77-1-213. Acceptance of gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises to the state. (1) The board is hereby authorized and empowered to accept on behalf of the state from any natural person gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises having a value of not less than $250 from each person. All lands passing to the state under these provisions or through the operation of law shall be managed as other state lands, and the rents and earnings shall be applied in accordance with the object and purpose specified by the grantor, subject to all constitutional limitations.
(2) All money realized from the sale of such lands and from other property and all gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises made in money or the equivalent of money shall be administered by the board for the benefit of the specific purposes designated by the person from whom they were received and as further regulated by this title. The provisions of this section shall apply to gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises already made to the state and now under the administration of the board if not contrary to any specific provisions made therein by the persons from whom they were received.
History: En. Sec. 114, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.114, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 100, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1102.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands
Part 2. Board of Land Commissioners
77-1-201. Board -- meetings and officers
77-1-202. Powers and duties of board
77-1-203. Multiple-use management
77-1-204. Power to sell, lease, or exchange certain state trust lands
77-1-205. Board to correct errors
77-1-206. Board to prescribe further rules for appraisal
77-1-207. Board to defend suits
77-1-208. Cabin site licenses and leases -- method of establishing value
77-1-211. Acceptance of federal land grants
77-1-212. Acceptance of federal facilities and installations -- title in state
77-1-213. Acceptance of gifts, donations, grants, legacies, and devises to the state
77-1-214. Donations of land for forestry purposes
77-1-215. Expenditures authorized
77-1-216. Disposition of revenues and profits
77-1-217. Payment of certain obligations
77-1-218. Public school land acquisition account
77-1-219. Public school land purchases -- considerations -- distributions
77-1-220. Offsetting purchases -- proceeds -- records
77-1-223. State trust land report to trust beneficiaries and legislature -- contents
77-1-226. and 77-1-227 reserved
77-1-228. Public land trust acquisition account
77-1-229. Public land trust purchases
77-1-230. through 77-1-234 reserved
77-1-235. Alternative rental market valuation -- open competitive bidding process -- rules
77-1-236. Rental market valuation lease program -- transition -- rules