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MT Code § 17-7-160 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 1. Budget Systems and Program Plans|17-7-160. Montana highway patrol exempt from vacancy savings

  17-7-160. Montana highway patrol exempt from vacancy savings. (1) Vacancy savings may not be imposed on authorized positions in the Montana highway patrol.   (2) For purposes of this section:   (a) "authorized positions" means those positions included in the list of current authorized positions that the Montana highway patrol is required to maintain under 2-18-206; and   (b) "vacancy savings" means the difference between the cost of fully funding authorized positions for an entire fiscal year and the actual cost of those authorized positions during that period.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 421, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 118, L. 2015.
MT Code § 17-7-161 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 1. Budget Systems and Program Plans|17-7-161. Game warden positions exempt from vacancy savings

  17-7-161. Game warden positions exempt from vacancy savings. (1) Vacancy savings may not be imposed on authorized game warden positions in the department.   (2) For purposes of this section:   (a) "authorized game warden positions" means those game warden positions included in the list of current authorized positions that the department is required to maintain under 2-18-206;   (b) "department" means the department of fish, wildlife, and parks established in 2-15-3401; and   (c) "vacancy savings" means the difference between the cost of fully funding authorized positions for an entire fiscal year and the actual cost of funding those authorized positions during that fiscal year.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 519, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 118, L. 2015.
MT Code § 17-7-162 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 1. Budget Systems and Program Plans|17-7-162. Montana school for the deaf and blind exempt from vacancy savings

  17-7-162. Montana school for the deaf and blind exempt from vacancy savings. (1) Vacancy savings may not be imposed on authorized positions in the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101.   (2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Authorized positions" means those positions included in the list of current authorized positions that the board is required to maintain under 2-18-206.   (b) "Vacancy savings" means the difference between the cost of fully funding authorized positions for an entire fiscal year and the actual cost of those authorized positions during that period.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 394, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 118, L. 2015.
MT Code § 17-7-163 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 1. Budget Systems and Program Plans|17-7-163. Appropriations for medicaid expenditures

  17-7-163. Appropriations for medicaid expenditures. Appropriations in a general appropriations act for medicaid may be used only to pay for or administer medicaid services.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 355, L. 2021.
MT Code § 17-7-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-203. Submission to legislature

  17-7-203. Submission to legislature. During the first week of each regular legislative session, the governor shall submit to the legislature:   (1) the requests of all state agencies and institutions compiled in the form of a comprehensive, long-range proposed building program for capital developments, including:   (a) the purpose for which each building would be used;   (b) the estimated cost of each building, including necessary land acquisition;   (c) the reasons given by the institution or agency for needing each building;   (d) a priority order recommended by the agency or institution for each building;   (e) the recommendation of the institution or agency as to when each building is needed;   (f) any comments of the governor;   (2) a building program for capital developments proposed by the governor for the forthcoming biennium in the form of a capital developments budget, including:   (a) the purpose for which each building would be used;   (b) the estimated cost of each building and necessary land acquisition;   (c) the reasons for the governor's recommendation to construct each building during the forthcoming biennium;   (d) the proposed method of financing for each building;   (e) any long-range building plans;   (f) any changes in the law necessary to insure an effective, well-coordinated building program for the state.   (3) the list of anticipated major repair projects submitted by the architecture and engineering division pursuant to 17-7-223.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 271, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 326, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 82-3315(3); amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 469, L. 2019.
MT Code § 17-7-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-204. Long-range building program for capital developments

  17-7-204. Long-range building program for capital developments. The executive budget for all state agencies must include detailed recommendations for the state long-range building program for capital developments presented in order of importance by fund type. Each recommendation must be presented by agency or branch by funding source, with a description of each proposed capital development, an explanation of the problem to be addressed by the proposed project, alternative methods of addressing the problem, the rationale for the selection of a particular alternative, and a projection of increased operating costs incident to the project for the next three bienniums.   History: En. 79-1015.1 by Sec. 4, Ch. 460, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 79-1012.4; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 347, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 469, L. 2019.
MT Code § 17-7-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-205. Renumbered 17-7-221

  17-7-205. Renumbered 17-7-221. Code Commissioner, 2019.
MT Code § 17-7-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-206. Repealed

  17-7-206. Repealed. Sec. 17, Ch. 469, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 547, L. 1995.
MT Code § 17-7-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-207. reserved

  17-7-207 reserved.
MT Code § 17-7-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-208. Capital development funding -- transfer as present law base

