Montana Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services § 10-4-108. Rulemaking authority

(a) distribution procedures for funding authorized in 10-4-305(1);

(b) procedures for grant funding authorized in 10-4-306. The rules for grant funding must include but are not limited to:

(c) postdisbursement activities by the department to monitor the use of funding by entities, including:

(a) technology standards, based on industry standards and a statewide 9-1-1 plan, to ensure that public safety answering points meet minimum 9-1-1 services levels; and

(b) baseline next-generation 9-1-1 principles to facilitate the appropriate deployment of baseline next-generation 9-1-1.

(3)(a) Before January 1, 2022, the department shall adopt rules for the allocation and distribution of funds in the account provided for in 10-4-304(2)(a) in accordance with 10-4-305(2) and (3) to local and tribal government entities that host public safety answering points.

(b) The rules adopted for allocation must be based on the official final decennial census figures and must ensure that each local and tribal government entity that hosts a public safety answering point receives funding. The allocation must account for:

(c) The department's allocation may not distribute funds in a manner that discourages public safety answering points from consolidating or combining.