December 8, 2022

• Agenda (updated November 21, 2022)
• Section D Preliminary Budget Status & Highlights
• IBC-D Visitor Sheet
• Interim Work Study: Law & Justice Interim Committee
• Recently Issued Reports (Legislative Audit Division)
• Exhibits & Attachments
• Revised Agency Goals & Objectives
  • Department of Corrections
  • Department of Justice
  • ​​​​​​​Judicial Branch
  • Montana Board of Crime Control
  • Office of Public Defender
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Public Service Regulation
• Department of Corrections
  • Annual Report Summary
  • HB 693 Recidivism Summary
  • Quarterly Treatment PRC Assessment Utilization Guarantee Report (Q1, FY 2023)
• Department of Justice
  • HJ 29 Study Report (Final)
• Judicial Branch
  • HB 693 Report Q3
  • Pending Civil Section 4, Q3, 2022
  • Judiciary ARPA Quarterly Update #3
  • Judicial Officer Workload Assessment Final Report
  • Montana District Court Judicial Officer Model (November 11, 2022)
  • Montana Judicial Officer Need Model (November 11, 2022)
  • Performance Measures / Statistics
    • District Court
    • Drugs Court
    • Supreme Court
    • Water Court
    • Youth Court 
• Public Service Commission Presentation
• Office of Public Defender FY22 LFC Reporting
  • These reports display the following matter-count related information for FY 22
    • New Matters Recevied
    • Matters Closed
    • Active & Inactive Matters
    • Matter Durations

September 14, 2022

• Agenda - Updated Sept. 13, 2022
• Personal Services Narrative Section D
• 2025 Biennium Budget Information
  • Biennium Goals Objectives
  • Chairman's Letter to the Budget Director, March 31, 2022
• Agency Budget Submission Checklist
  • Department of Corrections
  • Department of Justice
  • Judicial Branch
  • Office of Public Defender
  • Public Service Commission
• Quarterly Financial Reports
  • Department of Corrections
    • Department of Corrections & Core Civic Questions
      • Core Civic Responses
      • Department of Corrections Responses
    • Q4 FY 2022 Quarterly Treatment PRC Assessment Utilization Guarantee Report
    • Rental Voucher HB 693 - Final
    • HB 693 Montana Women's Prison Summary
    • April to June 2022 County Jail Hold Legislative Reporting
    • LAD Probation & Parole Practices Presentation
      • PDF Version
  • Public Service Commission
    • REDDI Project Budget
    • Strategic Plan
    Office of Public Defender
    • OPD HB 693 Required Reporting
    • OPD Fees Assessed
    • FTE's & Contractors in Treatment Courts
    • Contractor Hours for Capital Matters
    • FTE Time for Capital Matters
  • Department of Justice - Updated Sept. 13, 2022
    • HB10 CARS Report
    • HB 693 Division of Criminal Investigation Report
    • FSD Report on SAK Backlog 2022
    • IBC Presentation
      • PDF Version 
    • Legislative Fiscal Division HJ 29 Study Report 
  • Judicial Branch
    • Judiciary ARPA Update
    • Informal Domestic Relations Trial Informational Flyer
    • Judicial Branch HB 693 Q3 Report
• Fund Balance Reports
  • Department of Justice Special Revenue Overview
  • Judicial Branch State Special Revenue Overview
  • Public Service Commission State Special Revenue Overview
• IBC Requests
  • Department of Justice
    • Board of Crime Control Grants

Looking for past meeting materials? Find them in "Reports & Data Requests".

