Amendments to House Bill No. 2

Committee Study Bill Copy

Requested by Representative Terry Moore

For the House Appropriations Committee

Prepared by Katie Guenther

March 14, 2023 (8:53am)

1. Page A-3: .

Following: line 22

Insert: "If HB 132 is passed and approved by the Legislature, Legislative Audit is void."

2. Page D-6: .

Following: line 3

Insert: "If HB 132 is passed and approved by the Legislature, Legislative Audit is void."

3. Page E-3: .

Following: line 21

Insert: "If HB 132 is passed and approved by the Legislature, Legislative Audit is void."

4. Page E-4: .

Following: line 11

Insert: "If HB 132 is passed and approved by the Legislature, Legislative Audit is void."

5. Page E-4: .

Following: line 23

Insert: "If HB 132 is passed and approved by the Legislature, Legislative Audit is void."

6. Page E-5: .

Following: line 11

Insert: "If HB 132 is passed and approved by the Legislature, Legislative Audit is void."

7. Page E-6: .

Following: line 9

Insert: "If HB 132 is passed and approved by the Legislature, Legislative Audit is void."

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Explanation - This amendment adds language in HB 2 for the Commissioner of Political Practices, the Office of State Public Defender, the Board of Public Education, the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, the Montana Arts Council, the Montana State Library Commission, and the Montana Historical Society. The language eliminates the appropriations for legislative audits if HB 132 is passed by the Legislature.