- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 4
2 INTRODUCED BY L. JONES
3 BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
4
5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY THAT WOULD USUALLY BE
6 APPROPRIATED BY BUDGET AMENDMENT TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
7 ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE INTO STATE AND
8 FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027; PROVIDING FOR TRANSFERS OF FUNDS; AND PROVIDING
9 AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
10
11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
12
13 NEW SECTION. Section 1. The appropriations contained in [section 2] are intended to
14 provide necessary expenditures for the years for which the appropriations are made. The unspent balance of
15 an appropriation reverts to the fund from which it was appropriated on conclusion of the final fiscal year for
16 which its expenditures are authorized by [section 2] and this section.
17
18 NEW SECTION. Section 2. The following money is appropriated, subject to the
19 terms and conditions of [section 1] and this section:
20 Agency and Program
21 JUDICIARY
22 Supreme Court Operations
23 MONTANA COMMUNITY JUSTICE WORKERSISCAL YEAR 2025 $290,750 FEDERAL
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
25 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
26 - Fiscal year 2023 adult treatment court
27 - Fiscal year 2024 adult treatment court
28 - ONTANA COMMUNITY JUSTICE WORKERS - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
2 Office of Budget and Program Planning
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
4 continue into state fiscal year 2027:
5 - Local water and sewer infrastructure grants
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
7 continue into federal fiscal year 2027 EXPIRES ON [10 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT]:
8 - 31 CFR, part 35
9 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 FEDERAL BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS
102027:
11 - AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT'S EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROGRAM
12 SECRETARY OF STATE
13 Business and Government Services
14 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
15 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
16 - Help America Vote Act Elections Security Grant
17 OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
18 State Level Activities
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
20 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
21 - Elementary and secondary schools emergency relief fund
22 - American Rescue Plan Act for homeless children and youth
23 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
24 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
25 - Farm-to-school grants
26 - Alternative student testing program
27 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
28 continue into federal fiscal year 2027: - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Assessment for middle school science
2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
3 Legal Services Division
4 JOHNSON AND JSETTLEMENTISCAL YEAR 2025 $3,537,516 STATE SPECIAL
5 All remaining fiscal year 2025 state budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
6 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
7 - Prescription drug prevention
8 - JOHNSON AND J
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
10 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
11 - Upper Blackfoot mining complex operation and maintenance
12 Montana Highway Patrol
13 LMONTANA PATROL FISCAL YEAR 2025 $13,905 F
14 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
15 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
16 - High intensity drug trafficking areas program
17 - LMONTANA PATROL
18 Division of Criminal Investigation
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
20 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
21 - High intensity drug trafficking areas program
22 - USSELL C
23 - NTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE PROGRAM
24 - STATE AND LOCAL OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENTS
25 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 FEDERAL BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS
262026:
27 - BILLINGS OFFICE TASK FORCE
28 - Fiscal year 2023 national sexual assault kit initiative - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 FEDERAL BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS
22027:
3 - ENHANCE STATE VICTIM COMPENSATION PAYMENTS
4 - FISCAL YEAR 2024ADAM WALSH ACT IMPLEMENTATION
5 Board of Crime Control
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
7 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
8 - State crisis intervention program formula solicitation
9 Forensic Science Division
10 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
11 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
12 - Fiscal year 2023 national sexual assault kit initiative
13 - DNA
14 - FISCAL YEAR 2024 COMPETITIVE DNA CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT FOR BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM
15 MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL
16 Promotion of the Arts
17 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
18 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
19 - Promotion of the arts partnership agreements
20 LIBRARY COMMISSION
21 Statewide Library Resources
22 MANAGING CURRENT AND COMPREHENSIVE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATIONY2025
23 $201,394 FEDERAL
24 BIOCULTURAL RESTORATION WITHIN THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENTISCAL YEAR 2025 $134,000
25 FEDERAL
26 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
27 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
