37-61-205. Application and examination fees. (1) Every applicant for admission to the bar shall pay to the state bar of Montana, at the time the applicant files an application for admission to the bar, an application fee commensurate with the cost of processing the application as determined by the supreme court.
     (2) In addition to the fee provided for in subsection (1), the supreme court may charge an examination fee commensurate with the cost of administering the bar examination. The examination fee must be paid to the clerk of the supreme court when the applicant files the application for admission to the bar.
     (3) All money collected and spent from fees provided for in subsection (1) must be accounted for annually in a report by the state bar of Montana to the supreme court. The report must provide details of fees collected and categories of expenditures for processing applications and must be in a form satisfactory to the supreme court. All money collected from fees provided for in subsection (2) must be deposited with the state treasurer by the clerk of the supreme court and placed in the general fund.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 90, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 8950, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8950, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 147, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2015; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 220, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 493, L. 1993.