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MT Code § 10-1-1302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1302. Montana military family relief fund -- purpose -- administration

  10-1-1302. Montana military family relief fund -- purpose -- administration. (1) There is a Montana military family relief fund.   (2) The purpose of the fund is to aid members of the Montana national guard or reserve component who have been activated for federal service in a contingency operation and the families of members.   (3) The department shall administer the fund as provided in this part.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1303. Fund account -- statutory appropriation

  10-1-1303. Fund account -- statutory appropriation. (1) There is a Montana military family relief fund account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 17-2-102. All money transferred to the fund by the legislature, all monetary contributions, gifts, and grants donated to the fund, all contributions made to the fund pursuant to 15-30-2392, and all interest and income earned on money in the account must be deposited into the account.   (2) Money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department for the purposes of this part.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1304. Definitions

  10-1-1304. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Account" means the Montana military family relief fund account established in 10-1-1303.   (2) "Contingency operation" means an assignment within the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13).   (3) "Family member" means a person who has been approved as a dependent of a member and is enrolled as a dependent of the member in the defense enrollment eligibility reporting system of the United States department of defense.   (4) "Fund" means the Montana military family relief fund established in 10-1-1302.   (5) "Member" means a Montana resident who is a member of the Montana national guard or reserve component, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101, and who on or after July 1, 2007, is on active duty for federal service in a contingency operation.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1305. Allowable uses of account

  10-1-1305. Allowable uses of account. Subject to the availability of money in the account and 10-1-1306, the department shall use the money in the account to make the following grants to members and to family members:   (1) a status-based grant of $250 to each family member of a member who is activated for federal service in a contingency operation for a period of more than 30 days;   (2) a needs-based grant of not more than $2,000 to a member or to a family member of a member who is activated for federal service in a contingency operation for a period of more than 30 days and:   (a) the member's monthly military pay and allowances, combined, are at least 30% less than the member's monthly civilian wages or salary; or   (b) the member or a family member is experiencing a significant emergency that warrants financial assistance; and   (3) a casualty-based grant of $2,000 to a member who at any time after activation for federal service in a contingency operation sustained a nonfatal injury in the course of or related to combat as a direct result of hostile action. A member may receive only one casualty-based grant for injuries sustained during or arising out of the same contingency operation.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1306. Ineligibility for grants

  10-1-1306. Ineligibility for grants. (1) (a) A member who at any time prior to the disbursement of grant money receives a punitive discharge pursuant to the federal Manual for Courts-Martial or an administrative discharge with service characterized as other than honorable conditions is ineligible for any grant under 10-1-1305.   (b) A family member of a member described in subsection (1)(a) is ineligible for any grant under 10-1-1305.   (2) (a) A member and a family member of the member are ineligible for status-based and needs-based grants under 10-1-1305 if the member holds a rank or pay grade, as those terms are used in Titles 10 and 37 of the United States Code, of:   (i) 0-4 (major or lieutenant commander) or higher if a commissioned officer; or   (ii) W-4 (chief warrant officer, W-4) or higher if a warrant officer.   (b) The determination of the member's pay grade must be made at the time of application for the grant.   (3) A member is ineligible for a casualty-based grant under 10-1-1305 if:   (a) the member's injury is the result of a self-inflicted wound, willful negligence by the member, or other misconduct by the member; or   (b) the injury occurs when the member is not in an authorized duty status.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1307. Rules

  10-1-1307. Rules. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to 10-1-105 to implement and administer the provisions of this part. The rules must ensure that all similarly situated members and family members are treated equitably and must include but are not limited to provisions regarding:   (1) applications;   (2) timelines;   (3) eligibility, including proof of eligibility of members and family members;   (4) the procedure for establishing the priority of grant awards if the amount of money available in the account is insufficient to support an award of grants to the maximum authority allowed under 10-1-1305;   (5) the appeal process for grant applications that are denied; and   (6) disbursement of grant money to members and family members.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1308. Grant application -- review -- approval or denial

  10-1-1308. Grant application -- review -- approval or denial. (1) A member or a family member may apply for a grant authorized under 10-1-1305 on forms provided by and in the manner prescribed by the department.   (2) (a) A committee of three members shall review all applications for needs-based grants and shall recommend to the adjutant general approval or denial of each application.   (b) The committee is composed of the director of the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201 or the director's designee, the commissioner of labor and industry provided for in 2-15-1701 or the commissioner's designee, and the budget director provided for in 17-7-103 or the budget director's designee.   (3) The adjutant general shall review all grant applications and the recommendations of the committee made under subsection (2) and shall either approve or deny each application pursuant to the rules adopted under 10-1-1307.   (4) The department shall notify the applicant in writing as to whether the applicant's application for a grant is approved or denied.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1309. Review if application denied

