Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 90. PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 9. AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

Part 2. Agriculture Development Council

Rulemaking

90-9-203. (Temporary) Rulemaking. The council shall adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including rules:

(1) governing the conduct of council business;

(2) establishing application procedures for loans and grants authorized in 90-9-202;

(3) establishing application procedures and required documentation for the Montana farmer loan repayment assistance program pursuant to 90-9-504;

(4) establishing procedures to be followed by the council in its review process prior to making a loan or grant or providing loan repayment assistance;

(5) establishing postdisbursement activities to monitor the use of a loan or grant by its recipient, including:

(a) any reporting requirements; and

(b) procedures for repayment of a loan or grant upon failure of a recipient to meet the terms and conditions of that loan or grant;

(6) establishing interest rates for loans in accordance with market factors and the purposes of this chapter;

(7) limiting the amount of loans or grants that any company may receive or apply for over a given period of time;

(8) governing the deferral or forgiveness of loans and any accrued interest; and

(9) establishing other terms and conditions of loans and grants and loan repayment assistance, as necessary, within the requirements and purposes of this chapter. (Terminates June 30, 2029--sec. 16, Ch. 439, L. 2019.)

90-9-203. (Effective July 1, 2029) Rulemaking. The council shall adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including rules:

(1) governing the conduct of council business;

(2) establishing application procedures for loans and grants authorized in 90-9-202;

(3) establishing procedures to be followed by the council in its review process prior to making a loan or grant;

(4) establishing postdisbursement activities to monitor the use of a loan or grant by its recipient, including:

(a) any reporting requirements; and

(b) procedures for repayment of a loan or grant upon failure of a recipient to meet the terms and conditions of that loan or grant;

(5) establishing interest rates for loans in accordance with market factors and the purposes of this chapter;

(6) limiting the amount of loans or grants that any company may receive or apply for over a given period of time;

(7) governing the deferral or forgiveness of loans and any accrued interest; and

(8) establishing other terms and conditions of loans and grants, as necessary, within the requirements and purposes of this chapter.

History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 284, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 171, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 106, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 439, L. 2019.