Montana Title 7. Local Government § 7-2-2742. Transfer and use of funds of abandoned county

(1) All money in each of the funds of an abandoned and abolished county shall be transferred to and paid over by the treasurer thereof to the treasurer of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which its territory is to be attached and become a part and shall be kept and maintained by such treasurer in separate funds in the name of such abandoned and abolished county and, except as provided in subsection (2), used and applied for paying warrants issued against such funds by the abandoned and abolished county prior to the time it ceased to exist and for paying warrants issued against such fund by the board of county commissioners of the county to which it is attached and becomes a part under the provisions of 7-2-2724 and 7-2-2741 and the interest on such warrants.

(2) Money in any bond sinking and interest funds of such abandoned and abolished county shall be used and applied for the sole purpose of paying the interest and principal becoming due on unpaid and outstanding bonds of such county.