Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

CHAPTER 4. RECLAMATION

Part 3. Metal Mine Reclamation

Hard-Rock Mining Reclamation Debt Service Fund

82-4-312. Hard-rock mining reclamation debt service fund. (1) There is a hard-rock mining reclamation debt service fund within the debt service fund type established in 17-2-102.

(2) The state pledges, allocates, and directs to be credited to the hard-rock mining reclamation debt service fund money from the metalliferous mines license tax, as provided in 15-37-117.

(3) Money in the hard-rock mining reclamation debt service fund that is in excess of the amount needed to satisfy the annual principal and interest payment requirements in 82-4-313 must be transferred to the hard-rock mining reclamation special revenue account created in 82-4-315.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 460, L. 2001.