17-7-112. Submission deadline. (1) It is the duty of each department, agency, and office, including the Montana university system, to submit the information required under 17-7-111 to the budget director on or before September 1 in the even year preceding the convening of the legislature. The department of justice shall submit information received from counties concerning the state's share of county attorney salaries.
     (2) Between August 15 and September 30 in the year preceding the convening of the legislature, the director must submit each state agency's budget request required under 17-7-111(2) to the legislative fiscal analyst. The transfer of budget information must be done on a schedule mutually agreed to by the budget director and the legislative fiscal analyst in a manner that facilitates an even transfer of budget information during the month of September and that allows each office to maintain a reasonable staff workflow.
     (3) If any department, institution, university unit, or agency fails to present the information within the time specified in this section, the budget director shall note that fact in the budget submitted to the governor and the budget director shall prepare and submit to the legislative fiscal analyst and the governor by October 30 a budget request on behalf of the department, institution, university unit, or agency, based upon the budget director's studies of the operations, plans, and needs of the department, institution, university unit, or agency.
     (4) The proposed pay plan schedule required by 17-7-111(3) must be submitted to the legislative fiscal analyst no later than November 15 in the year preceding the convening of the legislature.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 158, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 223, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 282, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 79-1013(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 290, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 666, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 332, L. 1993.