Montana Title 17. State Finance § 17-7-404. Budget amendment procedures

(1) Upon receiving a proposed budget amendment, the approving authority shall immediately forward a copy of the entire budget amendment to the legislative fiscal analyst.

(2) If the approving authority denies the request for a budget amendment, the approving authority shall immediately forward a notice of denial to the legislative fiscal analyst.

(3) If the approving authority intends to make certification of the budget amendment, immediately upon completion of the certification the approving authority shall forward the certification and all supporting documentation to the legislative fiscal analyst. If the approving authority has returned the budget amendment to the requesting agency and the requesting agency resubmits the budget amendment to the approving authority, all procedures set out in this section apply to the resubmitted budget amendment.

(4) This part does not confer any authority on the legislative finance committee to approve or deny budget amendments.