2017 Montana Legislature

HOUSE BILL NO. 4

INTRODUCED BY N. BALLANCE

BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING

AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY THAT WOULD USUALLY BE APPROPRIATED BY BUDGET AMENDMENT TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2017; PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE INTO STATE AND FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS 2018 AND 2019; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

Section 1. Time limits. The appropriations contained in [section 2] are intended to provide necessary expenditures for the years for which the appropriations are made. The unspent balance of an appropriation reverts to the fund from which it was appropriated upon conclusion of the final fiscal year for which its expenditures are authorized by [sections 1 and 2].

Section 2. Appropriations. The following money is appropriated, subject to the terms and conditions of [sections 1 and 2]:

Agency and Program

Judiciary

District Court Operations

Adult Treatment Court Expansion Enhancement F Y201 7 $300,000 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Beaverhead County accountability court is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the adult treatment court expansion enhancement and the first judicial district family court is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Secretary of State

Business and Government Services

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the help America vote grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Office of Public Instruction

State Level Activities

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the preschool development grant is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

Local Education Activities

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the preschool development grant is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

Crime Control Division

Justice System Support Services

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the victim assistance formula grant, the victim assistance discretionary grant training program, vision 21: linking systems of care for children and youth in Montana, and the crime victims legal assistance network is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the sexual assault kit initiative grant, the enhanced training and services to end abuse later in life grant, and the crisis intervention and suicide prevention through collaborative partnerships grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Justice

Legal Services Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Intercede project is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

Motor Vehicle Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the commercial driver's license program implementation grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Montana Highway Patrol

Fiscal Year 2017 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

60;& #160; &# 160; & #16 0; FY2017 $22,394 60;& #160; Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2016 high intensity drug trafficking areas program is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 for the fiscal year 2017 high intensity drug trafficking areas program is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

Division of Criminal Investigation

Overtime Funding for Narcotics Bureau Agents FY2017 0; $18,000 Federal

Overtime Funding for the Northwest Drug Task Force

60;& #160; &# 160; & #16 0; FY2017 $21,000 60;& #160; Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for overtime funding for the northwest drug task force is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

Forensic Science Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2015 DNA program initiative is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2016 DNA program initiative is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the sexual assault forensic evidence program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Commissioner of Higher Education

Administration Program

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the western interstate commission for higher education programs and services is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Montana Historical Society

Research Center

Digital Sales to the Public FY2017 $5,000 & #16 0; Proprietary

Montana Board Programming Grant FY2017 $ 17,24 5 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Montana board programming grant is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for analysis and optimization of the mechanical systems for sustainable preservation of collections and for the Montana brewery oral history project is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

Historic Preservation Program

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for data sharing with the bureau of land management and for the cultural resources information database is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

Fisheries Division

Watershed Restoration Opportunities in the Selway Meadows Area

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 $64, 975 Federal

Fish Habitat in the Flathead Basin Watersheds

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 $68, 000 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout sampling in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge national forest, for restoring westslope cutthroat trout into Cherry Creek, for painted rocks reservoir operations and maintenance, for the Blackfoot River recreation management partnership, for the westslope cutthroat trout genetics grant, for the pallid sturgeon population assessment project, for the Sanford Park fisheries habitat enhancement project, for fish habitat in the Flathead Basin watersheds, and for restoring westslope cutthroat trout into steams in the Helena-Lewis and Clark national forest is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for Yellowstone-Montana broodstock development is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Moose and French Creek restoration project, and for the French Creek culvert replacement and stream restoration project is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for aquatic invasive species prevention, for the pallid sturgeon tagging and telemetry study and for watershed restoration opportunities in the Selway Meadows area is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Enforcement Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Ashland ranger district aerial support grant is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the turn in poachers program participation is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Wildlife Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Kootenai River operations mitigation and evaluation project is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for grizzly bear conservation, for grizzly bear conflict management throughout the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem, for expanding recreational access and sage grouse initiative longevity, and for the fiscal year 2014 legacy administration grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for implementing prairie pothole joint venture conservation activities and for wolverine study activities is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Montana bighorn sheep study, for the sage grouse grazing research study, for grizzly bear management assistance, for evaluating grazing treatments on Lake Mason national wildlife refuge for greater sage grouse population and habitat maintenance, for studying elk response to changes in habitat in the Elkhorn Mountains, for the Montana wolf monitoring study, for the fiscal year 2015 forest legacy administration grant, for the fiscal year 2016 legacy administration grant, for the sharp-tail grouse grazing evaluation, for the carnivore management and elk recruitment grant, for determining the impacts of grazing prescriptions on food availability for grouse species, for the statewide mule deer study, for the bat foraging and roosting study, for the migratory songbird grazing study, and for sheep and goat baseline monitoring is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Parks Division

