67th Legislature SB 305.1
1 SENATE BILL NO. 305
2 INTRODUCED BY M. LANG
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: β€œAN ACT REVISING SCHOOL FUNDING LAWS RELATED TO STATE
5 LANDS REIMBURSEMENT BLOCK GRANTS; EXTENDING THE SUNSET ON THE BLOCK GRANTS;
6 AMENDING SECTION 20-9-640, MCA; AMENDING SECTION 20, CHAPTER 416, LAWS OF 2017, AND
7 SECTION 2, CHAPTER 475, LAWS OF 2019; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A
8 TERMINATION DATE.”
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10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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12 Section 1. Section 20-9-640, MCA, is amended to read:
13 "20-9-640. (Temporary) State lands reimbursement block grant. (1) (a) For fiscal years 2018,
14 2019, 2020, and 2021 2022 and 2023, the office of public instruction shall provide a state lands reimbursement
15 block grant of $100,000 $75,000 to each school district in a county with greater than 20% of the county's land
16 area composed of state school trust lands.
17 (b) The electronic reporting system that is used by the office of public instruction and school districts
18 must be used to allocate the block grant amount into each district's general fund BASE budget as an
19 anticipated revenue source.
20 (2) Each year, 70% of each district's block grant must be distributed in December and 30% of each
21 district's block grant must be distributed in May at the same time that guaranteed tax base aid is distributed.
22 (Terminates June 30, 2021--sec. 2, Ch. 475, L. 2019 2023.)"
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24 Section 2. Section 20, Chapter 416, Laws of 2017, is amended to read:
25 "Section 20. Termination. [Section 4] terminates June 30,2019 2023."
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27 Section 3. Section 2, Chapter 475, Laws of 2019, is amended to read:
28 "Section 2. Section 20, Chapter 416, Laws of 2017, is amended to read:
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67th Legislature SB 305.1
1 "Section 20. Termination. [Section 4] terminates June 30, 2019 2021 2023.""
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3 NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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5 NEW SECTION. Section 5. Termination. [This act] terminates June 30, 2023.
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Statutes affected:
SB0305_1.pdf: 20-9-640
SB0305_2.pdf: 20-9-640
SB0305_X.pdf: 20-9-640
Amended: 20-9-640
Introduced: 20-9-640