28 - Montana natural heritage program - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - North American bat monitoring program
2 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
3 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
4 - Creating improved conservation planning through development, archiving, and distribution of
5 geographic information system in the state
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
7 continue into state fiscal year 2027:
8 - Citizen botany program
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to
10 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
11 - State library supplemental award
12 - Managing current and comprehensive biodiversity information
13 - Custer Gallatin National Forest raptor survey and monitoring
14 - Assessment of occurrence, range, and habitat of the northern long-eared bat and tricolored bat
15 - Northern long-eared bat presence, range, and distribution
16 - IOCULTURAL RESTORATION WITHIN THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT
17 MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
18 ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
19 NHCENTERYEAR 2025 $600,000 F
20 L& ARCHIVES
21 UISCAL YEAR 2025 $349,978 F
22 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION O
23 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
242026:
25 - DMONTANA'S CHINESE AMERICAN HISTORIC SITES
26 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
272027:
28 - H - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS
2 Fisheries Division
3 TROUT FISHERY EVALUATION FOR SOUTHWEST MONTANAISCAL YEAR 2025 $422,877
4 FEDERAL
5 WESTERN PEARLSHELL GENETIC ANALYSISISCAL YEAR 2025 $128,933 FEDERAL
6 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
72026:
8 -
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into state fiscal year 2027:
11 - Statewide fish habitat planning
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
13 into federal fiscal year 2027:
14 - Upper Missouri pallid sturgeon telemetry
15 - Trout fishery evaluation for southwest Montana
16 Wildlife Division
17 WHITE NOISE SYNDROME SURVEILLANCEISCAL YEAR 2025 $50,000 F
18 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
19 into state fiscal year 2026:
20 - Forest legacy program administration funding
21 - Grizzly bear management assistance
22 - Kootenai River operational loss assessment
23 - WHITE NOISE SYNDROME SURVEILLANCE
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
25 into federal fiscal year 2026:
26 - Legacy administration
27 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
28 into state fiscal year 2027: - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Cooperative weed management
2 - Evaluating habitat carnivore abundance and elk vital rates in Pilgrim Creek
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
4 into federal fiscal year 2027:
5 - Game bird hunters' opportunity expansion
6 - Habitat conservation leases
7 - Northern continental divide ecosystem grizzly bear monitoring
8 - Large mammal monitoring in northwest Montana
9 - Adaptive management of bighorn sheep and mountain goats
10 - Marten monitoring study
11 - Evaluating contact risk between wild and domestic sheep
12 - L CONNECTIVITY
13 Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division
14 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
15 into state fiscal year 2026:
16 - Ethnographic research and preliminary report
17 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
18 into state fiscal year 2027:
19 - Smith River corridor management
20 Capital Outlay
21 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
22 into state fiscal year 2026:
23 - Great outdoors conservation legacy project
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
25 into state fiscal year 2027:
26 - Pre-preservation planning for Pictograph Cave state park
27 - Upper Thompson connectivity project
28 - UT - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - MONTANA GREAT OUTDOORS LEGACY PROJECT PHASE 2
2 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
3 into federal fiscal year 2027:
4 - Habitat conservation leases
5 Communication and Education Division
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
7 into federal fiscal year 2027:
8 - Preventing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species
9 Administration
10 WILDLIFE SURVEYS ON THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATIONISCAL YEAR 2025 $90,000
11 FEDERAL
12 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
132026:
14 - WILDLIFE SURVEYS ON THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
16 into federal fiscal year 2027:
17 - Landowner-led carnivore conflict reduction in western Montana
18 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
19 Water Quality Division
20 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
21 into state fiscal year 2026:
22 - Fiscal year 2023 water management planning supplemental grant
23 - Fiscal year 2021 nonpoint source project grant
24 - 2023-2025 106 monitoring initiative grant
25 - Fiscal year 2024 water quality management planning base grant
26 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
27 into federal fiscal year 2026:
28 - Fiscal year 2025 water quality management planning base grant - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Water quality management planning supplemental grant
2 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
3 into state fiscal year 2027:
4 - Fiscal year 2022 nonpoint source project grant
5 - 2024-2026 106 monitoring initiative grant
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
7 into federal fiscal year 2027:
8 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund replacement grant
9 - Fiscal year 2023 Montana drinking water state revolving fund
10 - Fiscal year 2023 Montana clean water state revolving fund
