Montana Code 90-2-1111. State and local grants
90-2-1111. State and local grants. (1) A department, agency, board, commission, or other division of state government or any city, county, or other political subdivision or tribal government within the state may apply, in accordance with the procedures established by the department, for a grant from the natural resources projects state special revenue account established in 15-38-302 for a project that is consistent with the policy and purpose of the reclamation and development grants program.
Terms Used In Montana Code 90-2-1111
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the department of natural resources and conservation provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 33. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- Project: means a planned and coordinated action or series of actions addressing an objective consistent with the policy and purpose of the reclamation and development grants program. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)The department shall evaluate applications under the eligibility criteria provided in 90-2-1112 and the evaluation criteria provided in 90-2-1113.
(3)The department shall solicit and consider in its evaluation of applications the views of interested persons and public agencies.
(4)Based on its evaluation of eligible applications, the department shall recommend to the governor projects to receive grants from the natural resources projects state special revenue account established in 15-38-302.
(5)The governor shall submit all proposals, with the governor’s recommended priorities, to the legislature by the first day of any regular legislative session. The legislature may approve by appropriation or other appropriate means grants for those projects it finds consistent with the policies and purposes of the reclamation and development grants program. The department shall administer and oversee the grants to approved projects and monitor the projects.