Basics

• Legislative Fiscal Division - What We Do 
• Understanding State Finances (in brief)
  • Understanding State Finances (full book)
• HB 2 Guide     |     HB 2 Process
• Statutory Appropriations Guide 
• Appropriations Process
• Funding Your Bill 
  • Getting Your Bill Funded in HB 2 
• Managing Volatility
• Fiscal Notes 
• State General Fund  - Where it Comes From and Where it Goes 
• Present Law and Statewide Present Law
• Revenues: A Tale of Two Biennia

Brochures

Education

• Guarantee Fund
• Higher Education
• K-12 Education Funding (storymap)
• K-12 Funding Basics - District General Fund (brochure)
• Montana Property Taxes 

Healthcare

• Medicaid & CHiP (in brief)
  • Medicaid 101 (in depth)
  • Medicaid Waivers
  • HELP Act
  • Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Guide
• Tobacco Settlement

Infrastructure

• Bonding and Debt Service 
• Highway Funding
• Local Government Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding

Local Government

• Entitlement Share
• Local Government Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
• Montana Property Taxes 

Natural Resources

• Coal Severance Tax Trust Fund
• Coal Severance Tax pictoral
• Oil & Gas Production Tax
• Resource Indemnity Trust
• Wildfire Suppression

Agency Profiles - descriptions of state agencies and their budgets 

• Please click on "Appropriations Subcommittee Materials" below

RTIC Adopted Revenue Estimates - Fiscal Years 2019, 2020 & 2021

HB 2 Narrative

Status Sheets 

2021 Budget Analysis (click below in Appropriations Subcommittee Materials or LFD publications)

Quick Guide to HB2 Process

HB 2 Guide     |     HB 2 Process

• Quick Guide to HB2 Process

RTIC Adopted Revenue Estimates - Fiscal Years 2019, 2020 & 2021

General Fund Revenue Process and Status Sheet Training

APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULES

General Government

Health and Human Services

Natural Resources & Transportation

Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement, and Justice

Education

Long-Range Planning

MATERIALS

Subcommittee Training

Budget Instructions to the Subcommittees

State General Fund  - Where it Comes From and Where it Goes

Training Guide - Statewide Present Law Decision Package 1     |     Formula

Present Law and Statewide Present Law

General Fund Changes from 2017 Base to 2021 Governor's Request

Governor's Proposed 2021 Biennium Balance Sheet

State General Fund  - Where it Comes From and Where it Goes

General Fund Revenue Process and Status Sheet Training