{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-9-515","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-9-515","heading":"Litigation reserve fund.","body":"(1) The trustees of a school district may establish a litigation reserve fund only when litigation that is pending against the district could result in an award against the district.\n(2) At the end of each school fiscal year, the trustees of a district may transfer money from the general fund, within the adopted budget, to establish the fund.\n(3) Upon conclusion of litigation, the balance of the money in the fund reverts to the general fund and must be used to reduce the district's BASE funding revenue requirement computed pursuant to 20-9-141.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 9. FINANCE","Part 5. Special Purpose Funds"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0090/part_0050/section_0150/0200-0090-0050-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:29Z","sha256":"eb2ff519ac645e2f3e27e29a3c2402b8e69d414d064e1af8580cdc54b25c30cc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-9-514","next":"us-mt/20-9-516"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}