Past Meeting Materials & Reports

June 15, 2022

• Agenda
• LFD Green Sheet, Hwy Patrol Pay & Retention Fund
• Quarterly Financial Reports 
  • Department of Corrections
    • Memo from Agency
    • Hiring of Correctional Officers
    • Summary of DOC Strategic Master Planning Report
    • MCCA Slide Presentation
    Public Service Commission
  • Office of Public Defender
    • Vacancies Update
    • Salaries Update
    Department of Justice
    • Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force Programs
    • Crisis Diversion Grants Program
    • Crime in MT Dashboard - Violent Crime
    • Victims of Crime Act Services in Montana
    • HB 29 Victim Services Report
    • HB 29 Subgrantee Funding
    Judicial Branch
  Required Reports
  • Department of Corrections
    • Pending Civil Cases, First Quarter Jan 1 - March 31, 2022
    • HB 693 Report
  • Judicial Branch
    • HB 632, ARPA report
    • HB 693 Report
    • Pending Civil Cases, First Quarter Jan 1 - March 31, 2022

March 2022

• Agenda
• Minutes
• FY 2022 Quarterly Summary Reports
  • Judicial Branch
  • Department of Justice
  • Public Service Commission
  • Office of Public Defender
  • Department of Corrections
  Other Information and Requested Information
  • Board of Crime Control
    • Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force Programs
    • Crisis Diversion Grants Program
    • Crime in MT Dashboard - Violent Crime
    Office of Public Defender
    • Corrected # of Attorneys
    • Contingency Funding
    • Interactive Dashboard by County, City, or Court
    • Writ of Certiorari to Supreme Court
    MARA Model Methodology
    • Slideshow
    • Public Safety
  Other Reports
  • Office of Budget & Program Planning
    • All 2025 Biennium Budget Preparation Memos
    Department of Corrections
    • Offender Prescreening & Placement
    • Status Update on Legislatively Approved FTE
    • Inmate Welfare Fund
    • Location of Individuals 10 Days After Sentencing
    • Quarterly Treatment Utilization Guarantee Report Q2-FY22
    Department of Justice
    • Public Safety Radio
    • Providing Supplies to County Offices
    • FTE Movements
    • Funding Streams and Interagency Cooperation
    • HB 158 Report
    • Public Communications Survey and Results
    • DOJ Agreement
    • Public Safety Communications Maps
    • Board of Crime Control
      • Victim Services Report
    Office of Public Defender
    • OPD FY 2021 Biennial Report
    • OPD Agency Update
    Public Service Commission 
    • Preliminary Report - Repair/Replace Electronic Database for Docket Info
    Judicial Branch
    • Court Fees
    • Youth Courts at a Glance
    • LC Civil Data
    • LC Criminal Data
    • Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Summary Comparison
    • Marijuana-related Expungement, Resentencing & Re-designation and Forms
    • 2021 DC Data
    • 2022 District Court Case Filing Review
    • 2022 District Court Judicial Resource Needs
    • HB 693 Required Report
    • HB 693 Pending Civil Cases Q4 2021

December 2021

• Agenda
• Minutes
• FY 2022 Quarterly Summary Reports
  • Judicial Branch
  • Department of Justice
  • Public Service Commission
  • Office of Public Defender
  • Department of Corrections
  Public Safety Data Project
  • Staff Briefing
  • OPD Update
  Board of Crime Control
  • State Victim Services Funding
  Section D Companion Bill - Agency Provided Materials
  • HB 693
  • Judiciary
    • Supreme Court HB 693 Report
    • Civil Pending Cases Q3 2021
    Department of Justice
    • Attorney General
    Department of Corrections
    • 10-Day Jail Holds
    • Quarterly Treatment Utilization Guarantee Report
  IBC Requests
  • Limitations on Budget Changes (Modifications)
  • Judicial Branch
    • Judiciary ARPA Quarterly Update ARPA Informal Domestic Relations Trials Performance Measures
    • New FTE Status
    Office of Public Defender
  • Department of Corrections
  • Department of Justice
  HB 632 ARPA
  • AG Memo: Addressing Significant Violent Crime Increase to Economically Stabilize Billings
  Department of Justice
  • Drug Task Force Funding Streams and Interagency Cooperation Overview
  Office of State Public Defender
  • Order to Show Cause
  Yellowstone County Criminal Justice Proposal to Commission

