Montana 2025 Regular Session

Montana House Bill HB3 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

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1 HOUSE BILL NO. 3
2 INTRODUCED BY L. JONES, D. BEDEY
3 BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
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5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: β€œAN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR 
6 THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; CONTINUING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BIENNIUM 
7 BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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11 NEW SECTION. Section 1.  Except as provided in [section 2(2)], the appropriations 
12 contained in [section 2] are intended to provide necessary and ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year ending 
13 June 30, 2025. The unspent balance of any appropriation must revert to the appropriate fund.
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15 NEW SECTION. Section 2.  (1) The following 
16 money is appropriated, subject to the terms and conditions of [section 1]:
17 Agency and Program Amount Fund
18 Department of Revenue
19 Property Assessment Division $1,700,000 General Fund
20 Department of Public Health and Human Services Division
21 Health Facilities Division $22,200,000 General Fund
22 Department of Justice
23 Montana Highway Patrol $4,067,348 General Fund
24 Office of State Public Defender
25 Conflict Division $12,500,000 General Fund
26 Department of Corrections
27 Public Safety Division $11,550,000 General Fund
28 Rehabilitation & Programs Division $380,000 General Fund **** 
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1 Office of Public Instruction
2 State Level Activities $26,655 General Fund
3 State Auditor's Office
4 Insurance Division $3,870,205 State Special
5 Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks
6 Wildlife Division $950,000 State Special
7 Administration Division $500,000 State Special
8 (2) The appropriation for the department of revenue in subsection (1) continues into the biennium 
9 beginning July 1, 2025.
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11 NEW SECTION. Section 3.  [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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