7-2-2253. Procedure to transfer money to school and road funds. - Montana Statutes

     7-2-2253. Procedure to transfer money to school and road funds. (1) The county superintendent of schools of an old county shall furnish the county superintendent of schools of the new county with a certification of the average number belonging (ANB) in the different school districts in the territory set apart to form the new county and shall certify to the board of county commissioners of the old county the amount due. The board of the old county shall order a warrant drawn on the treasury of the old county for all the money that is or may be due by apportionment or otherwise to the different school districts embraced in the new county and taken from the old county.
     (2) The county treasurer shall certify to the county commissioners of an old county the amount due in the different road funds. The county commissioners shall order a warrant drawn on the treasury of the old county in favor of the new county for all money that is or may be due by apportionment or otherwise to the different road and district funds in the territory set apart to form the new county and taken from the old county, which amounts shall be properly credited in both counties.
     (3) Whenever in the formation of a new county a road or school district has been divided, the board of county commissioners shall by resolution direct the treasurer to transfer the proper proportionate amount of the money remaining in the fund of such district to the treasurer of the new county.

     History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 226, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4401, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4401, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 137, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-514; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 250, L. 1979.