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BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)BY REQUEST OF THE FIRE SUPPRESSION COMMITTEE
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT INCREASING THE STATUTORY APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCIES RELATED TO FIRE; EXTENDING THE TERMINATION DATE FOR THE FIRE SUPPRESSION ACCOUNT AND THE STATUTORY APPROPRIATION OF THAT ACCOUNT; AMENDING SECTION 10-3-312, MCA, AND SECTION 6, CHAPTER 2, SPECIAL LAWS OF SEPTEMBER 2007; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 10-3-312, MCA, is amended to read:
"10-3-312. Maximum expenditure by governor -- appropriation. (1) Whenever an emergency, including an energy emergency as defined in 90-4-302, or a disaster is declared by the governor, there is statutorily appropriated to the office of the governor, as provided in 17-7-502, and, subject to subsection (2), the governor is authorized to expend from the general fund an amount not to exceed $16 $21 million in any biennium, minus any amount appropriated pursuant to 10-3-310 in the same biennium. The statutory appropriation in this subsection may be used by any state agency designated by the governor.
(2) (a) In the event of the recovery of money expended under this section, the spending authority must be reinstated to a level reflecting the recovery.
(b) The governor may not expend more than $16 million in any biennium for emergencies other than fires.
(3) If a disaster is declared by the president of the United States, there is statutorily appropriated to the office of the governor, as provided in 17-7-502, and the governor is authorized to expend from the general fund an amount not to exceed $500,000 during the biennium to meet the state's share of the individual and family grant programs as provided in 42 U.S.C. 5178. The statutory appropriation in this subsection may be used by any state agency designated by the governor."
Section 2. Section 6, Chapter 2, Special Laws of September 2007, is amended to read:
"Section 6. Termination. [This act] terminates June 30, 2009 2011."
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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