1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 20
  3. CHAPTER 9
  4. Part 6
  5. 20-9-622 Guarantee account

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 20. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 9. FINANCE

Part 6. Public School Fund and Grants to Schools

Guarantee Account

20-9-622. Guarantee account. (1) There is a guarantee account in the state special revenue fund. The guarantee account is intended to:

(a) stabilize the long-term growth of the permanent fund; and

(b) maintain a constant and increasing distributable revenue stream. All realized capital gains and all distributable revenue must be deposited in the guarantee account. The guarantee account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, for distribution to school districts as the first source of funding for state equalization aid as provided in 20-9-343.

(2) Any excess interest and income revenue deposited in the guarantee account for distribution under this section must be transferred to the school major maintenance aid account provided for in 20-9-525.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 418, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 9(2), Ch. 554, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 10, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 291, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 1, Sp. L. May 2007; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 377, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 17, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 400, L. 2013; amd. Secs. 13, 23, Ch. 336, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 772, L. 2023.