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1 HOUSE BILL NO. 10
2 INTRODUCED BY J. FITZPATRICK
3 BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
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5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
6 CAPITAL PROJECTS; APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL
7 PROJECTS FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; PROVIDING FOR MATTERS RELATING TO THE
8 APPROPRIATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE
9 LONG-RANGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR THE
10 ACQUISITION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND CONFIGURATION OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
11 SYSTEMS; PROMOTING STATEWIDE NETWORKS EFFICIENCIES; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND
12 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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16 NEW SECTION. Section 1. For the purposes of [this act], the following definitions apply:
17 (1) "Chief information officer" has the meaning provided in 2-17-506.
18 (2) "Information technology resource" has the meaning provided in 2-17-506.
19 (3) "Information technology capital project" means a group of interrelated information technology
20 activities that are planned and executed in a structured sequence to create a unique product or service.
21 (4) "LRITP" means the long-range information technology program account in the capital projects
22 fund type.
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24 NEW SECTION. Section 2. (1) (a) All business application
25 systems funded under this section must have a plan approved by the chief information officer for the system
26 design, implementation, and security of the data associated with the system.
27 (b) The security aspects of the plan must address but are not limited to the following:
28 (i) the authentication and granting of system privileges; - 2025
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1 (ii) safeguards against unauthorized access to or disclosure of sensitive information; and
2 (iii) consistent with state records retention policies, plans for the removal of sensitive data from the
3 system when it is no longer needed.
4 (c) It is the intent of this subsection (1) that specific consideration be given to the potential sharing
5 of data with other state agencies in the design, definition, creation, storage, and security of the data.
6 (2) Funds may not be released for a project until the chief information officer and the budget
7 director approve the plans described in subsection (1) and review and approve results from requests for
8 proposals or similar procurement procedures and contract documents.
9 (3) The following money is appropriated to the department of administration to be used only for
10 listed information technology capital projects:
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12 Agency/Project LRITP State Federal Proprietary Total
13 Special Special
14 Revenue Revenue
15 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (DOA)
16 Projects include Enterprise Financial Warehouse, Enterprise Data Catalog, Recruiting and Onboarding
17 Modernization, eMACS/Jaegger Replacement, Cybersecurity Enhancements, eGov Modernization,
18 Infrastructure Upgrades and Expansion, Web Site Improvements (my.mt.gov and Prosperity Portal), Artificial
19 Intelligence and Legacy System Modernization (Technical Debt Relief Fund), Contact Center Technology
20 Replacement, and 508 Compliance (Web Content Accessibility Rule). Combined costs for these projects are:
21 22,653,700 22,653,700
22 21,753,700 21,753,700
23 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
24 The projects are Comprehensive Safety and Surveillance, Improvements and
25 MCE/Warehouse/Maintenance Enterprise Operations System.
26 3,111,000 3,111,000
27 OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HIGHER EDUCATION
28 Projects include CyberMontana (Security Operations Center, Workforce Training Programs, Cyber - 2025
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1 Policy Clinic), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Enterprise Resource Planning and System
2 Replacement (combined appropriation for Miles Community College,FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
3 and Dawson Community College). Combined costs for these projects are:
4 5,018,360 5,018,360
5 HISTORICAL SOCIETY
6 The project is Museum Systems Operations and Management.
7 947,500 947,500
8 JUDICIAL
9 The project is Courts Electronic Filing System Architecture and Cybersecurity Refresh.
10 1,500,000 1,500,000
11 1,475,000 1,475,000
12 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES and CONSERVATION
13 Projects include Water Rights Information System Rewrite, GIS Migration, and Licensing and
14 Permitting System Replacement. Combined costs for these projects are:
15 4,965,000 4,965,000
16 4,890,000 4,890,000
17 OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER
18 The project is Statewide Courthouse Wi-Fi.
19 124,135 124,135
20 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH and HUMAN SERVICES
21 Projects include Child and Family Services Division -- Comprehensive Child Welfare Information
22 System Independent Verification and Validation Services, Child Support Services Division -- State Directory of
23 New Hires, Child and Family Services Division -- Montana Child Support Enforcement Automated System
24 Replacement Independent Verification and Validation Services, Human and Community Services Division --
25 Secure Data Connections for Montana Benefit Programs, Human and Community Services Division -- Public
26 Benefits System Efficiency Modernization, Human and Community Services Division -- Improving Timeliness of
27 Public Benefit Recipient Notifications, and Senior and Long-Term Care Division -- Legacy System
28 Replacements. Combined costs for these projects are: - 2025
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1 1,830,651 6,065,155 7,895,806
2 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
3 The project is GenTax to AWS Hosted Environment
4 500,000 500,000
5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
6 Projects include Advanced Transportation Management System and Motor Fuels System. Combined
7 costs for these projects are:
8 7,500,000 7,500,000
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10 NEW SECTION. Section 3. The state treasurer shall transfer $39,702,846
11 $38,702,846 million from the general fund to the LRITP on an as-needed basis by June 30, 2027.
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13 NEW SECTION. Section 4. If a part of [this act] is invalid, all valid parts that are
14 severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of [this act] is invalid in one or more of its applications,
15 the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications.
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17 NEW SECTION. Section 5. [This act] is effective July 1, 2025.
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