HOUSE BILL NO. 2

INTRODUCED BY ZOOK

BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 1999."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

NEW SECTION. Section 1.  Short title. [This act] may be cited as "The General Appropriation Act of 1997".

NEW SECTION. Section 2.  First-level expenditures. The agency and program appropriation tables in the legislative fiscal analyst narrative accompanying this bill, showing first-level expenditures and funding for the 1999 biennium, are adopted as legislative intent.

NEW SECTION. Section 3.  Legislative audit costs. Amounts appropriated to pay audit costs may be transferred between fiscal years. Agencies shall reserve enough cash in each fund and shall, to the maximum extent allowable under federal regulations, charge audit costs to federal funds.

NEW SECTION. Section 4.  Technical allocation costs. For agencies with internal cost allocation plans that are funded with proprietary revenue, the budget director shall adjust agency appropriations by amounts that are necessary to increase the budgets for indirect costs that are attributable to pay increases in an agency's indirect cost pool appropriated in the state pay plan bill. Funding for this appropriation consists of general fund money and other funds in an amount proportionate to the funding allocated for budgeting indirect cost assessments in [this act].

NEW SECTION. Section 5.  Appropriation control. An appropriation item designated as "Biennial" may be spent in either year of the biennium. An appropriation item designated "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 not be included in the present law base for the 2001 biennium. The office of budget and program planning shall establish a separate appropriation on the statewide budgeting and accounting system for any item designated as "Biennial", "Restricted", "One Time Only", or "OTO". The office of budget and program planning shall establish at least one appropriation on the statewide budgeting and accounting system for any appropriation that appears as a separate line item in [this act].

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 structure established on the statewide budgeting and accounting system, and is identified as a major subdivision of an agency ordinally numbered with an Arabic numeral.

NEW SECTION. Section 7.  Personal services funding -- 2001 biennium. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), present law and new proposal funding budget requests for the 2001 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 of other expenditures. The funding of first-level personal services by accounting entity for each fiscal year must be shown for each control variable in the budget request for the 2001 biennium submitted to the legislative fiscal analyst by the office of budget and program planning.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to the Montana university system.

NEW SECTION. Section 8.  Totals not appropriations. The totals shown in [this act] are for informational purposes only and are not appropriations.

NEW SECTION. Section 9.  Severability. If a part of [this act] is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of [this act] is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications.

NEW SECTION. Section 10.  Appropriations. The following money is appropriated for the respective fiscal years:

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (1104)

5,524,150 2,262,035 7,786,185 6,114,375 1,681,505 7,795,880

CONSUMER COUNSEL (1112)

1,012,977 1,012,977 1,028,992 1,028,992

JUDICIARY (2110)

7,055,247 1,565,312 158,725 8,779,284 7,030,207 1,564,351 158,725 8,753,283

MT CHIROPRACTIC LEGAL PANEL (2115)

14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (3101)

2,938,714 260,966 12,075 3,211,755 2,902,850 268,618 12,078 3,183,546

COMMISSIONER OF POLITICAL PRACTICES (3202)

276,020 276,020 275,405 275,405

STATE AUDITOR (3401)

2,402,886 670,265 2,500 3,075,651 2,348,437 668,296 2,500 3,019,233

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION (3501)

458,634,084 3,887,339 71,265,390 533,786,812 485,400,112 4,385,515 71,119,772 560,905,400

CRIME CONTROL DIVISION (4107)

2,493,329 7,242,179 9,735,508 2,503,257 6,890,804 9,394,061

JUSTICE (4110)

17,929,150 19,872,441 1,826,337 107,681 39,735,608 17,647,506 19,657,482 1,813,387 130,919 39,249,293

PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION (4201)

2,735,737 26,250 2,761,987 3,223,967 26,250 3,250,217

MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (5100)

112,311,147 116,710,354 13,445,046 985,695 243,452,242 113,355,029 124,259,057 13,553,274 980,821 252,148,181

BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION (5101)

124,828 175,491 300,319 123,378 174,005 297,383

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND (5113)

3,035,756 220,189 82,056 3,338,001 2,945,069 220,189 82,056 3,247,314

MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL (5114)

494,959 116,978 258,000 869,937 482,944 120,241 258,000 861,185

MONTANA STATE LIBRARY (5115)

1,592,412 876,976 1,150,178 3,619,566 1,525,910 735,724 1,109,739 3,371,373

MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (5117)

1,546,836 204,491 671,231 760,894 3,183,452 1,527,577 194,076 659,872 752,010 3,133,535

DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS (5201)

428,616 29,557,330 11,186,971 0 41,172,916 424,392 30,452,545 11,603,134 42,480,071

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (5301)

2,112,520 13,799,396 14,615,708 0 30,527,624 2,103,909 12,784,399 14,595,278 0 29,483,586

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (5401)

250,000 164,650,570 189,222,171 354,122,741 250,000 165,630,097 168,009,211 333,889,308

DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK (5603)

536,444 5,493,885 402,264 6,432,593 542,355 5,453,788 406,164 6,402,307

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION (5706)

13,421,423 13,131,611 1,458,023 28,011,057 13,455,029 12,837,857 1,461,367 0 27,754,253

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (5801)

25,709,109 1,043,504 712,704 0 27,465,318 25,311,354 1,031,317 405,849 1 26,748,521

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (6101)

5,429,121 924,553 10,483 36,486 4,558,801 10,959,444 5,365,257 920,859 10,615 36,523 4,558,801 10,892,055

APPELLATE DEFENDER COMMISSION (6102)

154,050 154,050 160,343 160,343

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (6104)

1,389,091 1,389,091 1,316,965 1,316,965

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BOARD (6105)

994,113 994,113 778,978 778,978

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (6201)

506,631 7,638,760 746,130 240,156 73,293 9,204,970 493,775 7,620,522 797,711 240,615 72,255 9,224,878

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (6401)

76,829,283 1,342,840 516,139 490,003 79,178,265 82,828,323 1,345,124 513,351 517,655 85,204,453

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (6501)

2,567,374 11,002,204 33,466,587 47,036,165 2,460,868 10,895,263 35,041,791 48,397,921

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY (6602)

1,287,823 11,004,569 26,563,510 889,322 39,745,223 1,274,306 10,424,295 26,609,782 881,552 39,189,936

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS (6701)

2,400,343 101,523 5,283,460 7,785,326 2,374,715 107,351 5,373,604 7,855,670

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (6901)

231,738,981 49,351,881 475,880,381 756,971,244 235,925,163 49,586,802 498,929,611 784,441,576

___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

TOTAL

979,731,236 459,628,177 856,204,498 3,510,237 7,015,298 2,306,089,444 1,017,151,845 467,286,237 859,443,925 3,540,096 6,726,999 2,354,149,102

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