

     17-7-501.  Appropriations -- type.  There are three types of appropriations within the meaning of "appropriation made by law" as used in Article VIII, section 14, of the Montana constitution:
     (1) temporary appropriations enacted by the legislature as part of designated appropriation bills or sections designated as appropriations in other bills;
     (2) temporary appropriations made by valid budget amendment; and
     (3) statutory appropriations made by permanent law in conformance with 17-7-502. 
     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 703, L. 1985.