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

     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.

     History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 787, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 347, L. 1997.