HOUSE BILL NO. 236
INTRODUCED BY ERICKSON
AN ACT CLARIFYING AND REVISING THE USE OF BONDS ISSUED FOR TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF REMAINING BOND PROCEEDS ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FOR STABILIZATION AND ASSESSMENT OF SOFTWARE AND DATA IN THE POINTS PROJECT, FOR THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS TO REPLACE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, FOR THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGES TO FACILITATE AND ENABLE THE REPLACEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND FOR STAFFING A PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO FACILITATE AND ENABLE THE REPLACEMENT AND BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE ACTIVITIES; AMENDING SECTIONS 2 AND 8, CHAPTER 447, LAWS OF 1997, AND SECTIONS 2 AND 5, CHAPTER 519, LAWS OF 1999; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 2, Chapter 447, Laws of 1997, is amended to read:
"Section 2. Appropriation of bond proceeds and approval of information technology information projects. Upon the sale of general obligation bonds by the board of examiners, the following bond proceeds are appropriated from the capital projects fund to each responsible agency for the following information technology projects:
Agency/Project & #160; 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 160; Bond Proceeds
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Integrated Revenue and Tax Systems 60; & #160; 0; 160; 0; $14,000,000
(Consolidation of Employer's Reporting
for Income Tax Withholding, Old Fund
Liability Tax, and Unemployment Insurance
Contributions; Income Tax Modernization; and
Property Tax Integration; Planning, Development, Acquisition, Installation, Administration, and Implementation of Information Technology Systems to Replace Department of Revenue Information Technology Systems; Planning, Development, and Implementation of Business Process Changes to Facilitate and Enable the Replacement Activities; and Staffing a Project Management Office to Facilitate and Enable the Replacement and Business Process Change Activities; and Stabilization of Software and Data in POINTS Project)
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
Montana Project to Reengineer Revenue
and the Information Management
Environment (MT PRRIME) 160; 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 19,800,000
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
Montana Integrated Budget System (MIBS) 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 500,000
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Unemployment Benefit Package 60; & #160; 0; 160; 0; 160; 3,600,000
MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Technology Initiative 60; & #160; 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 3,200,000
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Information Technology Plan 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 1,8 90,408"
Section 2. Section 8, Chapter 447, Laws of 1997, is amended to read:
"Section 8. Expenditures. Expenditures of bond proceeds under [sections 1 through 8] may be used for information technology project administration and implementation, including software and required hardware, software licensing, and contracted services. The remaining amount of bond proceeds allocated to the department of revenue for the MT PRRIME project may be used on the stabilization and assessment of software and data in the POINTS project, on planning, development, acquisition, installation, administration, and implementation of information technology systems to replace department of revenue information technology systems and planning, development, and implementation of business process changes to facilitate and enable the replacement activities, and on staffing of a project management office to facilitate and enable the replacement and business process change activities."
Section 3. Section 2, Chapter 519, Laws of 1999, is amended to read:
"Section 2. Appropriation of bond proceeds and approval of information technology project. Upon the sale of general obligation bonds by the board of examiners, the following bond proceeds are appropriated from the capital projects fund for the following projects:
Agency/Project & #160; 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 160; Bond Proceeds
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Project META and stabilization of software and data in the POINTS project 0; 160; $18,000,000
MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Banner Project 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 160; 0; 80 0,000"
Section 4. Section 5, Chapter 519, Laws of 1999, is amended to read:
"Section 5. Expenditures. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), bond proceeds under [sections 1 through 4] may be used only for information technology project administration and implementation, including software and required hardware, software licensing, and contract services. The Except as provided in this subsection, the department of revenue and the Montana university system are prohibited from using any of the proceeds from the sale of bonds, authorized by [sections 1 through 5], for agency current level operating expenses. The department of revenue may use remaining bond proceeds issued for project META for stabilization and assessment of software and data in the POINTS project, on planning, development, acquisition, installation, administration, and implementation of information technology systems to replace department of revenue information technology systems and planning, development, and implementation of business process changes to facilitate and enable the replacement activities, and on staffing of a project management office to facilitate and enable the replacement and business process change activities.
(2) All of the bonds authorized and issued for the Montana university system under [sections 1 through 4] must be used to reduce student fees levied for information technology purposes."
Section 5. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
Section 6. Retroactive applicability. [This act] applies retroactively, within the meaning of 1-2-109, to acts and expenditures after November 1, 2002.
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