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Committee hears bill to increase Montana disaster appropriation and fund pre-disaster recovery planning and training
Summary
Representative Barker introduced House Bill 334, describing it as a response to an interim study and to the 2022 floods in Red Lodge and saying the bill would increase the state's disaster appropriation from $16,000,000 to $22,000,000 per biennium and "allow some additional flexibility for the state to respond on both the planning and recovery."
Representative Barker introduced House Bill 334, describing it as a response to an interim study and to the 2022 floods in Red Lodge. Barker said the bill would increase the state's disaster appropriation from $16,000,000 to $22,000,000 per biennium and "allow some additional flexibility for the state to respond on both the planning and recovery." An amendment in committee was not recorded in the transcript.
Nut graf: Proponents told the committee that Montana's existing disaster spending and response systems are effective in the immediate aftermath of an event but leave gaps in planning and long-term recovery. The bill would authorize up to $3,000,000 each year of the biennium…
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