Montana Code 87-1-623. Wolf management account
87-1-623. Wolf management account. (1) There is a wolf management account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. Fees collected from the sale of Class E-1 and Class E-2 wolf licenses and interest earned on the account must be deposited into the account. Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money deposited in the account must be used exclusively for the management of wolves as specified in subsection (2).
Terms Used In Montana Code 87-1-623
- 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
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- 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)Money deposited in accordance with subsection (1) must be equally divided and allocated for the following purposes:
(a)wolf-collaring activities conducted pursuant to 87-5-132; and
(b)lethal action conducted pursuant to 87-1-217 to take problem wolves that attack livestock.
(3)Any unspent or unencumbered money in the account at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the account.