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1 HOUSE BILL NO. 2
2 INTRODUCED BY JONES
3 BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
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5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
6 DATE."
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8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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10 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Short title. [This act] may be cited as "The General Appropriations Act of 2023".
11 NEW SECTION. Section 2. First level expenditures. The agency and program appropriation tables in the legislative fiscal analyst narrative accompanying this bill, showing first
12 level expenditures and funding for the 2025 biennium, are adopted as legislative intent.
13 NEW SECTION. Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of [this act] is for any reason held unconstitutional, the decision does not affect the
14 validity of the remaining portions of [this act].
15 NEW SECTION. Section 4. Appropriation control. An appropriation item designated "Biennial" may be spent in either year of the biennium. An appropriation item designated
16 "Restricted" may be used during the biennium only for the purpose designated by its title and as presented to the legislature. An appropriation item designated "One Time Only" or "OTO" may
17 not be included in the present law base for the 2025 biennium. The office of budget and program planning shall establish a separate appropriation on the statewide accounting, budgeting, and
18 human resource system for any item designated "Biennial", "Restricted", "One Time Only", or "OTO". The office of budget and program planning shall establish at least one appropriation on
19 the statewide accounting, budgeting, and human resource system for any appropriation that appears as a separate line item in [this act].
20 NEW SECTION. Section 5. Appropriation Control. The office of budget and program planning shall establish a separate appropriation on the statewide accounting, budgeting,
21 and human resource system for the funding included in each agency budget included in [this act] to pay fixed cost allocations to the state information technology services division of the
22 department of administration. The appropriations must be designated as restricted.
23 NEW SECTION. Section 6. Program definition. As used in [this act], "program" has the same meaning as defined in 17-7-102, is consistent with the management and accountability
24 structure established on the statewide accounting, budgeting, and human resource system, and is identified as a major subdivision of an agency ordinally numbered with an Arabic numeral.
25 NEW SECTION. Section 7. Personal services funding -- 2027 biennium. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), present law and new proposal funding budget requests for the
26 2025 biennium submitted under Title 17, chapter 7, part 1, by each executive, judicial, and legislative branch agency must include funding of first level personal services separate from funding
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1 of other expenditures. The funding of first level personal services by fund or equivalent for each fiscal year must be shown at the fourth reporting level or equivalent in the budget request for
2 the 2027 biennium submitted by November 1 to the legislative fiscal analyst by the office of budget and program planning.
3 (2) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to the Montana university system.
4 NEW SECTION. Section 8. Totals not appropriations. The totals shown in [this act] are for informational purposes only and are not appropriations.
5 NEW SECTION. Section 9. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2023.
6 NEW SECTION. Section 10. Appropriations. The following money is appropriated for the respective fiscal years:
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Fiscal 2024 Fiscal 2025
State Federal State Federal
General Special Special Propri- General Special Special Propri-
Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total
1 A. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
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3 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (11040)
4 1. Legislative Services (20)
5 16,080,694 249,523 0 0 0 16,330,217 15,897,444 51,028 0 0 0 15,948,472
6 2. Legislative Committees and Activities (21)
7 1,642,715 0 0 0 0 1,642,715 991,262 0 0 0 0 991,262
8 3. Fiscal Analysis and Review (27)
9 3,056,125 0 0 0 0 3,056,125 2,988,809 0 0 0 0 2,988,809
10 4. Audit and Examination (28)
11 3,398,845 2,224,122 0 0 0 5,622,967 3,396,130 2,222,347 0 0 0 5,618,477
12 _____________ ____________ _____________ ___________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________ ____________ _____________