  17-7-208. Capital development funding -- transfer as present law base. (1) As part of the executive budget prepared pursuant to 17-7-123, the governor shall propose annual transfers from the general fund into the account established in 17-7-209. Except as provided in subsection (2), the amount of the proposed annual transfers are considered present law and must be equal to 1% of the amount of the certified unaudited state general fund revenue, including transfers into the general fund, as determined by the state treasurer on or before August 15 of the year preceding a legislative session less the:   (a) general fund debt service anticipated by the office of budget and program planning for each year of the biennium for issued general obligation bonds paid from the general fund as set forth in the state budget pursuant to 17-5-802; and   (b) projected general fund debt service for each year of the biennium for general obligation bonds paid from the general fund proposed in the executive budget.   (2) The governor may propose to reduce or increase the amount of the annual transfers proposed pursuant to subsection (1). Any proposed increase or decrease to the amount required in subsection (1) must be included in the executive budget request as a new proposal.   (3) The legislature may appropriate funds in the general appropriations act for transfer into the account established in 17-7-209 from the general fund for capital development projects based on the state fiscal condition.   (4) The appropriated transfer to the account established in 17-7-209 to fund capital developments is part of the base budget for purposes of Title 17, chapter 7, part 1.   (5) The department of administration shall transfer the annual amount appropriated by the legislature from the general fund to the capital developments long-range building program account established in 17-7-209 by August 15 of each fiscal year except as provided in subsection (6).   (6) The department of administration may not make the annual transfer if the executive has authorized transfers from the budget stabilization reserve fund established in 17-7-130 in the immediately preceding 11 months or if the transfer would result in reductions pursuant to 17-7-140.   (7) This section does not limit the ability of the legislature to authorize general obligation bonds or the board of examiners to issue and sell bonds authorized by previous legislatures and has no effect on the pledge or security for general obligation bonds.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 469, L. 2019.
MT Code § 17-7-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-209. Capital developments long-range building program account

  17-7-209. Capital developments long-range building program account. (1) (a) There is a capital developments long-range building program account in the capital projects fund type to fund capital developments.  (b) If there are funds in excess of the amount needed for appropriations of the capital fund type, then the excess funds:   (i) may be used to pay down the debt service on bonds for capital projects previously authorized by the legislature if allowed without penalty by the terms of the bond issuance; and   (ii) must be used to delay, forego, or reduce the amount of an issuance of bonds authorized by the legislature.   (2) Interest earnings, project carryover funds, administrative fees, and miscellaneous revenue must be retained in the account.   (3) The legislature may transfer unencumbered funds from the account only to supplement funding local infrastructure.   (4) The state treasurer may temporarily borrow from the fund to address cash balance deficiencies in the general fund. A loan made to the general fund does not bear interest and must be recorded in the state accounting records. The fund may not be so impaired by a loan that all legal obligations against the fund cannot be met.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 469, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 491, L. 2021.
MT Code § 17-7-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-210. Required funding for maintenance of newly authorized state buildings

  17-7-210. Required funding for maintenance of newly authorized state buildings. (1) If construction of a new facility requires an immediate or future increase in state funding for program expansion or operations and maintenance, the legislature may not authorize the new facility unless it also appropriates funds for the increase in state funding for program expansion and operations and maintenance.   (2) (a) To the extent allowed by law, at the end of each fiscal year following approval of a new facility but prior to receipt of its certificate of occupancy, the appropriation made pursuant to subsection (1) reverts to its originating fund. The appropriation is not subject to the provisions of 17-7-304.   (b) When a certificate of occupancy for a new facility is received prior to the end of the fiscal year, the amount of the appropriation made pursuant to subsection (1) that reverts to its originating fund is the prorated amount from the beginning of the fiscal year to the date of the receipt of the certificate of occupancy.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 469, L. 2019.
MT Code § 17-7-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-211. Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment

  17-7-211. Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment. (1) An existing capital project may not be expanded beyond the scope of the project approved by the legislature unless the expansion of the project is authorized by a long-range building program budget amendment approved by the budget director.   (2) A proposed long-range building program budget amendment must be submitted to the budget director through the architecture and engineering division of the department of administration. The budget director, through a long-range building program budget amendment, may authorize:   (a) the transfer of excess funds appropriated to a capital project within an agency to increase the appropriation of another capital project within that agency; or   (b) financing to expand a project with funds that were not available for consideration by the legislature.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 787, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 347, L. 1997.
MT Code § 17-7-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-212. Reappropriation of capital projects

  17-7-212. Reappropriation of capital projects. The remaining balances on capital projects previously approved by the legislature are reappropriated for the purposes of the original appropriation until the projects are completed.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 787, L. 1991.
MT Code § 17-7-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-213. High-performance building standards

  17-7-213. High-performance building standards. (1) New buildings and major renovations constructed under 17-7-202 and new state-leased buildings must:   (a) be built and operated as high-performance buildings; and   (b) exceed the International Energy Conservation Code most recently adopted by the department of labor and industry by 20% or to the extent that is cost-effective over the life of the building or major renovation.   (2) The department, in collaboration with the Montana university system and other state agencies, shall adopt high-performance building standards. In developing these standards, the department shall consider:   (a) integrated design principles to optimize energy performance, enhance indoor environmental quality, and conserve natural resources;   (b) cost-effectiveness, including productivity, deferred maintenance, and operational considerations;   (c) environmental, economic, and social sustainability of materials and components; and   (d) building functionality, durability, and maintenance.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 2009.
MT Code § 17-7-214 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-214. High-performance program for operations and maintenance of existing buildings

