{"data":{"id":"us-mt/17-7-211","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"17-7-211","heading":"Expansion to be authorized -- budget amendment.","body":"(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.\n(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:\n(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\n(b) financing to expand a project with funds that were not available for consideration by the legislature.","path":["TITLE 17. STATE FINANCE","CHAPTER 7. BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS","Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0170/chapter_0070/part_0020/section_0110/0170-0070-0020-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:48:24Z","sha256":"b1e8027d36e83a9aaf2fb712c3e1cd1c5f391adea7e6f6f8553b56e49a09e813","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/17-7-210","next":"us-mt/17-7-212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}