11 - Fiscal year 2023 Montana clean water state revolving fund emerging contaminants grant
12 - Fiscal year 2023 nonpoint source project grant
13 - Fiscal year 2024 clean water state revolving fund supplemental grant
14 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water revolving fund supplemental grant
15 - Fiscal year 2024 nonpoint source project grant
16 - Emerging contaminants in small or disadvantaged communities grant
17 - Sewer overflow and storm water reuse municipal grant program
18 Waste Management and Remediation Division
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
20 into state fiscal year 2026:
21 - Fiscal year 2023 abandoned mine lands administration
22 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
23 into federal fiscal year 2026:
24 - Fiscal year 2023 solid waste infrastructure for recycling
25 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
262027:
27 - FISCAL YEAR 2024 MONTANA ABANDONED MINE LAND PROGRAM
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 into federal fiscal year 2027:
2 - Fiscal year 2022 brownfields infrastructure investment and job acts
3 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law program for abandoned mine lands
4 - Infrastructure funding for additional coal work
5 - Brownfields assessment cooperative agreement
6 - Environmental services for housing project
7 Air, Energy, and Mining Division
8 ENERGY EFFICIENCY REVOLVING LOAN FUNDYEAR 2025 $5,114,180
9 FEDERAL
10 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
11 into state fiscal year 2026:
12 - Coal e-permitting
13 - Monitor national ambient air quality standards pollutants
14 - Statewide PM2.5 monitoring project
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
16 into state fiscal year 2027:
17 - Fiscal year 2024 energy efficiency and conservation block grant program
18 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
19 into federal fiscal year 2027:
20 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law program
21 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law program
22 - Fiscal year 2024 air monitoring fenceline
23 - Fiscal year 2025 bipartisan infrastructure bill smart manufacturing
24 - Climate pollution reduction planning grant
25 - Operation and maintenance of water treatment facilities at Zortman and Landusky gold mines
26 - Air quality monitoring and trends analysis
27 - BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE L- PREVENTING OUTAGES AND ENHANCING THE RESILIENCE OF THE
28 - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - ENERGY EFFICIENCY REVOLVING LOAN FUND
2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
3 Highway and Engineering
4 MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT FORT BENTONYEAR 2025 $23,007,055 FEDERAL
5 US 93WCROSSING PILOT PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $345,168 FEDERAL
6 RUSSELL STREET REGIONAL CONNECTORISCAL YEAR 2025 $53,480,511 FEDERAL
7 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
8 into federal fiscal year 2026:
9 - Kagy Boulevard reconstruction
10 - Reconnecting east Missoula
11 - US 93 North Ninepipe corridor reconstruction project
12 - Mineral County I-90 improvement project
13 - FEDERAL
14 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
15 into federal fiscal year 2027:
16 - Fiscal year 2022 rural surface transportation grant program
17 - Severe flooding in and around Yellowstone
18 - Rebuilding American infrastructure with sustainability and equity program
19 - Wildlife crossing pilot program
20 - Federal share for certain safety projects
21 - National significant federal lands and tribal projects
22 - Belgrade urban improvements
23 - Stone Creek north reconstruction project
24 - Gore Hill interchange reconstruction project
25 - I-90 Missoula to Garrison wildlife crossing feasibility study
26 - SPORTSMAN'S BRIDGE PROJECT
27 - FEDERAL
28 - US93 NORTH NINEPIPE CORRIDOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT FORT BENTON
2 - 93 WILDLIFE CROSSING PILOT PROGRAM
3 - RUSSELL STREET REGIONAL CONNECTOR
4 Motor Carrier Services Division
5 STATE MOBILITY PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $8,983 FEDERAL
6 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
72026:
8 - TATE MOBILITY PROGRAM
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into federal fiscal year 2026:
11 - Fiscal year 2022 high-priority ITD grant program
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
13 into federal fiscal year 2027:
14 - Fiscal year 2023 high-priority ITD grant program
15 - Fiscal year 2024 high-priority ITD grant program
16 Aeronautics Program
17 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
18 into federal fiscal year 2027:
19 - Airport improvement program
20 - Airport improvement program at Yellowstone airport
21 Rail, Transit, and Planning
22 US93 WCPILOT PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $35,933 FEDERAL
23 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
24 into federal fiscal year 2026:
25 - Fiscal year 2023 areas of persistent poverty project
26 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
27 into federal fiscal year 2027:
28 - I-90 Missoula to Garrison wildlife crossing feasibility study - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - 93 WILDLIFE CROSSING PILOT PROGRAM
2 Department of Livestock DEPARTMENT OFLIVESTOCK
3 ANIMAL HEALTH DIVISION
4 FISCAL YEAR 2025FISCAL YEAR 2025 $3,090
5 FEDERAL
6 2025 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERSTATE MSHIPMENTSYEAR 2025 $5,958
7 FEDERAL
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
9 into state fiscal year 2026:
10 - National animal disease preparedness and response program foreign animal disease outbreak
11 in African swine fever and foot and mouth disease
12 - Fiscal year 2024 farm bill funding program
