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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT requiring transparency of recipients and amounts paid from emergency rental assistance program funds; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. Transparency reporting of emergency rental assistance program funds. (1) Each quarter, the department of commerce shall provide a list of businesses and landlords that have received funds from the emergency rental assistance program.
(2) The list must identify the amount of funds each recipient has received in the last quarter as well as the total amount of funds the recipient has received from the emergency rental assistance program.
(3) The list must also identify any recipient who has been directed by the department of commerce to reimburse funds but has not done so and the amount to be reimbursed.
(4) The list must be posted on the state's American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 website at https://arpa.mt.gov in a prominent location and must remain on the website as long as the website exists.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.