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SENATE BILL NO. 352

INTRODUCED BY F. THOMAS, B. TSCHIDA

 

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE STATE BUDGET; TRANSFERRING FUNDS; PROVIDING COORDINATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ACCOUNT AND AN APPROPRIATION IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; PROVIDING COORDINATION INSTRUCTIONS REMOVING RESIDENT MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES FROM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES FUNDING AND AN APPROPRIATION IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

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

 

     Section 1.  Transfer of funds. By August 15, 2019, the state treasurer shall transfer $100 from the general fund to the state special revenue fund established in 1-11-301.

 

     Section 2.  Coordination instruction. If [this act], [House Bill No. 2], and [House Bill No. 694] are passed and approved, then:

     (1) Section 44-4-1607, MCA, must be amended as follows:

     "44-4-1607.  Statewide public safety communications system account. (1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102 to be known as the statewide public safety communications system account.

     (2)  There must be deposited in the account:

     (a)  money received from legislative allocations and general fund transfers;

     (b)  a transfer of money from a state or local agency for the purposes of this part;

     (c)  rates, charges, or fees collected by the department in accordance with 44-4-1606(3)(h);

     (d)  funds accepted in accordance with 44-4-1606(3)(i) and (3)(j); and

     (e)  a gift, donation, grant, legacy, bequest, or devise made for the purposes of this part.

     (3)  There is an account in the federal special revenue fund established in 17-2-102 to be known as the statewide public safety communications system account. There must be deposited in the account money received from the federal government for the purposes of this part.

     (4) For each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2029, there is transferred $3.75 million from the state general fund to the state special revenue account provided for in this section.

     (4)(5)  Funds in either account created in this section must be used by the department for the purposes of this part."; and

     (2) [House Bill No. 2] is amended to include a new section that reads:

     "NEW SECTION.  Section 13.  Appropriations. There is appropriated $3,750,000 to the department of justice from the state special revenue account provided for in 44-4-1607 for each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, for the purpose of upgrading and maintaining the existing public safety radio system infrastructure for the benefit of all law enforcement agencies statewide. It is the intent of legislature that this appropriation be included in the base budget for the 2023 biennium."

 

     Section 3.  Coordination instruction. If [this act], [House Bill No. 2], [House Bill No. 411], and [House Bill No. 694] are passed and approved, then:      

     (1) [section 4 of House Bill No. 411], amending 61-3-321, is void and the references to 61-3-321 in [sections 6 and 7 of House Bill No. 411], amending 80-7-1004, are stricken; and

     (2) [House Bill No. 2] is amended to include a new section that reads:

     "NEW SECTION.  Section 14.  Appropriations. There is appropriated from the general fund to the department of fish, wildlife, and parks $283,620 in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and $398,625 in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, to supplement aquatic invasive species prevention programs."

 

     Section 4.  Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2019.

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