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MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. PROGRAM: NEW BUILDING 



REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION ACTION: LEGISLATIVE 



PRIORITY RATING: 1 of 2 



CATEGORY: INCREASING EXISTING SERVICES 



Recommendation - An approximate amount of $750,000 should be 

 appropriated to build a new building for the Department of Agriculture , 

 for the purpose of consolidating the divisions within the agency wherever 

 possible for better administration. 



Discussion - The goal of the department is to provide better super- 

 vision and increased control of the divisions which would bring about 

 improved services and result in greater efficiency. In addition, the 

 Federal Government is making available to the State of Montana through 

 our division of weights and measures, laboratory measuring and weighing 

 devices valued around $90,000. There is not adequate facilities or a 

 desirable location for this additional laboratory equipment at the 

 present time. 



2. PROGRAM: CONSOLIDATION OF AGENCY FUNCTIONS 

 REQUIRED IME'LEMENTATION ACTION: LEGISLATIVE 

 PRIORITY RATING: 2 of 2 



CATEGORY: PROVIDING GREATER AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER EXISTING PROGRAMS. 



Recommendations : The revision of Section 3-2401, R.C.M. 1947, to 

 include the sanitary inspection of dairies, milk plants, condensed milk 

 factories; and the revision of Section 3-2402, R.C.M. 1947 to include 

 the enforcement of the laws of the state regulating the standards of all 

 dairy products and whole milk, skimmed milk, condensed or evaporated 

 milk, whether made from whole milk or skimmed milk - the former shall 

 be administered in full by the Montana Department of Agriculture and 

 the latter Section 3-2402 shall be the full duty of the Montana Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Discussion - Under Section 3-2486, R.C.M. 1947; the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture is given the authority to administer the dairy products 

 act and to promulgate all reasonable regulations consistent with the act. 

 Since there are duplications in the administering of and application of 

 the regulatory laws for the Dairy Industry in the state of Montana; the 

 Department of Agriculture desires that full authority be given the agency 

 to administer, regulate, and apply the official standards for the dairy 

 industry in Montana by deleting the state livestock sanitary boara from the 

 two Sections 3-2401 and 3-2402. 