  17-7-214. (Temporary) High-performance program for operations and maintenance of existing buildings. (1) The department of administration, in collaboration with the Montana university system and other state agencies, shall develop a voluntary high-performance building program for the operation and maintenance of existing buildings. In developing this program, the department of administration shall consider:  (a) integrated design principles to optimize energy performance, enhance indoor environmental quality, and conserve natural resources;   (b) cost-effectiveness, including productivity, deferred maintenance, and operational considerations; and   (c) building functionality, durability, and maintenance.   (2) When economically justified, state agencies may elect to improve the cost-effectiveness of existing buildings by participating in the high-performance program for operations and maintenance of existing buildings established by the department of administration under this section.   (3) The department of administration, in collaboration with the Montana university system, shall provide a report to the energy and telecommunications interim committee in accordance with 5-11-210 on the high-performance building program established in subsection (1). The report must include an overview of the state agencies and educational units participating in the program and an estimate of savings or actual savings in operations and maintenance resulting from participation in the program. (Terminates June 30, 2029--sec. 1, Ch. 408, L. 2019.)   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 422, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 261, L. 2021.
MT Code § 17-7-215 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-215. Transfer of budgeted utility funds -- special revenue account -- university plant subfunds

  17-7-215. (Temporary) Transfer of budgeted utility funds -- special revenue account -- university plant subfunds. (1) (a) For each fiscal year, each state agency, other than the university system, participating in the high-performance program for operations and maintenance of existing buildings created in 17-7-214 may transfer to the special revenue account established in subsection (1)(b) 75% of any amount remaining in the budgeted operating expenses for building maintenance. Only state funds may be transferred.   (b) The architecture and engineering division of the department of administration shall establish a special revenue account to receive transfers made pursuant to subsection (1)(a). Money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department for the purposes of this part. All interest and income earned on money in the account must be deposited into the account.   (c) The division shall administer the special revenue account established in subsection (1)(b) to the credit of each participating agency for the purposes of subsection (3).   (2) The Montana university system may establish a subfund of the plant fund provided for in 17-2-102(4)(e) to receive the transfer made for each educational unit participating in the program established under 17-7-214. At the end of each fiscal year, a participating educational unit may transfer to the unit's subfund 75% of the unit's unspent utility funds. All interest and income earned on the money in the subfund must remain in the subfund. The educational unit may use the money in the unit's subfund for the purposes described in subsection (3).   (3) The money in the special revenue account and in any university plant subfunds created pursuant to subsection (2) is designated for the purpose of financing high-performance operations and maintenance and achieving utility cost reductions. (Terminates June 30, 2029--sec. 1, Ch. 408, L. 2019.)   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 422, L. 2015.
MT Code § 17-7-216 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-216. through 17-7-220 reserved

  17-7-216 through 17-7-220 reserved.
MT Code § 17-7-221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-221. Major repair long-range building program account

  17-7-221. Major repair long-range building program account. (1) There is a major repair long-range building program account in the capital projects fund type to fund major repair projects.   (2) Cigarette tax revenue is deposited in the account pursuant to 16-11-119.   (3) Coal severance taxes are allocated to and deposited in the account under 15-35-108.   (4) Interest earnings, project carryover funds, administrative fees, and miscellaneous revenue must be retained in the account.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 456, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 387, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 6, Sp. L. November 2017; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 469, L. 2019; Sec. 17-7-205, MCA 2017; redes. 17-7-221 by Code Commissioner, 2019.
MT Code § 17-7-222 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 17. State Finance|Chapter 7. Budgeting and Appropriations|Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget|17-7-222. Minimum funding for major repair -- restriction of capital developments -- transfer to satisfy minimum as present law base

  17-7-222. Minimum funding for major repair -- restriction of capital developments -- transfer to satisfy minimum as present law base. (1) The minimum level of funding for major repair projects is 0.6% of the replacement cost of existing long-range building program-eligible buildings for each fiscal year.   (2) The legislature may not fund the design or construction of any new capital development projects, except to complete the funding of projects for which partial funding has been previously provided, until the legislature has estimated and appropriated the amount referred to in subsection (1) to fund major repair projects for long-range building program-eligible buildings from the account established in 17-7-221 for each fiscal year.   (3) Sources for funding the amount referred to in subsection (1) are:   (a) revenue allocations into the account established in 17-7-221 of cigarette tax revenue allocated pursuant to 16-11-119 and coal severance taxes allocated pursuant to 15-35-108, as projected in the official revenue estimate provided in 5-5-227; and   (b) an appropriated transfer into the account from the general fund in the general appropriations act.   (4) The appropriated transfer in subsection (3)(b) to the account established in 17-7-221 to fund major repair projects is part of the present law base for purposes of Title 17, chapter 7, part 1, and must be sufficient to fund the amount referred to in subsection (1) when added to the account's revenue allocations in subsection (3)(a).   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 469, L. 2019.