13 - FISCAL YEAR 2025 HIGH PATHOLOGY AVIAN INFLUENZA DAIRY CATTLE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
14
15 - FISCAL YEAR 2025 FARM BILL FUNDING PROGRAM
16 - 2025 MILK TRAINING
17 - FISCAL YEAR 2025 HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN LIVESTOCK
18 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
19 Oil and Gas Conservation Division
20 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
21 into federal fiscal year 2027:
22 - Underground injection control Class VI grant
23 Conservation and Resource Development Division
24 LTECH RESTORATION FORT PECK SAGE KI FISCAL YEAR 2025 $164,408 F
25 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
26 into state fiscal year 2026:
27 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund
28 - Fiscal year 2022 clean water revolving fund - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Fiscal year 2022 clean water state revolving fund grant
2 - SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES DRINKING WATER GRANT PROGRAM
3 - PROVIDE DRINKING WATER PROGRAM ASSISTANCE TO UNDERSERVED, SMALL, AND DISADVANTAGED
4
5 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
6 into federal fiscal year 2026:
7 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund grant
8 - 406 grazing academy
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into state fiscal year 2027:
11 - Small, underserved, and disadvantaged communities grant
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
13 into federal fiscal year 2027:
14 - Fiscal year 2022 clean water state revolving fund grant
15 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund replacement grant
16 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund emerging contaminants grant
17 - Fiscal year 2023 drinking water state revolving fund
18 - Fiscal year 2023 clean water state revolving fund supplemental grant
19 - Fiscal year 2023 drinking water state revolving funds emerging contaminants grant
20 - Fiscal year 2023 drinking water state revolving fund base grant
21 - Fiscal year 2023 clean water state revolving fund grant
22 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water revolving fund emerging contaminants grant
23 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water revolving fund supplemental cap grant
24 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water state revolving fund base cap grant
25 - Fiscal year 2024 clean water state revolving fund supplemental capitalization grant
26 - Reducing stormwater and septic leachate toxic pollution in the headwaters of the Columbia
27 River basin
28 - Web application and support - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Prevent the spread of invasive species
2 - Rangeland resources
3 - Powerline removal restoration project
4 - Grassland partnership conservation effort
5 - Climate pollution reduction grants implementation grant
6 - LOW TECH RESTORATION FPECK SAGE KI
7 Water Resources Division
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
9 into state fiscal year 2026:
10 - Fiscal year 2023 cooperating technical partners program
11 - Fiscal year 2024 fall national dam safety program
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
13 into federal fiscal year 2026:
14 - Fiscal year 2022 cooperating technical partners program
15 - Fiscal year 2024 cooperating technical partners grant program
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
17 into federal fiscal year 2027:
18 - Fiscal year 2023 cooperating technical partners program
19 - Fiscal year 2024 cooperating technical partners program
20 Forest Trust Lands
21 BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW SEEDLING NISCAL YEAR 2025 $250,000
22 FEDERAL
23 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
24 into state fiscal year 2026:
25 - Fiscal year 2021 consolidated forestry program grant
26 - Fiscal year 2022 consolidated forestry program grant
27 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
28 into state fiscal year 2027: - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Fiscal year 2022 wood and biomass program administration
2 - Fiscal year 2022 bipartisan infrastructure law state forest action plans
3 - Fiscal year 2022 bipartisan infrastructure law state fire assistance
4 - Fiscal year 2022 bipartisan infrastructure law volunteer fire assistance
5 - Fiscal year 2022 consolidated forestry programs grant
6 - Joint chief—fire adapted Bitterroot
7 - Community wildfire assistance in the Clark-Fork face
8 - Marshall community forest and mountain park technical assistance
9 - Hazardous fuels reduction northern region and joint chief connecting fuels Salish Mountains
10 and Whitefish Range project treatment
11 - Bipartisan infrastructure law temporary bridge
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
13 into federal fiscal year 2027:
14 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law state forest action plans
15 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law state fire assistance
16 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law volunteer fire assistance
17 - Fiscal year 2023 Inflation Reduction Act urban and community forestry state allocations
18 - Fiscal year 2023 hazardous fuels reduction northern region
19 - Fiscal year 2023 consolidated forestry programs grant
20 - Fiscal year 2024 consolidated forestry program grant
21 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law state forest action plans
22 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law state fire assistance
23 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law volunteer fire assistance
24 - Restoration activities on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
25 - Kootenai complex restoration projects
26 - Restoration activities on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
27 - Good neighbor authority capacity building
