Montana § 17-7-211 Expansion To Be Authorized -- Budget Amendment

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§ 17-7-211 — Expansion To Be Authorized -- Budget Amendment

Montana § 17-7-211

Title 17STATE FINANCE

Ch. 7BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS

Part 2Long-Range Building Program and Budget

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Mont. Code Ann. § 17-7-211 (2026).

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17-7-211 . Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment.

(1)An existing capital project may not be expanded beyond the scope of the project approved by the legislature unless the expansion of the project is authorized by a long-range building program budget amendment approved by the budget director.

(2)A proposed long-range building program budget amendment must be submitted to the budget director through the architecture and engineering division of the department of administration. The budget director, through a long-range building program budget amendment, may authorize:

(a)the transfer of excess funds appropriated to a capital project within an agency to increase the appropriation of another capital project within that agency; or

(b)financing to expand a project with funds that we

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17-7-211 . Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment. (1) An existing capital project may not be expanded beyond the scope of the project approved by the legislature unless the expansion of the project is authorized by a long-range building program budget amendment approved by the budget director.
(2) A proposed long-range building program budget amendment must be submitted to the budget director through the architecture and engineering division of the department of administration. The budget director, through a long-range building program budget amendment, may authorize:
(a) the transfer of excess funds appropriated to a capital project within an agency to increase the appropriation of another capital project within that agency; or
(b) financing to expand a project with funds that were not available for consideration by the legislature.