Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE

CHAPTER 13. TIMBER RESOURCES

Part 1. Protection of Forest Resources

Good Neighbor Forestry Accounts -- Uses

76-13-151. Good neighbor forestry accounts -- uses. (1) There are good neighbor forestry special revenue accounts administered by the department within the state special revenue fund and the federal special revenue fund established in 17-2-102.

(2) (a) All state proceeds allocated or budgeted for the purposes of the good neighbor policy established pursuant to 76-13-104 must be deposited in the state special revenue account provided for in subsection (1) of this section.

(b) Money received by the state in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or allocations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of the good neighbor policy established pursuant to 76-13-104 must be deposited in the appropriate account provided for in subsection (1) of this section.

(c) Federal funds received by the state through good neighbor agreements with the federal government must be deposited in the federal special revenue account provided for in subsection (1) to be used for the purposes of the good neighbor policy established pursuant to 76-13-104.

(3) Funds in the accounts are statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department only to carry out the provisions of the good neighbor policy established pursuant to 76-13-104.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 376, L. 2019.