INTRODUCED
BY J. Kassmier, R. Osmundson
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MADE-IN-MONTANA PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; expanding use of the economic development state special revenue account; amending section 90-1-205, mCA; and PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 90-1-205, MCA, is amended to read:
"90-1-205. Economic development special revenue account. (1) There is an economic development state special revenue account. The account receives earnings from the big sky economic development fund as provided in 17-5-703. The money in the account may be used only as provided in this part.
(2) The money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department. Of the money that is deposited in the account that is not used for administrative expenses or for other economic development purposes:
(a) 75% must be allocated for distribution to local governments and tribal governments to be used for job creation efforts; and
(b) 25% must be allocated for distribution to certified regional development corporations, economic development organizations that are located in a county that is not part of a certified regional development corporation, and tribal governments."
Section 2. Appropriation. There is appropriated $200,000 from the account provided for in 90-1-205 to the department of commerce for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, in order to support the made-in-Montana and grown-in-Montana products pursuant to 30-17-101 and 90-1-105.
Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2021.