28 - Restoration activities on the Lolo National Forest - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grants for Lincoln County
2 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grants for Treasure County
3 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant for Blackfoot watershed
4 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant for north Gallatin front wildland
5 urban interface mitigation project
6 - Restoration activities on the Bitterroot National Forest
7 - Native seed network
8 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant comprehensive wildfire
9 protection plan update and modernization
10 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant base funding
11 - Fire-safe Flathead and Fire-safe Swan
12 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Flathead and Kootenai National Forests
13 - Increase plant materials for revegetation efforts at Yellowstone National Park
14 - Good neighbor agreement for the Lolo National Forest
15 - Good neighbor forest restoration services
16 - Good neighbor agreement for the Flathead National Forest
17 - Good neighbor agreement for east-side forests restoration
18 - Good neighbor projects Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
19 - Northern Rockies fire contract operations support
20 - Good neighbor agreement for the Bitterroot National Forest
21 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Custer Gallatin National Forest
22 - Prescribed fire assistance to Lolo National Forest
23 - Statewide good neighbor agreement prescribed fire support
24 - Nonfederal lands hazard mitigation
25 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
26 - Statewide good neighbor program
27 - Inflation Reduction Act forest landowner support
28 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Bitterroot National Forest - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Inflation Reduction Act urban and community forestry trees for indigenous nations
2 - Climate pollution reduction grants implementation grant
3 - BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW SEEDLING NURSERY
4 - RESTORATION ACTIVITIES ON THE CUSTER GALLATIN NATIONAL F
5 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
6 Architecture and Engineering Program
7 CONNECTMTDOPPORTUNITY PISCAL YEAR 2025 $6,938,535
8 FEDERAL
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into federal fiscal year 2027:
11 - Broadband equity, access, and deployment planning grant program
12 - State and local water and sewer infrastructure grants
13 - CMTDOPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
15 Central Management Division
16 CMEDIATION PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $814 F
17 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
18 into federal fiscal year 2026:
19 - Fiscal year 2023 specialty crops block grant farm bill application
20 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
21 into state fiscal year 2027:
22 - Fiscal year 2022 cooperative invasive plant cost share program
23 - Resilient food systems infrastructure cooperative agreement
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
25 into federal fiscal year 2027:
26 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law forest health invasive species
27 - Fiscal year 2024 invasive plant program cooperative cost share
28 - Fiscal year 2024 specialty crops block grant farm bill application - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 - Fiscal year 2024 invasive plant program cooperative cost share
2 - Northwest and Rocky Mountain regional food business center
3 - Bipartisan infrastructure law invasive species—EDRR project and capacity building
4 - RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT
5 Agricultural Sciences Division
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
7 into state fiscal year 2027:
8 - Fiscal year 2022 cooperative invasive plant cost share program
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into federal fiscal year 2027:
11 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law forest health invasive species
12 - Bipartisan infrastructure law invasive species—EDRR project and capacity building
13 - Bipartisan infrastructure law forest health invasive species western weed action plan
14 Agricultural Development Division
15 CMEDIATION PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $11,935 F
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
17 into federal fiscal year 2026:
18 - Fiscal year 2023 specialty crops block grant farm bill application
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
20 into state fiscal year 2027:
21 - Resilient food systems infrastructure cooperative agreement
22 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
23 into federal fiscal year 2027:
24 - Fiscal year 2024 specialty crops block grant farm bill application
25 - Northwest and Rocky Mountain regional food business center
26 - RAMERICA PROGRAM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT
27 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
28 PUBLIC S - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
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1 FISCAL YEAR 2024STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $20,644
2 FEDERAL
3 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
42026:
5 - FISCAL YEAR 2024STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
6 Rehabilitation and Programs
7 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
8 into federal fiscal year 2026:
9 - Small, rural school achievement program
10 - C
11 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
12 Business MT
13 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
14 into federal fiscal year 2026:
15 - Creating and expanding export opportunities for Montana small businesses
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
17 into federal fiscal year 2027:
