HOUSE BILL NO. 75

INTRODUCED BY AHNER C

BY REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT COMBINING THE STATUTORY APPROPRIATION FOR MITIGATING DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES CAUSED BY FIRE WITH THE STATUTORY APPROPRIATION FOR MITIGATING DISASTERS CAUSED BY ALL OTHER CAUSES; AMENDING SECTION 10-3-312, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."

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

Section 1. Section 10-3-312, MCA, is amended to read:

"10-3-312. Maximum expenditure by governor -- appropriation. (1) Whenever an emergency or disaster is declared by the governor, there is statutorily appropriated to the office of the governor, as provided in 17-7-502, and the governor is authorized to expend from the general fund, an amount not to exceed $12 million in any biennium, minus any amount appropriated pursuant to 10-3-310 in the same biennium.

(2) In the event of the recovery of money expended under this section, the spending authority must be reinstated to a level reflecting the recovery.

(3) If a disaster is declared by the president of the United States, there is statutorily appropriated to the office of the governor, as provided in 17-7-502, and the governor is authorized to expend from the general fund, an amount not to exceed $500,000 during the biennium to meet the state's share of the individual and family grant programs as provided in 42 U.S.C. 5178."

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

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