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Montana Department of Labor to return $3.6 million to general fund, seeks authority to use state special revenue
Summary
Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Sarah Swanson told the Legislature's appropriations subcommittee the agency will not seek new general-fund dollars for the coming biennium, proposes returning $3.6 million to the state general fund and asks authority to realign spending to existing state special revenue.
Sarah Swanson, commissioner of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry, told the Legislature's Subcommittee on Appropriations that the department will not request new general-fund dollars in the 2027 biennium and is proposing to revert $3,600,000 back to the state general fund.
Swanson said the return is possible because of operational efficiencies, technology modernizations and ongoing business-process reviews. “We are not asking for any new dollars this year. Rather, we're returning those $3,600,000 to the general fund and we're simply asking for authority to better utilize the state's special revenue that exists within the department today,” Commissioner Sarah Swanson said.
The department budget presented to the subcommittee shows 747 positions budgeted, 656 of…
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