The beleaguered St. Mary’s-Milk River Irrigation Project would get a $53 million injection from Montana’s $2.5 billion budget surplus, under a proposal that won bipartisan support in a budget committee Tuesday.
The recommended change to House Bill 6 secured a 5-1 vote from the appropriations subcommittee focused on infrastructure. It is nonbinding and will need a vote from the full House Appropriations Committee to actually get added to the legislation.