Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 17. STATE FINANCE

CHAPTER 5. PUBLIC BOND ISSUES

Part 4. Long-Range Building Program Bonds

Debt Service Account

17-5-405. Debt service account. (1) Money in the debt service account must be used:

(a) first, to pay interest and principal when due on long-range building program bonds;

(b) second, to accumulate a reserve in the amount required in subsection (1)(c), for the further security of the payments; and

(c) third, to maintain the reserve in an amount at least equal, after each interest and principal payment, to the maximum amount of interest and principal that will become due on all bonds that are outstanding in any subsequent fiscal year.

(2) Money at any time received in the debt service account in excess of the principal, interest, and reserve requirements stated in subsection (1) must be transferred by the treasurer to the general fund. If the balance at any time on hand in the debt service account is not sufficient for compliance with subsection (1), the treasurer shall credit to the debt service account an amount sufficient to restore the balance from the general fund.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 276, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 318, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 222, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 510, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 79-2203(1) thru (3); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 298, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 422, L. 1997.