85-20-1505. Blackfeet Tribe water rights compact infrastructure account -- use.
85-20-1505. Blackfeet Tribe water rights compact infrastructure account -- use. (1) There is an account within the state special revenue fund called the Blackfeet Tribe water rights compact infrastructure account. The department shall administer the account.
(2) The Blackfeet Tribe water rights compact infrastructure account may be used only for water-related infrastructure projects within the exterior boundaries of the Blackfeet Indian reservation.
(3) Funds from this account may not be disbursed unless a water rights compact among the Blackfeet Tribe, the state, and the United States has been finally ratified by the legislature, the Congress of the United States, and the Blackfeet Tribe.
(4) All interest and other income earned on money in the account must be deposited in the account.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 489, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 204, L. 2009.