90-1-108. County land planning assistance. (1) The department of commerce shall annually distribute the funds appropriated to it for county land planning. Each county must be allotted an equal percentage of the funds, up to $3,000. After this disbursement has been made, 40% of the balance of the funds must be apportioned among the counties according to the ratio of each county's land area to the total land area of the state and 60% of the balance of the funds must be apportioned among the counties according to each county's portion of the total population of the state. If a multijurisdictional planning board has been established in the county, it may receive and expend part or all of the funds allocated to that county.
     (2) Counties, cities, or joint planning boards receiving funds under this section shall use the funds for land planning purposes, which include but are not limited to comprehensive planning, economic development planning, and capital improvements planning.
     (3) At the end of each fiscal year, each local governing body and planning agency receiving funds under this section shall provide an accounting of how the money was spent, in a form acceptable to the department of commerce.

     History: En. 82-3710 by Sec. 14, Ch. 502, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 540, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-3710; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 51, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 78, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 199, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 509, L. 1995.