House bill NO. 3

INTRODUCED BY L. Jones, B. Keenan

By Request of the Office of Budget and Program Planning

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023; 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 and ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. The unspent balance of any appropriation must revert to the appropriate fund.

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

Agency and Program                             Amount                         Fund

Department of Revenue

            Alcoholic Beverage Control Division                                                                                                                                                       $152,000                       Proprietary Fund

            Cannabis Control Division                                                                                                                                                                     $1,761,711                    State Special

Department of Military Affairs

            Director's Office                        $40,925                         General Fund

            NG Scholarship Program           $80,248                         General Fund

            Air National Guard                     $22,715                         General Fund

Department of Justice

            Montana Highway Patrol            $2,600,000                    General Fund

            Legal Services Division             $305,779                       General Fund

            Litigation Costs                         $2,835,000                    General Fund

Office of Public Defender

            Conflict Division                        $4,500,000                    General Fund

Department of Corrections

            Public Safety Division                $1,861,056                    General Fund

Office of Public Instruction

            State Level Activities                 $86,000                         General Fund

Montana Arts Council

            Promotion of the Arts                 $54,000                         General Fund

Legislative Services Division

            Office of Legislative Information Services

                                                            $113,941                       General Fund

Montana Historical Society

            Administration Program             $107,362                       General Fund

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