Smith River Ranger 0; FY2017 $7,000 0;&# 160; Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for management of the Smith River corridor is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Smith River ranger is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Capital Outlay

Stream Restoration of Big Spring Creek

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 $27, 585 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for arctic grayling spawning habitat is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Clear Creek conservation legacy project is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for stream restoration of Big Spring Creek, for the Egge-Dam diversion and fish passage project, and for the Montana wildlife lands program is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for fish barrier removal, for the Trumball Creek watershed legacy project, for the restoration of self-sustaining arctic grayling and westslope cutthroat trout population in Elk Lake, and for acquiring agricultural land easements is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Environmental Quality

Central Services Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2016 exchange network grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Water Quality Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the section 106 monitoring initiative is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the nonpoint source projects grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Waste Management and Remediation Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the abandoned mine lands reclamation program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Air, Energy, and Mining Division

Community-Scale Solar Strategy Project FY2017 $380, 000 Federal

Zortman-Landusky Water Treatment and Reclamation

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 60; $400,000 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the coal application program manager, for the energy efficiency leadership challenge for Montana's K-12 schools, and for the community-scale solar strategy project is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the strategic energy blueprint is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the coal application development and for Zortman-Landusky water treatment and reclamation is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Transportation

General Operations Program

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2015 on-the-job training supportive services program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2016 on-the-job training support services program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Highway and Engineering

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2015 emergency relief funds, for the fiscal year 2015 accelerated innovative deployment demonstration, for the fiscal year 2015 redistribution of federal-aid highway program, and the fiscal year 2016 redistribution of federal-aid highway program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Aeronautics Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Yellowstone airport terminal area master plan study is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

Conservation and Resource Development Division

Invasive Species Early Detection and Rapid Response for Mussels

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 60; $60,000 Federal< /p>

Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention FY2 017& #160; $20,000 Federal< /span >

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2015 clean water act, for the fiscal year 2015 safe drinking water act, and for the invasive species early detection and rapid response for mussels is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for aquatic invasive species prevention is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the water pollution control capitalization grant and for the drinking water state revolving fund capitalization grant is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2013 safe drinking water act, for support of the density disturbance calculation tool, for the conservation technical assistance and conservation cost-share programs, and for the fiscal year 2014 safe drinking water act is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Water Resources Division

National Drought Resiliency Partnership FY2017 &# 160;$ 20,000 Federal

Coordination on Water Transactions FY 2017 $42,125 Federal

Building Drought Resiliency in the Missouri Headwaters Basin

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 60; $200,000 Federal

Federal Reimbursements 0; 60; FY2017 $529 ; 60; Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2016 community engagement and risk communication cooperating technical partners grant, for the public water system surveys, for the national drought resiliency partnership, for coordination on water transactions, and for the fiscal year 2016 project management cooperating technical partners grant is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for building drought resiliency in the Missouri Headwaters Basin is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the West Gallatin cooperating technical partners grant, for the Bozeman Creek cooperating technical partners grant, for the fiscal year 2015 community engagement and risk communication cooperating technical partners grant, for the Musselshell cooperating technical partners grant, for the Mineral County cooperating technical partners grant, for the Beaverhead County cooperating technical partners grant, and for the Swan River cooperating technical partners grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Forest and Trust Lands

