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Part 1. Budget Systems and Program Plans
17-7-101. Short title - 17-7-101. Short title. This part shall be known and may...
17-7-102. Definitions - 17-7-102. (Temporary) Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following...
17-7-103. Governor chief budget officer -- appointment of budget director - 17-7-103. Governor chief budget officer -- appointment of budget director....
17-7-104. Repealed - 17-7-104. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 432, L. 1979. History: En....
17-7-105. Repealed - 17-7-105. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 432, L. 1979. History: En....
17-7-106. Repealed - 17-7-106. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 432, L. 1979. History: En....
17-7-107. through 17-7-110 reserved - 17-7-107 through 17-7-110 reserved.
17-7-111. Preparation of state budget -- agency program budgets -- form distribution and contents - 17-7-111. Preparation of state budget -- agency program budgets --...
17-7-112. Submission deadlines -- budgeting schedule - 17-7-112. Submission deadlines -- budgeting schedule. The following is the...
17-7-113. Inquiries and investigations by budget director - 17-7-113. Inquiries and investigations by budget director. The budget director...
17-7-114. Repealed - 17-7-114. Repealed. Sec. 82, Ch. 545, L. 1995. History: En....
17-7-115. through 17-7-120 reserved - 17-7-115 through 17-7-120 reserved.
17-7-121. Preliminary budget preparation and submission to governor and governor-elect - 17-7-121. Preliminary budget preparation and submission to governor and governor-elect....
17-7-122. Preparation of budget - 17-7-122. Preparation of budget. (1) The governor shall, following the...
17-7-123. Form of executive budget - 17-7-123. Form of executive budget. (1) The budget submitted must...
17-7-124. Additional budget data - 17-7-124. Additional budget data. In addition to the budget required...
17-7-125. through 17-7-129 reserved - 17-7-125 through 17-7-129 reserved.
17-7-130. Budget stabilization reserve fund -- rules for deposits and transfers -- purpose - 17-7-130. Budget stabilization reserve fund -- rules for deposits and...
17-7-131. Legislative action -- ending fund balance - 17-7-131. Legislative action -- ending fund balance. (1) The presiding...
17-7-132. Right to appear on consideration of budget - 17-7-132. Right to appear on consideration of budget. The budget...
17-7-133. through 17-7-137 reserved - 17-7-133 through 17-7-137 reserved.
17-7-138. Operating budget - 17-7-138. Operating budget. (1) (a) Expenditures by a state agency...
17-7-139. Program transfers - 17-7-139. Program transfers. (1) Unless prohibited by law or a...
17-7-140. Reduction in spending - 17-7-140. Reduction in spending. (1) (a) As the chief budget...
17-7-141. Audit costs - 17-7-141. Audit costs. Amounts appropriated for audits conducted under Title...
17-7-142. Calculation of reversions and fees for funded resident enrollment growth in Montana university system and community colleges - 17-7-142. (Temporary) Calculation of reversions and fees for funded resident...
17-7-143. through 17-7-149 reserved - 17-7-143 through 17-7-149 reserved.
17-7-150. Definitions - 17-7-150. Definitions. As used in 17-7-151, the following definitions apply:...
17-7-151. Budget comparison - 17-7-151. Budget comparison. (1) The budget comparison contrasts appropriations for...
17-7-152. Expenditure comparison - 17-7-152. Expenditure comparison. (1) The expenditure comparison contrasts expenditures of...
17-7-153. State contributions to local government -- expenditure comparison - 17-7-153. State contributions to local government -- expenditure comparison. Expenditure...
17-7-154. Expenditures for district courts and office of public defender - 17-7-154. (Temporary) Expenditures for district courts and office of public...
17-7-155. through 17-7-159 reserved - 17-7-155 through 17-7-159 reserved.
17-7-160. Montana highway patrol exempt from vacancy savings - 17-7-160. Montana highway patrol exempt from vacancy savings. (1) Vacancy...
17-7-161. Game warden positions exempt from vacancy savings - 17-7-161. Game warden positions exempt from vacancy savings. (1) Vacancy...
17-7-162. Montana school for the deaf and blind exempt from vacancy savings - 17-7-162. Montana school for the deaf and blind exempt from...
17-7-163. Appropriations for medicaid expenditures - 17-7-163. Appropriations for medicaid expenditures. Appropriations in a general appropriations...
Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget
17-7-201. Definitions - 17-7-201. Definitions. In this part, the following definitions apply: (1)...
