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HOUSE BILL NO. 450

INTRODUCED BY B. LAWSON



A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT CLARIFYING THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORIES IN BOZEMAN AND WHITEFISH MAY BE EITHER TRANSFERRED TO A PUBLIC ENTITY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR SOLD; AMENDING SECTION 2, CHAPTER 518, LAWS OF 1999; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."



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



     Section 1.  Section 2, Chapter 518, Laws of 1999, is amended to read:

     "Section 2.  Appropriation of bond proceeds and other funds. (1) The following money is appropriated from the CPF and other funding sources to the department of administration for the capital projects described in this section, contingent upon the respective authorization of general obligation long-range building program bonds by the 56th legislature and the sale of the bonds by the board of examiners:

Agency/Project CPF Other Funding

Sources

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

Capitol Renovation $3,898,750     $

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Expand Women's Prison, MWP, Billings $2,900,000

Complete Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility, Miles City 2,225,000

Security Improvements and Wallace Expansion, MSP, Deer Lodge 3,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Havre Job Service Supplemental 210,000

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

Montana National Guard, Veterans' Affairs and

Emergency Operations Center, Fort Harrison, Helena 3,500,000     

Construct New Armory, Kalispell 1,800,000

Construct New Armory, Bozeman 2,200,000

MONTANA UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Renovate Renne Library, MSU-Bozeman 7,500,000

Rural Technology Education Center, UM-Dillon 4,170,000

Lab and Classroom Renovations, UM-All Campuses 2,000,000

     (2)  (a) The 56th legislature authorizes four department of corrections' capital construction projects in the 2001 biennium. Funding for the projects is contained in House Bill No. 5 and subsection (1) of this section. The total project cost and the authorized funding for each project are as follows:

     (i)  $9,375,000 for the women's prison expansion in Billings, funded by $2,900,000 of general obligation bond proceeds authorized in subsection (1) and by $6,475,000 of federal funds appropriated in House Bill No. 5;

     (ii) $2,225,000 for completing the Pine Hills youth correctional facility in Miles City, funded from general obligation bond proceeds authorized in subsection (1); and

     (iii) $3,000,000 for security improvements and expanding the Wallace building at Montana state prison in Deer Lodge, funded from general obligation bond proceeds authorized in subsection (1).

     (b)  The 56th legislature notes that approximately $8,714,600 of federal department of justice funds are anticipated to become available for capital construction projects for the department of corrections in the 2001 biennium. It is the intent of the 56th legislature that the federal funds be used in lieu of general obligation bond authority to the maximum extent possible. It is further the intent of the 56th legislature that the priority for using these federal funds is:

     (i)  up to $6,475,000 for the women's prison expansion project, line-itemed in House Bill No. 5;

     (ii) up to $5,500,000 for the construction of the reception unit at Montana state prison, line-itemed in House Bill No. 5;

     (iii) up to $2,225,000 for the completion of the Pine Hills youth correctional facility in Miles City, line-itemed in subsection (1); and

     (iv) up to $3,000,000 for the security improvements and Wallace expansion project at Montana state prison, line-itemed in subsection (1).

     (3)  It is the intent of the 56th legislature that the security improvements and the Wallace expansion project line-itemed in subsection (1) be used only for the following projects:

     (a)  a 12,000-square foot expansion of the Wallace building to include a new board of pardons and parole hearing room, a new command post, a consolidated record storage area, a consolidated training area, and office space; and

     (b)  remodeling the existing business building to provide a centralized area for investigation, business and information services units, and a new safe and secure armory.

     (4)  The 56th legislature authorizes the construction of the rural technology education center at western Montana college of the university of Montana at a total project cost of $4,520,000. House Bill No. 5 contains $350,000 in other revenue authority for this project, and subsection (1) of this section contains $4,170,000 in general obligation bond authority for this project. In the event that other additional funds become available for this project during its construction, the general obligation bond authority in subsection (1) of this section must be reduced by a like amount and other revenue authority is increased by a like amount in House Bill No. 5 for the same purpose.

     (5)  All If the armories are not transferred pursuant to 77-2-351, all proceeds derived from the sale of the national guard armories located in Bozeman and Whitefish must be used to pay the general obligation debt service on the bonds issued for construction of the new Bozeman and Kalispell armories. The proceeds of the sale must be deposited in the general fund for this purpose. In the event one or both of the facilities are transferred or sold prior to issuance of the bonds, then the board of examiners may determine to use all or a portion of the amount deposited in the general fund to reduce the amount of the bond issue required to finance the construction."



     NEW SECTION.  Section 2.  Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.

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