  10-1-1309. Review if application denied. (1) If the adjutant general denies an application for a grant, the adjutant general shall explain the basis for the denial to the applicant in writing.   (2) An applicant whose application is denied may appeal the decision in writing to the adjutant general in the manner prescribed by rule. After considering the applicant's appeal, the adjutant general shall affirm or deny the appeal in writing.   (3) There is no further appeal if the adjutant general denies the appeal.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 13. Montana Military Family Relief Fund Act|10-1-1310. Contributions to fund

  10-1-1310. Contributions to fund. The department may accept monetary contributions, gifts, or grants to the fund. Upon receipt, monetary contributions, gifts, and grants must be deposited into the account.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 311, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 14. National Guard Youth Challenge Program|10-1-1401. Montana national guard youth challenge program authorized

  10-1-1401. Montana national guard youth challenge program authorized. A youth challenge program provided for pursuant to 32 U.S.C. 509 may be established in the department.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 347, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 14. National Guard Youth Challenge Program|10-1-1402. Legislative intent

  10-1-1402. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature that:   (1) the youth challenge program assist youth between 16 and 18 years of age to achieve a quality education and develop the skills and abilities necessary to become productive citizens;   (2) the youth challenge program focus on the physical, emotional, and educational needs of youth within a voluntary, highly structured environment;   (3) eligible participants be drug-free, not be on conditional release or probation for other than juvenile-status offenses, not have been indicted for or charged with an offense other than a juvenile-status offense, and not have been convicted of a felony or capital offense;   (4) recruiting for the youth challenge program treat all eligible youth equitably and seek representation from different genders, ethnic groups, and geographic locations;   (5) the youth challenge program conduct structured training consisting of a residential phase and a postresidential phase with curriculum that focuses on academic excellence, including the successful completion of the tests for a high school equivalency diploma, on the opportunity to pursue a high school diploma from the student's resident district based on the student's proficiency and at the discretion of the resident district trustees, and on physical fitness, job skills, service to the community, health and hygiene, responsible citizenship, leadership, how to follow directions, and life-coping skills; and   (6) the youth challenge program be conducted in cooperation with other community programs for at-risk youth.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 347, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 55, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 233, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 344, L. 2019.
MT Code § 10-1-1403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 14. National Guard Youth Challenge Program|10-1-1403. Administration and staff

  10-1-1403. Administration and staff. Subject to 32 U.S.C. 509 and its implementing regulations and applicable agreements, the youth challenge program may be staffed by an administrator and the professional, technical, secretarial, and clerical employees necessary for the performance of the youth challenge program's functions.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 347, L. 2007.
MT Code § 10-1-1501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1501. Short title

  10-1-1501. Short title. This part may be cited as the "Military Area Compatibility Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1502. Legislative findings -- purpose

  10-1-1502. Legislative findings -- purpose. The legislature finds and declares that:   (1) the ability of the United States military to train and operate effectively in Montana is crucial to the nation's defense;   (2) increasing development pressures in and around existing military facilities and training areas represent a potential threat to the continued viability of military missions in Montana;   (3) local governments should be empowered to implement land use policies designed to protect existing military missions from encroachment and encourage expansion of military missions in Montana; and   (4) it is the purpose of this part to promote public health, safety, and general welfare by the delineation of military affected areas and by granting local governments the ability to develop regulations to ensure that surrounding land uses are compatible with uses in military affected areas.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1503. Military affected areas -- definitions

  10-1-1503. Military affected areas -- definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Airport" has the meaning provided in 67-1-101.   (2) "Governing body" has the meaning provided in 67-7-103.   (3) (a) "Military affected area" means land used for military purposes or in close proximity to military facilities that is directly affected or that will be directly affected by military uses.   (b) The term does not mean an area over which military aircraft operate when no other components of military facilities or military uses exist.   (4) "Military facilities" and "military uses" include but are not limited to military airports, military installations, intercontinental ballistic missile alert facilities or launch control centers, missile locations, access roads to missiles or missile-related facilities, and sites formerly used for military training that may be contaminated with hazardous wastes or explosive ordnance.   (5) "YDNL" has the meaning provided in 67-1-101.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1504 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1504. Designation of military affected areas -- public hearing required -- joint regulation board authorized

  10-1-1504. Designation of military affected areas -- public hearing required -- joint regulation board authorized. (1) A governing body of a political subdivision within which military operations occur may, in consultation with the appropriate military authority, designate a military affected area and may adopt, administer, and enforce military affected area regulations.   (2) The designation of a military affected area must be accompanied by maps and legal descriptions of the military affected area.   (3) (a) Before a governing body designates a military affected area and adopts or amends regulations governing the military affected area, the governing body shall hold at least one public hearing.   (b) The notice of the public hearing must be published as provided in 7-1-2121 if the governing body is a county commission or the commissioners of a regional airport authority and as provided in 7-1-4127 if the governing body is a city commission, a town council, or the commissioners of a municipal airport authority.   (4) If a military affected area encompasses land within the boundaries of more than one political subdivision, the governing bodies of the political subdivisions may by ordinance or resolution create a joint military affected area regulation board. The joint board must have two members appointed by the governing body of each political subdivision participating in its creation, and a presiding officer must be elected by a majority of the members appointed. The joint board shall consider the zoning regulations and ordinances of each affected political subdivision in developing its recommendations, but the board's recommendations are not binding on the governing bodies of any of the affected political subdivisions.   (5) A governing body may not designate land that is more than 1,200 feet from a launch control center or missile location as part of a military affected area.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1505 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1505. Military affected area regulations -- contents

