Montana Code 17-7-133. Montana local disaster resiliency fund
17-7-133. (Temporary) Montana local disaster resiliency fund. (1) There is statutorily appropriated pursuant to 17-7-502 $4 million per year beginning in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, from the general fund to the department of military affairs.
Terms Used In Montana Code 17-7-133
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Program: means a principal organizational or budgetary unit within an agency. See Montana Code 17-7-102
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
(2)Eligible uses of the money are:
(a)state and local mitigation projects that reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from future disasters;
(b)the nonfederal cost share for personnel performing mitigation program management; and
(c)matching funds for grants for the purchase of hazardous material equipment and training to increase local capacity to respond to incidents as defined in 10-3-1203 involving hazardous material.
(3)The appropriation is void in any year that there is a projected general fund budget deficit pursuant to 17-7-140. (Terminates June 30, 2027–sec. 24, Ch. 722, L. 2023.)