18 - State small business credit initiative
19 Brand MT
20 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
21 into state fiscal year 2026:
22 - American Rescue Plan Act state travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation grant
23 CMT
24 PATHWAYS TO REMOVING OBSTACLES TO HOUSINGYEAR 2025 $7,000,000 F
25 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
262027:
27 - FISCAL YEAR 2022 DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND REPLACEMENT GRANT
28 - PATHWAYS TO REMOVING OBSTACLES TO HOUSING - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 21 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
1 Housing MT
2 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
3 into state fiscal year 2026:
4 - Fiscal year 2018 housing trust fund grant agreement
5 - Community development block grant
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
7 into federal fiscal year 2026:
8 - American Rescue Plan Act homeowner assistance fund
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into federal fiscal year 2027:
11 - American Rescue Plan Act home investment partnerships program
12 - SECTION 811
13 D'S OFFICE
14 SOUTHEASTERN MISCAL YEAR 2025
15 $47,459,092 FEDERAL
16 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
172027:
18 - SOUTHEASTERN M
19 - BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW - NORTH PLAINS CONNECTOR INTERREGIONAL INNOVATION
20 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
21 Workforce Services Division
22 PARTNERS FOR REENTRY OPPORTUNITIES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTISCAL Y2025
23 $943,097 FEDERAL
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
25 into state fiscal year 2027 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2026:
26 - National dislocated worker grants
27 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
28 into federal fiscal year 2027: - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 22 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
1 - Partners for reentry opportunities in workforce development
2 - Maximus subcontract agreement
3 Unemployment Insurance Division
4 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
5 into state fiscal year 2026:
6 - American Rescue Plan Act unemployment insurance integrity grant
7 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
8 into federal fiscal year 2027:
9 - American Rescue Plan Act IT modernization grant
10 DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
11 Army National Guard Program
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
13 into state fiscal year 2026:
14 - West-central Montana wildfire and vulnerability assessments
15 Disaster and Emergency Services
16 STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $3,715,508
17 FEDERAL
18 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
19 into state fiscal year 2027:
20 - Fiscal year 2022 state and local cybersecurity grant program
21 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
22 into federal fiscal year 2027:
23 - Fiscal year 2023 state and local cybersecurity grant program
24 - Fiscal year 2024 nonprofit security grant program
25 - ISCAL YEAR 2024 NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM
26 - STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM
27 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
28 Human and Community Services - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 23 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
1 EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $30,000 FEDERAL
2 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
32026:
4 - EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
5 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
62026:
7 - FISCAL YEAR 2025-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
9 into state fiscal year 2027:
10 - Infrastructure investment
11 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
12 into federal fiscal year 2027:
13 - Food stamp performance bonus
14 - Child nutrition discretionary grants
15 Child and Family Services
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
17 into federal fiscal year 2026:
18 - Fiscal year 2023 adoption and legal guardianship incentive program
19 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
202027:
21 - FISCAL YEAR 2024 ADOPTION AND LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM
22 Director's Office
23 RYEAR 2025
24 $858,521 FEDERAL
25 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
26 into state fiscal year 2026:
27 - Home and community-based services
28 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 24 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
12026:
2 - FISCAL YEAR 2024
3 - FISCAL YEAR 2025
4 - REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE STATE ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS
5 Public Health and Safety Division
6 STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS IN MONTANA
7 FISCAL YEAR 2025 $135,950 F
8 MPOX CRISIS RESPONSEISCAL YEAR 2025 $1,339,555 FEDERAL
9 HOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMISCAL YEAR 2025 $693,341 FEDERAL
10 PREVENTING HEART ATTACKS AND STROKESY2025 $51,738 FEDERAL
11 BUILDING CAPACITY FOR MEDICAID COVERAGE AND ENROLLMENTYEAR 2025 $149,494
12 FEDERAL
13 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
14 into state fiscal year 2026:
15 - Sexually transmitted disease prevention and control
16 - D2
17 - ELECTRONIC DEATH REGISTRATION
18 - CDC'S COLLABORATION WITH ACADEMIA TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH
19 - TRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE,, AND DATA SYSTEMS IN MONTANA
20 - MPOX CRISIS RESPONSE
21 - PREVENTING HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES
22 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
23 into state fiscal year 2027:
