{"data":{"id":"us-mt/76-15-541","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"76-15-541","heading":"Conservation practice loan program -- definition.","body":"(1) A conservation district may establish and administer a conservation practice loan program pursuant to 76-15-541 through 76-15-547.\n(2) A conservation practice loan may be made to a land occupier who is an agriculture producer within the exterior boundaries of the district. The conservation practice must be constructed, operated, developed, and maintained within the district.\n(3) A conservation practice is the construction, operation, development, or maintenance of an erosion control and prevention operation, a work of improvement for flood prevention, and the conservation, development, use, and disposal of water within a district in furtherance of the purposes and policies of this chapter. Conservation practices include those practices pertaining to acceptable land use conversion as determined by a majority of the district supervisors with the advice of the United States natural resources conservation service.","path":["TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE","CHAPTER 15. CONSERVATION DISTRICTS","Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0760/chapter_0150/part_0050/section_0410/0760-0150-0050-0410.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:12Z","sha256":"da6347124ecc95711cae2523277a9057c8ecb3bd0402683af1c568345489f0d2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/76-15-533","next":"us-mt/76-15-542"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}