**** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 3.1 - 1 - Authorized Print Version β HB 3 1 HOUSE BILL NO. 3 2 INTRODUCED BY L. JONES, D. BEDEY 3 BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING 4 5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: βAN 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.β 8 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: 10 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. 14 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 **** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 3.1 - 2 - Authorized Print Version β HB 3 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. 10 11 NEW SECTION. Section 3. [This act] is effective on passage and approval. 12 - END -