{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-57-205","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-57-205","heading":"License fee -- late renewal fee -- allocation of fees.","body":"(1) For each annual license issued or renewed, the department shall collect a fee of $225.\n(2) A person operating an establishment who fails to renew a license by the expiration date provided in 50-57-206 and who operates the establishment in the license year for which an annual renewal fee was not paid shall, upon renewal, pay to the department a late renewal fee of $25 in addition to the annual renewal fee required by subsection (1). Payment of the late renewal fee does not relieve the operator of responsibility for operating without a license.\n(3) The department shall deposit the annual fees collected under subsection (1) as follows:\n(a) 90% into the state special revenue fund to the credit of the local board inspection fund account, created in 50-2-108;\n(b) 5% into the general fund; and\n(c) 5% into the account created in 50-57-213 in the state special revenue fund.\n(4) The department shall deposit all of the fees collected under subsection (2) into the account created by 50-57-213 in the state special revenue fund.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 57. WHOLESALE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS","Part 2. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0570/part_0020/section_0050/0500-0570-0020-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:33Z","sha256":"f11c87d7846c5a04faace523c92a21f07df7cf4b29ef5806ce07c90ea6d77653","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-57-204","next":"us-mt/50-57-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}