7-21-3410. Funding of county fair activities. (1) The board of county commissioners of their respective counties may appropriate annually, out of the general fund of the county treasury and to the county fair commission, a sum not to exceed $3,500, to be expended by the county fair commission for the purpose of holding a county fair and/or junior fair and for advertising the products and resources of their county.
     (2) In addition to the appropriation above provided for or in lieu thereof, the county commissioners of any county in Montana shall have the power to levy an ad valorem tax of 1 1/2 mills or less on each dollar of taxable property in such county for the purpose of securing, equipping, maintaining, and operating a county fair and/or a junior fair, including the purchase of land for such purposes and the erection of such buildings and other appurtenances as may be necessary.
     (3) The funds derived from such appropriation or tax levy shall be kept in a separate fund by the county treasurer and shall be paid out by the treasurer on order signed by the president and secretary of the fair commission.

     History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 67, L. 1903; re-en. Sec. 2928, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 131, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 4549, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 32, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 4549, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 176, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 154, L. 1971; Sec. 16-1406, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 165, L. 1907; Sec. 2932, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 131, L. 1917; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 139, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4550, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4550, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 176, L. 1947; Sec. 16-1407, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1406(part), 16-1407(part).