September 2021

• Agenda (updated 9/3/21)
• Minutes
• 2021 Fiscal Year End Financial Reports
  • Judicial Branch
  • Department of Justice
  • Office of Public Defender
  • Public Service Commission
  • Department of Corrections
  • Letter from Law & Justice Interim Committee
• Section D Companion Bill - Requested Agency Provided Materials
  • HB 693
  • Office of Public Defender
    • Show Cause Order
    • Office of Public Defender Memo: HB 693-HB 2 Provisions for Section D
    • OPD Budget & FTE
  • Department of Justice
    • Experts: Spend Opioid Settlement Funds on Fighting Opioids - WTRF
    • County Sees Emerging Crisis With Addictive Painkiller - Daily Inter Lake
    • HJ 29 (Study of victim services and funding in Montana)
    • EMS Naloxone Administration & Suspected Opioid Overdose
    • DOJ Fentanyl Summary 2021
    • Montana Board of Crime Control
    • Status of Cases Reported by County Attorneys
    • MT Fentanyl Trends 2021
  • Department of Corrections
    • Department of Corrections Announces Restructuring; No Jobs Lost - Billings Gazette
  • DOC/DOJ/JUD/OPD
  • Judiciary
  • Public Service Commission
  • Department of Justice
  • Office of State Public Defender
    • HJ 31 (Interim study of criminal-justice system data in Montana)
    • DOC Data Tracking
    • Judicial Branch HB 632 Funding Plan
    • Explaining PSC Fund Balance
    • PSC Slides
    • SITSD-PSC MOU
    • DOJ-PSC MOU
    • PSC Letter 9-17-21
    • Performance Audit - October 2015
    • DOJ Fentanyl Stats Past 5 Years
    • Naloxone One-Pager
    • FY 2021 Case Counts

Appropriations Joint Subcommittee Section D

December 8, 2022

Minutes
 

June 15, 2022

Minutes

March 16, 2022

Minutes l Video

December 15, 2022

Minutes l Video

September 15, 2022

Minutes l Video

Submit Public Comment

December 2021

• May Simmons

• Committee Members
  • Rep. Mercer, chair
  • Sen. Howard, vice chair
  • Sen. Bartel
  • Rep. Kerr-Carpenter
  • Sen. Lynch
  • Rep. Nave
  • Rep. Seekins-Crowe
• LFD Staff
  • Cathy Duncan
  • Katya Grover, clerk
• OBPP Staff
  • Brent Doig

The Interim Budget Committees are authorized by HB 497. The committee duties are outlined in section 4:

(1) Each interim budget committee in [section 1(2)(a) through (2)(e)] shall:

(a) oversee the expenditures included in the budget for the agencies overseen by the interim budget committees established in [section 1];

(b) review implementation of new programs by the agencies overseen by the interim budget committees established in [section 1] that were approved by the legislature immediately preceding the interim;

(c) review programs discussed in the respective subcommittee during the legislative session;

(d) review quarterly expenditures and budget transactions and compare those transactions to the budget adopted by the legislature;

(e) report budget observations and recommendations to the legislative finance committee at each quarterly meeting; and

(f) forward any recommendations for proposed legislation to the legislative finance committee or relevant interim committee and may not directly request legislation.

(2) Beginning in September of each odd-numbered year, each interim budget committee in [section 1(2)(a) through (2)(e)] shall meet within the week prior to the quarterly legislative finance committee meetings.

(3) Beginning in September of each odd-numbered year, the interim budget committee provided for in [section 1(2)(f)] shall meet each December and June within the week prior to the quarterly legislative finance committee meetings to review project status implementation throughout the interim and report budget considerations and recommendations to the legislative finance committee.

(4) The legislative fiscal division shall:

(a) provide staff assistance to the interim budget committees; and

(b) keep accurate records of the activities and proceedings of each interim budget committee.

(5) If an interim budget committee produces a report or receives a report from an agency, the report must also be provided to the appropriate interim committee that has agency oversight over the subject matter discussed in the report.

(6) The legislative finance committee may delegate specific studies or analysis to an interim budget committee and must consider all recommendations for potential legislation.