House Bill No. [insert number] establishes a grant program aimed at funding capital construction, maintenance, repair projects, and equipment purchases related to public swimming pools in Montana. The bill defines key terms, including "local government" and "public swimming pool," and creates a public swimming pool infrastructure account within the state special revenue fund to facilitate grant funding. The Department of Commerce is tasked with administering the account and is authorized to allocate up to $5 million in grants to eligible nonprofit organizations and local governments for various public swimming pool-related projects. The bill also outlines eligibility criteria, submission deadlines, and conditions for grant disbursement, including requirements for matching funds and adherence to design standards.

Additionally, the bill stipulates that no more than $1 million in state funding may be allocated to entities within a single county, and individual project grants cannot exceed $500,000. It mandates the transfer of $5 million from the general fund to the public swimming pool infrastructure account by July 15, 2025, and appropriates the same amount for grants for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, with authorization to continue into the 2027 biennium. The bill also includes provisions for notifying tribal governments and specifies an effective date of July 1, 2025, with a termination date of June 30, 2029.