Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 90. PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 6. COMMUNITY IMPACT -- PLANNING AND ABATEMENT

Part 7. Treasure State Endowment Program

Types Of Financial Assistance Available

90-6-703. Types of financial assistance available. (1) The legislature shall provide for and make available to local governments the following types of financial assistance under this part:

(a) matching grants for local infrastructure projects;

(b) matching grants for infrastructure planning; and

(c) emergency grants for local infrastructure projects.

(2) The department of commerce may provide local governments with emergency grants for infrastructure projects only if necessary to remedy conditions that, if allowed to continue until legislative approval could be obtained, will endanger the public health or safety and expose the applicant to substantial financial risk. The department shall report to the governor and the legislative fiscal analyst regarding emergency grants that are awarded during each biennium. The report must be provided in an electronic format.

(3) The department of commerce may provide local governments with matching grants for infrastructure planning. The department shall report to the governor and the legislature regarding infrastructure planning grants that are awarded during each biennium.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 3, Sp. L. January 1992; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 432, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 497, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 580, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 389, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 120, L. 2013.