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House advances one-time $5 million senior center grant plan, refers measure to appropriations
Summary
The Montana House recommended passage of House Bill 182, a one-time $5 million competitive grant program for senior citizen center capital projects, and later re‑referred the bill to the Appropriations Committee for funding details.
Representative Jay Fitzpatrick, chairman of the long‑range building subcommittee, introduced House Bill 182, a proposal to create a one‑time $5,000,000 competitive grant program to fund capital construction, maintenance, repairs and equipment purchases at Montana senior citizen centers.
The bill, as Fitzpatrick described it to the House Committee of the Whole, would use surplus general‑fund dollars as a one‑time appropriation. ‘‘This bill does not create an ongoing program,’’ Fitzpatrick said, noting the appropriation is intended as ‘‘OTO’’ (one‑time only) money and that the Department of Commerce would administer the program.
Fitzpatrick said the maximum…
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