Prescribed Burning Activities in the Kootenai National Forest

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 60; $1,000 0;&# 160; Federal

25th Anniversary Commemorative Assistance Grant

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 60; $50,000 Federal< /p>

Consolidated Payments Grant &# 160; FY2017 $150,000 0;&# 160; Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Helena interagency dispatch center, for prescribed burning activities in Carbon and Stillwater Counties, and for prescribed burning activities in the Lolo national forest is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Red Mountain Chessman Reservoir flume, for the fiscal year 2015 hazardous fuels reduction grant, for the fiscal year 2015 consolidated payments grant, for the wood utilization assistance and wood innovation grant, for the fiscal year 2013 consolidated payments grant, for the fiscal year 2013 hazardous fuels reduction grant, for the fiscal year 2013 western bark beetle grant, and for the fiscal year 2013 community forest and open space administration grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for fire control in the Kootenai national forest, for prescribed burning activities in the Kootenai national forest, for the Missoula field office's prescribed burning activities, for the Lewistown field office's prescribed burning activities, for the conservation reserve program sign-ups, and for the Glasgow field office's prescribed burning activities is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Red Mountain Chessman Reservoir flume stewardship agreement, for prescribed burning in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge national forest, for prescribed burning in the Custer Gallatin national forest, for prescribed burning in the Helena-Lewis and Clark national forest, for the fiscal year 2016 consolidated payments grant, for the fiscal year 2017 consolidated payments grant, for the landscape scale restoration consolidated payments grant, for the fiscal year 2016 wood products and biomass program, for fiscal year 2016 hazardous fuels reduction, for the statewide wood energy grant, for the 25th anniversary commemorative assistance grant, and for fiscal year 2017 hazardous fuels reduction is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Sciences Division

Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Grant FY2017& #160 ; $11,796 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment for the greater sage grouse habitat grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Central Management Division

Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Grant FY2017& #160 ; $488,204 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment for the greater sage grouse habitat grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Agricultural Development Division

Certified State Agricultural Mediation Grant FY2017 $ 30,00 0 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for fiscal year 2015 Montana specialty crop block management is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for fiscal year 2016 Montana specialty crop block management is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Corrections

Youth Services

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the small, rural school achievement program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

Department of Commerce

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the housing trust fund grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Housing Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the 811 project rental assistance demonstration program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Department of Labor and Industry

Workforce Services Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for state accelerator grants and for apprenticeship USA state expansion grants is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the reemployment and system integration dislocated worker grants is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

Unemployment Insurance Division

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the unemployment insurance state administration is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the reemployment and system integration dislocated worker grants is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the integrity and consortium projects is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2019.

Department of Military Affairs

Challenge Program

Youth Challenge Program Grant FY2017 $ 240,5 59 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the youth challenge program grant is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

Starbase

Starbase Youth Program FY201 7 60; $264,259 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the starbase youth program is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

Army National Guard Program

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2013 Montana army national guard facilities programs is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 Montana army national guard facilities programs is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Disaster and Emergency Services

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the flood risk mitigation activities along the Little Bighorn River is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

Department of Public Health and Human Services

Disability Employment Transitions

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the achieving success by promoting readiness for education and employment grant is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

Human and Community Services

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations FY2017 $600,000 Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the food distribution program on Indian reservations is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the food stamp program high-performance bonus is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Child and Family Services

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the adoption and legal guardian incentive payment program is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Public Health and Safety Division

WIC EBT Implementation FY2017 ; 60;$598,286 Federal

Montana Environmental Health Education and Assessment Program

60;& #160; &# 160; FY2017 $236,725 0;&# 160;Federal

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the domestic Ebola supplement to epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease, for the Montana environmental health education and assessment program, and for immunization capacity building assistance is authorized to continue into state fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting program grant and for the WIC EBT implementation is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2018.

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for public health emergency preparedness for Ebola, preparedness and response activities, is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Senior and Long-Term Care

All remaining fiscal year 2017 federal budget amendment authority for the Montana community choice partnership is authorized to continue into federal fiscal year 2019.

Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.

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