Montana § 17-4-106 Agency Owed Debt To Receive All Money Collected

Montana Statutes

§ 17-4-106 — Agency Owed Debt To Receive All Money Collected

Montana § 17-4-106

Title 17STATE FINANCE

Ch. 4DEBT COLLECTION

Part 1Debt Collection Service

This text of Montana § 17-4-106 (Agency Owed Debt To Receive All Money Collected) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Montana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 17-4-106 (2026).

Text

17-4-106 . Agency owed debt to receive all money collected.

(1)All money collected by the department on debts transferred to the department by the various agencies, except funds collected under 17-4-103 (3), must be deposited to the account or fund of the agency to which the debt was originally owed. A county shall apply a delinquent personal property tax collection by the department to the payment of the taxpayer's most delinquent personal property taxes or portion of the taxes.

(2)Funds collected under 17-4-103 (3) must be deposited in an account in the internal service fund for the cost of assistance of debt collection by the department. Funds deposited in excess of the amount appropriated for operation of the debt collection program must be carried forward into the next fiscal year f

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

17-4-106 . Agency owed debt to receive all money collected. (1) All money collected by the department on debts transferred to the department by the various agencies, except funds collected under 17-4-103 (3), must be deposited to the account or fund of the agency to which the debt was originally owed. A county shall apply a delinquent personal property tax collection by the department to the payment of the taxpayer's most delinquent personal property taxes or portion of the taxes.
(2) Funds collected under 17-4-103 (3) must be deposited in an account in the internal service fund for the cost of assistance of debt collection by the department. Funds deposited in excess of the amount appropriated for operation of the debt collection program must be carried forward into the next fiscal year for operation of the debt collection program. Any excess carried forward into the next fiscal year must be used to reduce the designated percentage of the collected proceeds charged to the various agencies.

Legislative History

En. 84-7106 by Sec. 6, Ch. 118, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 248, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 84-7106; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 419, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 97, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 325, L. 1995; amd. Secs. 5, 7, Ch. 589, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 17, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 7, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 114, L. 2003.