Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     52-5-109. Commitment expenses -- transportation costs -- arrangement for transportation. (1) The expenses of committing a youth to the department or to the youth court must be borne by the committing youth court.
     (2) (a) After adjudication, the costs of transporting a youth to and from an out-of-home placement within the state must be paid as follows:
     (i) in a jurisdiction that does not participate in the juvenile delinquency intervention program, the county shall pay the costs;
     (ii) in a jurisdiction that participates in the juvenile delinquency intervention program, the youth court shall pay the costs from the account established under 41-5-130 or out of county funds of the committing county.
     (b) After adjudication, the costs of transporting a youth to and from an out-of-home placement in another state must be paid by the youth court and must be paid for out of the account established under 41-5-130, except that the department shall pay transportation costs in a case in which a youth is placed in an out-of-state correctional facility pursuant to 41-5-355.
     (3) The youth court probation office shall arrange for all transportation to and from an out-of-home placement except when the youth is under the parole supervision of the department.

     History: En. Sec. 50, Ch. 199, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 320, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 80-2206; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 609, L. 1987; Sec. 53-30-210, MCA 1989; redes. 52-5-109 by Code Commissioner, 1991; amd. Sec. 376, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 233, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 189, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 54(5), Ch. 585, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 587, L. 2001.

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