Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 81. LIVESTOCK

CHAPTER 1. DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK

Part 1. General Provisions

Livestock Loss Reduction And Mitigation Accounts

81-1-110. Livestock loss reduction and mitigation accounts. (1) There are livestock loss reduction and mitigation special revenue accounts administered by the department within the state special revenue fund and the federal special revenue fund established in 17-2-102.

(2) (a) All state proceeds allocated or budgeted for the purposes of 2-15-3110 through 2-15-3114, 81-1-110, and 81-1-111, except those transferred to the account provided for in 81-1-112 or 81-1-113 or appropriated to the department of livestock, must be deposited in the state special revenue account provided for in subsection (1) of this section.

(b) Money received by the state in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or allocations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of 2-15-3111 through 2-15-3113 must be deposited in the appropriate account provided for in subsection (1) of this section.

(c) All federal funds awarded to the state for compensation for wolf, mountain lion, or grizzly bear depredations on livestock must be deposited in the federal special revenue account provided for in subsection (1) for the purposes of 2-15-3112.

(3) The livestock loss board may spend funds in the accounts only to carry out the provisions of 2-15-3111 through 2-15-3113.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 261, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 229, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 339, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 172, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 349, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 76, L. 2017.