Montana § 17-7-211 - Expansion To Be Authorized -- Budget Amendment
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 17-7-211 — Expansion To Be Authorized -- Budget Amendment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-7-211. Expansion To Be Authorized -- Budget Amendment
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.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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