{"data":{"id":"us-mt/90-6-209","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"90-6-209","heading":"Limitations on grants.","body":"(1) The board may commit itself to the expenditure of funds for more than 1 year for a single project, but the board may not obligate funds not yet appropriated by the legislature. The total amount of grants to state agencies, except grants made pursuant to 90-6-205(4)(b), and Indian tribes may not exceed 7% of the total money allocated to the board during each fiscal year.\n(2) A grant to an Indian tribe under 90-6-205 may not be approved by the board unless:\n(a) the governing body of the tribe has agreed:\n(i) to waive its immunity from suit on any issue specifically arising from the transaction of a grant obtained under this part; and\n(ii) to the adjudication of any dispute arising out of the grant transaction in the district court of the first judicial district of the state of Montana; and\n(b) approval of the transaction has been obtained from the secretary of the United States department of the interior whenever approval is necessary.\n(3) (a) The board may not award a new grant to a local government that is in violation of 2-1-602 pursuant to the provisions of 2-1-605.\n(b) For the purposes of this subsection (3), \"local government\" has the meaning provided in 2-1-601.","path":["TITLE 90. PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 6. COMMUNITY IMPACT -- PLANNING AND ABATEMENT","Part 2. Coal Impacts -- Evaluation and Abatement Funding"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0900/chapter_0060/part_0020/section_0090/0900-0060-0020-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:58Z","sha256":"4185a025be74a2fe818e8dfba1374c109190cc73f652862d18e960fc4d668d4c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/90-6-208","next":"us-mt/90-6-210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}