Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 8 - COMMERCE
Chapter 8.101 - COAL BOARD
Subchapter 8.101.3 - Substantive Rules
Rule 8.101.301 - POLICY STATEMENT
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 8.101.301
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) The Coal Board must prescribe forms for grant applications, receive and consider applications for grants, and award grants to local governmental units, federally-recognized Indian tribes, school districts, and state agencies to assist local governmental units in meeting the local impact of coal development or decline by enabling them to adequately provide governmental services and facilities which are needed as a direct consequence of coal development or decline.
(2) Applications will be judged on the following five main guidelines:
(a) Demonstration of need:
(i) What assistance is required to eliminate
or reduce a direct and obvious threat to the public health, safety or welfare
that has been caused as a direct result of coal development or
decline.
(b) Severity of
impact:
(i) What has been the rapidity of
growth or decline and subsequent development of the problem and the number of
people affected.
(c)
Degree of local effort:
(i) As applicable,
what bonding, millage effort, or user charge has been made in the past, those
currently being made, and what effort has been made to secure funds from other
sources to answer needs.
(d) Availability of funds:
(i) What amount of funds is available in
light of the total request submitted.
(e) Planning:
(i) How does the application fit into an
overall plan for the orderly management of the existing or contemplated growth
or decline problems.
90-6-205, MCA; IMP, 90-6-205, MCA;
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