Montana § 1-2-113 - Statutes Imposing New Duties On A School District To Provide Means Of Financing

§ 1-2-113. Statutes Imposing New Duties On A School District To Provide Means Of Financing

Statutes imposing new duties on a school district to provide means of financing. (1) Any law enacted by the legislature that requires a school district to perform an activity or provide a service or facility and that will require the direct expenditure of additional funds must provide a specific means to finance the activity, service, or facility other than the existing property tax mill levy. Any law that fails to provide a specific means to finance the service or facility is not effective until a specific means of financing meeting the requirements of subsection (2) is provided by the legislature. (2) Financing must be by means of a remission of money by the state for the purpose of funding the activity, service, or facility. Financing must bear a reasonable relationship to the actual cost of performing the activity or providing the service or facility. (3) Legislation passed and approved may not supersede or modify any provision of this section, except to the extent that the legislation expressly does so. (4) This section does not apply to any law under which the required expenditure of additional funds by the board of trustees is an insubstantial amount that can be readily absorbed into the budget of an existing program.