Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 33. FIRE PROTECTION

Part 22. Rural Fire Protection

State To Be Reimbursed For Wildland Fire Suppression Activities In Noncooperating Counties

7-33-2210. State to be reimbursed for wildland fire suppression activities in noncooperating counties. A county that has not entered into a cooperative or other written agreement with the state for wildland fire protection shall reimburse the state for costs incurred by the state in connection with state fire suppression activities resulting from a wildland fire emergency on land in that county that is not in a wildland fire protection district, as provided in 76-13-204, or protected through an agreement with a recognized agency, as provided in 7-33-2202(4)(b).

History: En. 28-605 by Sec. 15, Ch. 397, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 28-605; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 499, L. 2007.