriations for general government operations in one biennium to those in a different biennium. (2) In preparing budget comparisons for legislative sessions, the office of budget and program planning and the legislative fiscal division shall…

(1) The expenditure comparison contrasts expenditures of state resources for general government operations over time. (2) In preparing expenditure comparisons, the office of budget and program planning and the legislative fiscal division shall compare actual expenditures of state…

Expenditure comparisons of state resources to local government must include local assistance grants, city or county or city-county appropriations, federal revenue sharing funds, fund transfers to local governments, and other expenditures of state resources made by the state to lo…

(1) Vacancy savings may not be imposed on authorized positions in the Montana highway patrol. (2) For purposes of this section: (a) "authorized positions" means those positions included in the list of current authorized positions that the Montana highway patrol is required to mai…

(1) Vacancy savings may not be imposed on authorized game warden positions in the department. (2) For purposes of this section: (a) "authorized game warden positions" means those game warden positions included in the list of current authorized positions that the department is req…

(1) Vacancy savings may not be imposed on authorized positions in the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101. (2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (a) "Authorized positions" means those positions included in the list of curre…

Appropriations in a general appropriations act for medicaid may be used only to pay for or administer medicaid services.

In this part, the following definitions apply: (1) (a) "Building" includes a: (i) building, facility, or structure constructed or purchased wholly or in part with state money; (ii) building, facility, or structure at a state institution; (iii) building, facility, or structure own…

(1) Before April 1 of the year preceding a legislative session, each state agency and institution shall submit to the architecture and engineering division of the department of administration, on forms furnished by the division, a proposed long-range building program for major re…

During the first week of each regular legislative session, the governor shall submit to the legislature: (1) the requests of all state agencies and institutions compiled in the form of a comprehensive, long-range proposed building program for capital developments, including: (a) …

The executive budget for all state agencies must include detailed recommendations for the state long-range building program for capital developments presented in order of importance by fund type. Each recommendation must be presented by agency or branch by funding source, with a …

(1) As part of the executive budget prepared pursuant to 17-7-123, the governor shall propose annual transfers from the general fund into the account established in 17-7-209. Except as provided in subsection (2), the amount of the proposed annual transfers are considered present …

(1) (a) There is a capital developments long-range building program account in the capital projects fund type to fund capital developments and to retire general obligation bonds paid by the general fund. (b) If there are funds in excess of the amount needed for appropriations fro…

(1) If construction or acquisition of a new facility requires an immediate or future increase in state funding for program expansion or operations and maintenance, the legislature may not authorize the new facility unless it also appropriates funds for the increase in state fundi…

(1) An existing capital project may not be expanded beyond the scope of the project approved by the legislature unless the expansion of the project is authorized by a long-range building program budget amendment approved by the budget director. (2) A proposed long-range building …