17-5-902. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to provide for the financing of the cost of state highway and federal-aid highway projects through the issuance of highway revenue bonds secured by a pledge and appropriation of highway revenue.

Terms Used In Montana Code 17-5-902

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this part as highway revenue bonds. See Montana Code 17-5-903
  • Highway projects: means the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of commission-designated highway systems and state highways as those terms are defined in 60-1-103. See Montana Code 17-5-903
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201