Montana would schedule state funding for its public safety communications system

Montana would transfer state general fund money to the public safety communications system's state account. The transfers would go to Montana's state account for the statewide public safety communications system. The Department of Justice would have to use the money for the statewide public safety communications system. The $5.23 million annual transfers would cover fiscal years beginning July 1, 2028, through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2035.

The Department of Justice would be allowed to spend money deposited in the system's state account without a separate two-year budget approval. This authority would cover the system's state account, not its separate account for federal money. The department would have to use the money for the statewide public safety communications system. If enacted, the spending authority would take effect July 1, 2027.