7-6-2218. Appropriation of state and federal money by county. (1) The board of county commissioners of any county in Montana shall have the power and authority to appropriate, by formal resolution, money received from the federal or state government, regardless of the time the money is received. The expenditure of said funds shall be according to federal requirements specified in the federal act or state requirements specified in the state legislation. The money appropriated under this section may include federal revenue sharing funds granted to Montana conservation districts organized under Title 76, chapter 15.
     (2) The resolution shall state the source of the money, the expenditure program for the funds, and the effective date of the appropriation.
     (3) (a) Subject to restrictions in federal or state law granting federal or state funds, in addition to appropriations for county use, an appropriation may be made under this section to the following entities for that entity's governmental purpose:
     (i) utility districts authorized in Title 7, chapter 13;
     (ii) fire services authorized in Title 7, chapter 33.
     (b) If the entity receiving an appropriation under subsection (3)(a) provides a service that is less than countywide, the appropriation resolution shall require that the entity repay the county the amount of the appropriation. The appropriation resolution may provide any method of repayment, except that full repayment must be made within 5 years of the date of the appropriation resolution. The appropriation resolution may require that interest be paid on the appropriation.

     History: En. 16-1185 by Sec. 1, Ch. 70, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 75, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1185; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 19, L. 1983.