Montana State Legislature

Materials from the Legislative Week

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Materials: 

Overall Schedule of Legislative Committee Meetings, Training, and Legislator Opportunities (as of 1/12/20)

SB 310 Study on the Legislature: Legislator and Public Comment Sought on January 14, 2020, 8 a.m., Room 137
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Detailed Schedule of Tuesday January 14, 2020

• Montana's Changing Demographics
• Data Interactive Tool
• " Building An Effective State Education System: There’s No Time To Lose." by Michelle Exstrom, NCSL Education Group Director
• Revenue, Budget, and Infrastructure Update Slides 
• State and Local Government Trends Slides 

Wednesday Breakout Session Agendas and Reference Materials 

• Revenue  (8 am)
  • Property Tax Overview (HJ 35 Study Committee, 1/2020)
  • Historic Revenues Report
  • SB 407 Green Sheet
  • Property Tax Report
• Public Safety (8 am)
  • NCSL Public Safety Breakout
  • Corrections Data
  • Corrections Facility Costs per Day
  • 20-Year Expenditure History for:
    • Judiciary
    • Department of Justice
    • Department of Corrections
    • Office of the Public Defender
• Infrastructure (8 am)
  • State and Local Infrastructure
• Pensions (8 am)
  • Pension Overview - preflight briefing
  • PERS Funding History Numbers Table
  • Funding Policy and Montana's Public Pensions
  • Montana's Public Pensions: Where We've Been (11/2018)
  • Summary of FY2018- 2019 Public Retirement System Actuarial  Valuations and Summary Tables (aka Green Sheets) 
  • S & P Global Ratings Report
  • Brookings Public Finance Report
  • Hidden Debt, Hidden Deficits
  • Elizabeth Wiley Actuarial Risks Presentation
  • Greg Mennis, PEW, Evaluating Pension Risk
• State Revenue (10:15 am)
  • An Overview of Montana Taxes
  • Comments on the Montana Economy and Implications for our Tax Structure
• Health & Human Services (10:15 a.m.)
  • Medicaid Expansion Status Of HB 658 Implementation (1/2020)
  • Federal Revenues in Montana
  • DPHHS 20-Year Expenditure History
  • Federal Funds Information for States (FFIS) Report
  • 2020 Medical Marijuana Registry Statistics
• Natural Resources & Environment (10:15 am)
  • Aquatic Invasive Species Funding
  • Chronic Wasting Disease Status Report
  • Coal Industry Trends and Risks
  • Colstrip -- A Snapshot of revenue impacts of the 2020 closure of Colstrip Units 1 & 2
  • Colstrip -- A Timeline
  • Colstrip Units 1 & 2 Closure Updated Revenue Memo (Dept. of Revenue, 9/2019)
  • Coal Severance Tax Trust Fund Brochure (2018)
  • State Taxation of Natural Resources
• Local Trends (10:15 am)
  • Entitlement Share  (HB124 or the "Big Bill" from 2001)
  • Entitlement Share Timeline
  • School Funding and Property Taxes
  • Trends in Local Government Finance

Legislative Fiscal Information on HB 715 Study

Press Release  12/20/2019

Notes: 

• Other Social Events by Outside Parties 
• For more information, please email sfox@mt.gov or call (406) 444-3066.