Montana Code 17-7-203. Submission to legislature
17-7-203. Submission to legislature. During the first week of each regular legislative session, the governor shall submit to the legislature:
Terms Used In Montana Code 17-7-203
- Agency: means all offices, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, universities, colleges, and any other person or any other administrative unit of state government that spends or encumbers public money by virtue of an appropriation from the legislature under 17-8-101. See Montana Code 17-7-102
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- Necessary: means essential to the public welfare and of a nature that cannot wait until the next legislative session for legislative consideration. See Montana Code 17-7-102
- Program: means a principal organizational or budgetary unit within an agency. See Montana Code 17-7-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)the requests of all state agencies and institutions compiled in the form of a comprehensive, long-range proposed building program for capital developments, including:
(a)the purpose for which each building would be used;
(b)the estimated cost of each building, including necessary land acquisition;
(c)the reasons given by the institution or agency for needing each building;
(d)a priority order recommended by the agency or institution for each building;
(e)the recommendation of the institution or agency as to when each building is needed;
(f)any comments of the governor;
(2)a building program for capital developments proposed by the governor for the forthcoming biennium in the form of a capital developments budget, including:
(a)the purpose for which each building would be used;
(b)the estimated cost of each building and necessary land acquisition;
(c)the reasons for the governor’s recommendation to construct each building during the forthcoming biennium;
(d)the proposed method of financing for each building;
(e)any long-range building plans;
(f)any changes in the law necessary to insure an effective, well-coordinated building program for the state.
(3)the list of anticipated major repair projects submitted by the architecture and engineering division pursuant to 17-7-223.