17-7-202. Preparation of building programs and submission to department of administration -- statewide facility inventory and condition assessment - 17-7-202. Preparation of building programs and submission to department of...
17-7-203. Submission to legislature - 17-7-203. Submission to legislature. During the first week of each...
17-7-204. Long-range building program for capital developments - 17-7-204. Long-range building program for capital developments. The executive budget...
17-7-205. Renumbered 17-7-221 - 17-7-205. Renumbered 17-7-221. Code Commissioner, 2019.
17-7-206. Repealed - 17-7-206. Repealed. Sec. 17, Ch. 469, L. 2019. History: En....
17-7-207. reserved - 17-7-207 reserved.
17-7-208. Capital development funding -- transfer as present law base - 17-7-208. Capital development funding -- transfer as present law base....
17-7-209. Capital developments long-range building program account - 17-7-209. Capital developments long-range building program account. (1) (a) There...
17-7-210. Required funding for maintenance of newly authorized state buildings - 17-7-210. Required funding for maintenance of newly authorized state buildings....
17-7-211. Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment - 17-7-211. Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment. (1) An...
17-7-212. Reappropriation of capital projects - 17-7-212. Reappropriation of capital projects. The remaining balances on capital...
17-7-213. High-performance building standards - 17-7-213. High-performance building standards. (1) New buildings and major renovations...
17-7-214. High-performance program for operations and maintenance of existing buildings - 17-7-214. (Temporary) High-performance program for operations and maintenance of existing...
17-7-215. Transfer of budgeted utility funds -- special revenue account -- university plant subfunds - 17-7-215. (Temporary) Transfer of budgeted utility funds -- special revenue...
17-7-216. through 17-7-220 reserved - 17-7-216 through 17-7-220 reserved.
17-7-221. Major repair long-range building program account - 17-7-221. Major repair long-range building program account. (1) There is...
17-7-222. Minimum funding for major repair -- restriction of capital developments -- transfer to satisfy minimum as present law base - 17-7-222. Minimum funding for major repair -- restriction of capital...
17-7-223. Major repair -- submission of list to legislature -- priorities - 17-7-223. Major repair -- submission of list to legislature --...
17-7-224. Funding for major repair -- emergency funding - 17-7-224. Funding for major repair -- emergency funding. (1) After...
Part 3. Supplemental Appropriations, Encumbrances, and Reversions
17-7-301. Authorization to expend during first year of biennium from appropriation for second year -- proposed supplemental appropriation defined -- limit on second-year expenditures - 17-7-301. Authorization to expend during first year of biennium from...
17-7-302. Encumbrance of fiscal yearend obligations - 17-7-302. Encumbrance of fiscal yearend obligations. (1) Any valid obligation...
17-7-303. Reappropriation of encumbered obligations at end of each fiscal year - 17-7-303. Reappropriation of encumbered obligations at end of each fiscal...
17-7-304. Disposal of unexpended appropriations - 17-7-304. Disposal of unexpended appropriations. (1) All money appropriated for...
17-7-305. Supplemental appropriations for legislative agencies - 17-7-305. Supplemental appropriations for legislative agencies. Deficiency appropriations, commonly referred...
17-7-306. through 17-7-310 reserved - 17-7-306 through 17-7-310 reserved.
17-7-311. Proposed fiscal year transfer supplemental appropriation -- procedure - 17-7-311. Proposed fiscal year transfer supplemental appropriation -- procedure. (1)...
Part 4. Budget Amendments
17-7-401. Repealed - 17-7-401. Repealed. Sec. 19, Ch. 787, L. 1991. History: En....
17-7-402. Budget amendment requirements - 17-7-402. Budget amendment requirements. (1) Except as provided in subsection...
17-7-403. Budget amendment certification - 17-7-403. Budget amendment certification. In approving a budget amendment, the...
17-7-404. Budget amendment procedures - 17-7-404. Budget amendment procedures. (1) Upon receiving a proposed budget...
17-7-405. Voidness of improperly certified budget amendments - 17-7-405. Voidness of improperly certified budget amendments. Any budget amendment...
Part 5. Statutory Appropriations
17-7-501. Appropriations -- type - 17-7-501. Appropriations -- type. There are three types of appropriations...
17-7-502. Statutory appropriations -- definition -- requisites for validity - 17-7-502. Statutory appropriations -- definition -- requisites for validity. (1)...