Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. General Provisions
50-2-111. City-county board appropriations

50-2-111. City-county board appropriations. If a city-county board is created, it is financed by one of the following methods:
(1) (a) The county commissioners and governing body of each participating city may mutually agree upon the division of expenses.
(b) The county's part of the total expenses is financed by an appropriation from the general fund of the county after approval of a budget in the way provided for other county offices and departments under Title 7, chapter 6, part 40.
(c) Each participating city's part of the total expenses is financed by an appropriation from the general fund of the city after approval of a budget in the way provided for other city offices and departments under Title 7, chapter 6, part 40.
(d) All money must be deposited with the county treasurer who shall disburse the money as county funds.
(2) (a) The county commissioners and governing body of each participating city may mutually agree upon the division of the expenses.
(b) Subject to 15-10-420, the county's part of the total expenses is financed by a levy on the taxable value of all taxable property outside the incorporated limits of each participating city after approval of a budget in the way provided for other county offices and departments under Title 7, chapter 6, part 40. If the levy is not sufficient to fund the county's share, the county commissioners may supplement it with an appropriation from the county general fund.
(c) Subject to 15-10-420, each participating city's part of the total expenses is financed by a levy on the taxable value of all taxable property within the incorporated limits of the city after approval of a budget in the way provided for other city offices and departments under Title 7, chapter 6, part 40.
(d) All money must be deposited with the county treasurer who shall disburse the money as county funds.
History: En. Sec. 85, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 351, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 187, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4508(2)(c); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 83, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 127, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 150, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 95, Ch. 114, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 453, L. 2005.