Mont. Code Ann. § 7-4-506

After an agency implements an employee's suggestion or invention and the amount of monetary savings to the local government is estimated or an employee participates in or successfully completes a health or safety program, an agency head, upon written application to and approval from the governing body and the incentive awards advisory council, if there is a council, may grant an incentive award to an employee whose proposal or activity meets the requirements of 7-4-505.