13 Total
14 24,178,379 2,473,645 0 0 0 26,652,024 23,273,645 2,273,375 0 0 0 25,547,020
15 All appropriations for the legislative branch are biennial.
16 CONSUMER COUNSEL (11120)
17 1. Administration Program (01)
18 0 1,739,898 0 0 0 1,739,898 0 1,760,860 0 0 0 1,760,860
19 _____________ ____________ _____________ ___________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________ ____________ _____________
20 Total
21 0 1,739,898 0 0 0 1,739,898 0 1,760,860 0 0 0 1,760,860
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23 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (31010)
24 1. Executive Office Program (01)
25 3,433,802 0 0 0 0 3,433,802 3,446,579 0 0 0 0 3,446,579
26 2. Executive Residence Operations (02)
27 50,268 0 0 0 0 50,268 131,911 0 0 0 0 131,911
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Fiscal 2024 Fiscal 2025
State Federal State Federal
General Special Special Propri- General Special Special Propri-
Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total
1 3. Office of Budget and Program Planning (04)
2 3,258,111 0 0 0 0 3,258,111 3,271,782 0 0 0 0 3,271,782
3 a. Legislative Audit (Restricted/Biennial)
4 91,807 0 0 0 0 91,807 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 4. Office of Indian Affairs (05)
6 210,612 50,000 0 0 0 260,612 212,224 50,000 0 0 0 262,224
7 5. Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors (20)
8 481,448 0 0 0 0 481,448 483,252 0 0 0 0 483,252
9 _____________ ____________ _____________ ___________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________ ____________ _____________
10 Total
11 7,526,048 50,000 0 0 0 7,576,048 7,545,748 50,000 0 0 0 7,595,748
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13 COMMISSIONER OF POLITICAL PRACTICES (32020)
14 1. Administration (01)
15 871,675 0 0 0 0 871,675 876,561 0 0 0 0 876,561
16 a. Legislative Audit (Restricted/Biennial)
17 22,392 0 0 0 0 22,392 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 _____________ ____________ _________________________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________ ____________ _____________
19 Total
20 894,067 0 0 0 0 894,067 876,561 0 0 0 0 876,561
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22 OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR (34010)
23 1. Central Management (01)
24 0 2,271,025 0 0 0 2,271,025 0 2,281,631 0 0 0 2,281,631
25 a. Legislative Audit (Restricted/Biennial)
26 0 13,944 0 0 0 13,944 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 2. Insurance Program (03)
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Fiscal 2024 Fiscal 2025
State Federal State Federal
General Special Special Propri- General Special Special Propri-
Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total
1 0 16,893,899 34,100,000 0 0 50,993,899 0 17,135,082 34,100,000 0 0 51,235,082
2 a. Legislative Audit (Restricted/Biennial)
3 0 40,088 0 0 0 40,088 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3. Securities Program (04)
5 0 1,605,952 0 0 0 1,605,952 0 1,515,980 0 0 0 1,515,980
6 a. Legislative Audit (Restricted/Biennial)
7 0 10,457 0 0 0 10,457 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 _____________ ____________ _____________ ___________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________ ____________ _____________
9 Total
10 0 20,835,365 34,100,000 0 0 54,935,365 0 20,932,693 34,100,000 0 0 55,032,693
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12 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (58010)
13 1. Director's Office (01)
14 7,731,917 364,823 0 155,921 0 8,252,661 7,777,292 365,650 0 155,921 0 8,298,863
15 a. Legislative Audit (Restricted/Biennial)
16 206,007 0 0 0 0 206,007 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 2. Technology Services Division (02)
18 9,946,892 167,933 0 268,389 0 10,383,214 10,025,059 167,933 0 268,389 0 10,461,381
19 3. Alcoholic Beverage Control Division (03)
20 0 0 0 3,463,119 0 3,463,119 0 0 0 3,475,139 0 3,475,139
21 4. Cannabis Control Division (04)
22 0 4,992,488 0 0 0 4,992,488 0 5,516,580 0 0 0 5,516,580
23 5. Information Management and Collections Division (05)
24 6,799,812 146,893 0 17,039 0 6,963,744 6,856,210 146,893 0 17,039 0 7,020,142
25 6. Business and Income Taxes Division (07)
26 11,445,924 771,269 501,688 89,793 0 12,808,674 11,509,393 768,462 501,848 87,003 0 12,866,706
27 7. Property Assessment Division (08)
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Fiscal 2024 Fiscal 2025
State Federal State Federal
General Special Special Propri- General Special Special Propri-
Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total Fund Revenue Revenue etary Other Total
1 24,887,210 17,276 0 0 0 24,904,486 25,066,976 17,276 0 0 0 25,084,252
2 _____________ ____________ _____________ ___________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________ ____________ _____________
3 Total
4 61,017,762 6,460,682 501,688 3,994,261 0 71,974,393 61,234,930 6,982,794 501,848 4,003,491 0 72,723,063
5 Alcoholic beverage control division proprietary funds necessary to maintain adequate inventories, pay freight charges, and transfer profits and taxes to appropriate accounts are
6 appropriated from the liquor enterprise fund to the department in the amounts not to exceed $220 million in fiscal year 2024 and $220 million in fiscal year 2025. These costs are used to maintain
7 adequate inventories necessary to meet statutory requiremen