2023 Montana Code Annotated
Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling
Chapter 2. Recreation
Part 1. Development of Outdoor Recreational Resources
23-2-112. Summer motorized recreation trail account
23-2-112. Summer motorized recreation trail account. (1) There is a summer motorized recreation trail account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102.
(2) The following must be deposited in the account:
(a) pursuant to 23-2-111, revenue collected from the sale of summer motorized recreation trail passes; and
(b) penalties collected pursuant to 23-2-111(7) and 23-2-814(6).
(3) Funds deposited in the account must be used by the department pursuant to 23-2-113 and this subsection (3):
(a) up to 5% deposited in the account each year may be used by the department for administrative costs;
(b) $1 from each trail pass sold pursuant to 23-2-111 must be granted for mitigation and eradication of noxious weeds along summer motorized recreation trails; and
(c) the remainder must be granted for designation, maintenance, and improvement of summer motorized recreation trails.
(4) Interest and income earned on the account and any unspent or unencumbered money in the account at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the account.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 353, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 605, L. 2023.