  10-1-1505. Military affected area regulations -- contents. (1) Regulations adopted for the military affected area must be reasonable, be designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and protect and facilitate the military missions executed within the military affected area. At a minimum, these regulations must give consideration to:   (a) the safety of persons physically present in a military affected area and the persons and property in the vicinity of the area;   (b) the character of the military operations conducted or expected to be conducted within the area;   (c) the nature of the terrain;   (d) the future development of the military affected area;   (e) United States department of defense recommendations for the safety zones, noise contours, and flight path restrictions for the appropriate type of military operation and the compatibility of surrounding land uses with the recommendations; and   (f) existing and potential future uses of the land proposed to be included in a military affected area.   (2) Military affected area regulations must be limited to addressing current and known future military uses and may be adopted only to:   (a) limit electromagnetic emissions that may interfere with military operations;   (b) describe the military affected area by referencing maps other than those required under 10-1-1504(2) and describing existing hazards and natural terrain that intrude into the military affected area;   (c) designate and describe zones within the military affected area, along with the height limitations for structures and trees within each zone, considering local conditions and needs;   (d) show the contours for decibel levels of 65 YDNL or greater on the maps that designate a military affected area if a study has been conducted pursuant to United States department of defense regulations and require that information to be considered before any building may occur within the military affected area;   (e) specify the permitted and conditional land uses within each zone of the military affected area by addressing:   (i) residences, schools, hospitals, day-care centers, or other concentrations of people, indoors or outdoors, that are incompatible with activities within the military affected area;   (ii) land uses that are incompatible with the decibel levels described in subsection (2)(d); and   (iii) other land uses that are incompatible with United States department of defense recommendations regarding compatible use of land within a military affected area.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1506 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1506. Regulations relative to zoning ordinances

  10-1-1506. Regulations relative to zoning ordinances. (1) Subject to subsection (3), if a governing body has adopted a zoning ordinance or resolution, any regulations adopted under this part may be made a part of the zoning ordinance or resolution and may be administered and enforced in connection with it.   (2) If a political subdivision has a planning board, zoning commission, or joint military affected area board, a governing body may request the assistance of those boards or commissions in designating a military affected area or adopting, amending, or repealing military affected area regulations.   (3) When a conflict exists between the regulations adopted pursuant to this part and any zoning ordinances or resolutions applicable to the same area that the regulations are intended to govern, the more stringent limitation or requirement prevails.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1507 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1507. through 10-1-1510 reserved

  10-1-1507 through 10-1-1510 reserved.
MT Code § 10-1-1511 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1511. Prior nonconforming uses

  10-1-1511. Prior nonconforming uses. (1) All regulations adopted under this part must be reasonable and may not require the removal or alteration of any structure or require cessation or alteration of a use that is lawfully in existence when the regulations become effective. Those structures or uses must be treated as prior nonconforming structures or uses that may remain or continue.   (2) A nonconforming structure or use that is destroyed or substantially damaged by fire, flood, or other natural disaster may not be restored as a nonconforming structure or use unless a variance is issued by the appeals board provided for in 10-1-1514 or unless the restoration occurs within 24 months of the damage having occurred and the resulting structure or use occupies the same physical footprint and is used for the same purpose as the original nonconforming structure or use. A nonconforming structure or use is considered to be substantially damaged when 80% or more of a structure is damaged or destroyed.   (3) The regulations may require the owner of structures to permit the political subdivision, at its expense, to install, operate, and maintain the lights and markers necessary to warn pilots of the presence of a hazard in the vicinity of the military affected area.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1512 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1512. Permit system

  10-1-1512. Permit system. (1) The regulations adopted pursuant to this part must provide for a permit system for erecting new structures, changing uses of land or structures, and substantially altering or replacing existing structures within the military affected area.   (2) A permit may not be granted that would allow the establishment of an incompatible use or that would allow a nonconforming use or structure to become a greater hazard or cause greater incompatibility with the military affected area.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 354, L. 2011.
MT Code § 10-1-1513 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services|Chapter 1. Militia|Part 15. Military Area Compatibility Act|10-1-1513. Enforcement

  10-1-1513. Enforcement. The governing body or its designated agent or agency is responsible for enforcing the regulations adopted pursuant to this part. The regulations must provide for an enforcement officer and an appeal process from the decision of the enforcement officer, who may be an existing employee of the local government.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 354, L. 2011.