Montana State Legislature
Interim Budget Committee Section D
Upcoming meetings:
- Sept. 14, 2022
- Dec. 7, 2022
September 14, 2022
- Agenda (pending)
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June 15, 2022
Quarterly Financial Reports
- Department of Corrections
- Public Service Commission
- Office of Public Defender
- Department of Justice
- Judicial Branch
Required Reports
- Department of Corrections
- Judicial Branch
March 2022
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
- Office of Public Defender
- MARA Model Methodology
Other Reports
- Office of Budget & Program Planning
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Justice
- Office of Public Defender
- Public Service Commission
- 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
Section D Companion Bill - Agency Provided Materials
- HB 693
- Judiciary
- Department of Justice
- Department of Corrections
IBC Requests
- Limitations on Budget Changes (Modifications)
- Judicial Branch
- OPD
- DOC
- DOJ
HB 632 ARPA
Department of Justice
Office of State Public Defender
Yellowstone County Criminal Justice Proposal to Commission
September 2021
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
- 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
- HJ 31 (Interim study of criminal-justice system data in Montana)
- DOC Data Tracking
- Judiciary
- Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Department of Justice
Office of State Public Defender
- Rep. Mercer, chair
- Sen. Howard, vice chair
- Sen. Bartel
- Rep. Kerr-Carpenter
- Sen. Lynch
- Rep. Nave
- Rep. Seekins-Crowe
LFD Staff:
- Cathy Duncan
- Hunter Sczepanski
- 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