24 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease advanced molecular detection
25 sequencing and analytics supplement
26 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease strengthening health care-
27 associated infections and antimicrobial resistance program capacity supplement
28 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease national wastewater surveillance - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 25 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
1 system
2 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease laboratory data exchange
3 - Testing and contact tracing
4 - Testing, tracing, and mitigation
5 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease enhancing detection expansion
6 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for prevention and control of emerging infectious
7 diseases
8 - Supporting clean air among priority populations in western Montana
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into federal fiscal year 2027:
11 - Cooperative agreement for emergency response: public health crisis response 2018
12 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems
13 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems
14 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease strengthening health care-
15 associated infections and antimicrobial resistance program capacity supplemental
16 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease advanced molecular detection
17 sequencing and analytics supplement
18 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease national wastewater surveillance
19 system supplemental
20 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease data modernization supplemental
21 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems modernizing
22 immunization information systems
23 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems supplemental budget
24 - Juul Labs settlement
25 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
26 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
272027:
28 - SNAPI - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 26 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
1 Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Division
2 CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC PLANNING GRANTISCAL YEAR 2025 $1,000,000
3 FEDERAL
4 MONTANA PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESSISCAL YEAR 2025 $312,500 F
5 988 CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTISCAL YEAR 2025 $222,506 FEDERAL
6 STRENGTHENING FAMILIES IISCAL YEAR 2025 $12,675 F
7 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
82026:
9 - CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC PLANNING GRANT
10 - C
11 - STRENGTHENING FAMILIES I
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
13 into state fiscal year 2027:
14 - Healing and ending addiction through recovery and treatment demonstration
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
16 into federal fiscal year 2027:
17 - Transformation transfer initiative
18 HRESOURCES DIVISION
19 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMYEAR 2025 $117,814
20 FEDERAL
21 Senior and Long-Term Care Division
22 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
23 into state fiscal year 2026:
24 - Advancing the Montana lifespan respite coalition
25 - Adult protective services formula grants
26 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
27 into federal fiscal year 2027:
28 - Community choice partnership - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 27 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
1 Early Childhood and Family Support Division
2 SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATIONISCAL YEAR 2025 $46,229 FEDERAL
3 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMSISCAL YEAR 2025
4 $711,960 FEDERAL
5 WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN MODERNIZATIONISCAL YEAR 2025 $823,431 FEDERAL
6 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
72026:
8 - PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS BIRTH THROUGH FIVE
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue
10 into federal fiscal year 2026:
11 - Maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting grant program
12 - C
13 - SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION
14 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMS
15 ALL REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE FOLLOWING IS AUTHORIZED TO
162027:
17 - TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION GRANT
18 - WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN MODERNIZATION
19
20 NEW SECTION. SECTION 3. RANSFER OF FUNDS. (1) BY [10
21 THE STATE TREASURER SHALL MAKE THE FOLLOWING TRANSFERS FROM THE INTEREST EARNINGS ON FUNDS FROM
22AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021, PUBLIC LAW 117-2,31 CFR, PART 35:
23 (A) $1,749,052
24 15-38-302 FOR PROJECTS IN HOUSE BILL NO. 7;
25 (B) $2,250,000
2615-38-302 FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN [1(4)] OF HOUSE BILL NO.
27 6;
28 (C) $224,500 - 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB0004.2
- 28 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4
115-38-302 FOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN [1(7)] OF HOUSE BILL NO. 6; AND
2 (D)-RANGE BUILDING PROGRAM ACCOUNT
317-7-209.
4 (2) UPON PASSAGE AND APPROVAL OF [THIS ACT], THE STATE TREASURER SHALL DEPOSIT ALL INTEREST
5AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021,PUBLIC L117-2, AS PROVIDED IN 31 CFR,
635, DIRECTLY INTO THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTS LONG-RANGE BUILDING PROGRAM ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED IN 17-
7 7-209.
8
9 NEW SECTION. Section 4. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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