Montana Title 17. State Finance § 17-3-1004. Disbursement of funds

(1) The money received by the state treasurer under the provisions of 17-3-1003 may be paid out of the treasury only on a warrant issued by the treasurer in payment of claims for expenses actually incurred for the support and maintenance of the institution filing the claims.

(2) In the payment of claims presented by a state institution entitled to interest and income from land grants or money from a land grant, a warrant may not be drawn against the appropriation made by the state out of the general fund for the maintenance of the institution filing the claim until interest and income money available for the payment of the items in the claim is exhausted.