Montana § 50-52-302 Department To Pay Local Board For Inspection And Enforcement

Montana Statutes

§ 50-52-302 — Department To Pay Local Board For Inspection And Enforcement

Montana § 50-52-302

Title 50HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 52TOURIST CAMPGROUNDS AND TRAILER COURTS

Part 3Inspections

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 50-52-302 (2026).

Text

50-52-302 . Department to pay local board for inspection and enforcement.

(1)Before June 30 of each year, the department shall pay to a local board of health, as established under 50-2-104 , 50-2-106 , or 50-2-107 , an amount from the local board inspection fund account created in 50-2-108 that must be used only for the purpose of inspecting establishments licensed under this chapter and enforcing the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that:

(a)there is a functioning local board of health; and

(b)the local board of health, local health officers, sanitarians-in-training, and registered sanitarians:

(i)assist in inspections and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it; and

(ii)meet minimum program performance standards as established under

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50-52-302 . Department to pay local board for inspection and enforcement. (1) Before June 30 of each year, the department shall pay to a local board of health, as established under 50-2-104 , 50-2-106 , or 50-2-107 , an amount from the local board inspection fund account created in 50-2-108 that must be used only for the purpose of inspecting establishments licensed under this chapter and enforcing the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that:
(a) there is a functioning local board of health; and
(b) the local board of health, local health officers, sanitarians-in-training, and registered sanitarians:
(i) assist in inspections and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it; and
(ii) meet minimum program performance standards as established under rules adopted by the department.
(2) The funds received by the local board of health pursuant to subsection (1) must be deposited with the appropriate local fiscal authority and must be used to supplement, but not supplant, other funds received by the local board of health that in the absence of funding received under subsection (1) would be made available for the same purpose.
(3) Funds in the local board inspection fund account not paid to the local board of health as provided in subsection (1) may be used by the department, within any jurisdiction that does not qualify to receive payments from the local board inspection fund, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 215, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 383, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 506, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-5604(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 336, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 731, L. 1991.