20-9-603. Acceptance and expenditure of federal moneys for state. (1) The governor and the superintendent of public instruction are authorized on behalf of the state of Montana to request and accept such moneys as are now or will be made available under any act of congress of the United States or otherwise for purposes of public school building construction or for any other purposes of public schools and public education as permitted under the laws of the state of Montana and as authorized by the grants from the federal government. Such moneys shall be deposited by the governor and superintendent of public instruction in the state treasury and are appropriated and made available to the superintendent of public instruction. All such moneys shall be expended for the purpose of public school building construction or for any other purposes of public schools and public education as permitted under the laws of the state of Montana and as authorized by the grants from the federal government.
     (2) The governor and superintendent of public instruction are further authorized on behalf of the state of Montana to accept moneys provided from federal sources for the express purpose of distribution to nonpublic education. Such moneys shall be deposited by the governor and superintendent of public instruction in the state treasury and are appropriated and made available to the superintendent of public instruction. All such moneys shall be distributed in the manner provided by the laws of the state of Montana and as authorized or expressed by grants from the federal government.
     (3) All expenditures of moneys from federal sources under this section shall be made under the supervision and in the discretion of the superintendent of public instruction. Any balance in the account in which such moneys are maintained shall not lapse at any time but shall be continuously available to the superintendent of public instruction for expenditures consistent with this title and acts of the federal government.

     History: En. 75-7303 by Sec. 358, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 34, L. 1973; (amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 434, L. 1975 -- [unconstitutional, 32 St. Rep. 670]; Sec. 7, Ch. 434, L. 1975 repealed by Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1977); R.C.M. 1947, 75-7303.