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MT Code § 75-6-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-303. Liberal construction

  75-6-303. Liberal construction. The provisions of this part are necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare and must be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of this part.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-304. Definitions

  75-6-304. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Authority" means any regional water authority, regional wastewater authority, or regional water and wastewater authority organized pursuant to the provisions of this part.   (2) "District customer" means a county water and/or sewer district that is afforded the use or the availability of service from an authority.   (3) "Municipal customer" means a municipality that is afforded the use or the availability of service from an authority.   (4) "Public agency" means any municipality, county, water and sewer district, or other political subdivision of this state.   (5) "Rural customer" means a customer who is afforded the use or the availability of service from an authority and is neither a district customer nor a municipal customer.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 498, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 187, L. 2013.
MT Code § 75-6-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-306. Furnishing of funds, personnel, or services by certain public agencies -- agreements for purchase, sale, distribution, transmission, transportation, and treatment of water or wastewater -- terms and conditions

  75-6-306. Furnishing of funds, personnel, or services by certain public agencies -- agreements for purchase, sale, distribution, transmission, transportation, and treatment of water or wastewater -- terms and conditions. A public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to this part may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply to the authority personnel or services for the operation of the authority as may be within its legal power to furnish. A public agency, whether or not a party to an agreement pursuant to this part, and a publicly or privately owned water distribution company may enter into contracts with an authority, created pursuant to this part, for the purchase of water from the authority or the sale of water to the authority, for the treatment of water by either party, and for the distribution or transmission of water by either party. The authority may enter into the contracts. A public agency, whether or not a party to an agreement pursuant to this part, and a publicly or privately owned wastewater transportation or treatment system may enter into contracts with an authority, created pursuant to this part, for the transportation and treatment of wastewater by either party. The authority may enter into the contracts, subject to the prior approval of the public service commission, if the privately owned wastewater transportation or treatment system is subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission. However, if the public service commission has not acted on a proposed contract within 90 days of its filing, approval is considered to have been granted. A contract may include an agreement for the purchase of water not actually received or the treatment of wastewater not actually treated. A contract may not be for a period in excess of 40 years, but renewal options may be included in the contract. The obligations of a public agency under a contract must be payable solely from the revenue produced from the public agency's water or wastewater system, and the public service commission, in the case of a water system whose rates are subject to its jurisdiction, shall permit the water system to recover through its rates revenue sufficient to meet its obligations under the agreement.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-307. through 75-6-309 reserved

  75-6-307 through 75-6-309 reserved.
MT Code § 75-6-310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-310. Declaration of authority organization -- when public body, corporate and politic

  75-6-310. Declaration of authority organization -- when public body, corporate and politic. Upon filing with the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall declare the authority organized and give it the corporate name of regional water authority number ...., regional wastewater authority number ...., or regional water and wastewater authority number ...., as appropriate. Upon assignment of the designation, the authority is a public body, corporate and politic.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-311 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-311. Governing body -- appointments -- terms of members -- voting rights

  75-6-311. Governing body -- appointments -- terms of members -- voting rights. (1) The governing body of the authority shall consist of not less than three persons selected by the participating public agencies. Each participating public agency shall appoint at least one member. Each member's full term may not be less than 1 year or more than 4 years, and initial terms must be staggered in accordance with procedures set forth in the agreement provided for in 75-6-305 and amendments to the agreement. In the case of an authority that is made up by the agreement of two public agencies, each public agency shall appoint two representatives to the governing body.   (2) The manner of selection of the governing body and terms of office must be set forth in the agreement provided for in 75-6-305 and amendments to the agreement. The governing body of the authority shall elect one of its members as president, one as treasurer, and one as secretary.   (3) Each member has one vote in any matter that comes before the authority for decision. However, the member agencies shall, in the original agreement establishing the authority, set forth any special weighing of votes based upon population served, volumes of water purchased, volumes of wastewater treated, numbers of customers, or some other criterion that the authority considers appropriate for maintaining fairness in the decisions and operations of the authority.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-312. Meetings of governing body -- annual audit

  75-6-312. Meetings of governing body -- annual audit. The governing body of the authority shall meet as often as the needs of the authority require, but not less frequently than on a quarterly basis. The authority is subject to the provisions of Title 2, chapter 3, regarding open meeting laws and public participation. The governing body shall cause an annual audit of the financial records of the authority to be made. The cost of the audit must be paid by the authority. The authority is considered a local government entity for purposes of Title 2, chapter 7, part 5, and audits must comply with the provisions of that part.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-314 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-314. through 75-6-319 reserved

  75-6-314 through 75-6-319 reserved.
MT Code § 75-6-321 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-321. Items included in cost of properties

  75-6-321. Items included in cost of properties. The cost of any water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system acquired or constructed under the provisions of this part must be considered to include the cost of the acquisition or construction of the supply or system and the cost of all property rights, easements, and franchises considered necessary or convenient for the supply or system and for the improvements and extensions to the supply or system. Costs also include interest on bonds prior to and during construction or acquisition and for 6 months after completion of construction or of acquisition of the improvements and extensions; engineering expenses; fiscal agent and legal expenses; expenses for estimates of cost and of revenue; expenses for plans, specifications, and surveys; other expenses necessary or incidental to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise; administrative expense; and other expenses that may be necessary or incidental to the financing authorized in this part, the construction or acquisition of the properties, the placing of the properties in operation, and the performance of the things required or permitted, in connection with any property.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-322 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-322. Trust indenture

  75-6-322. Trust indenture. In the discretion and at the option of the governing body of the authority, bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be a trust company or bank that has the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. However, a trust indenture may not convey, mortgage, or create a lien upon the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system, any part of the system, or the authority or its member public agencies. The resolution authorizing the bonds and fixing the details of the bonds may provide that the trust indenture may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority and the members of its governing body and officers in relation to the construction or acquisition of the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system and the improvement, extension, operation, repair, maintenance, and insurance of the bonds and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all money. The resolution may also provide that all or any part of the construction work must be contracted for, constructed, and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the governing body and satisfactory to the original bond purchasers, their successors, assignees, or nominees, who may be given the right to require that the security given by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of bonds or revenue of the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system or other money pertaining to the supply or system be satisfactory to the purchasers, their successors, assignees, or nominees. The indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and the trustee.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-323 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-323. Sinking fund for revenue bonds

  75-6-323. Sinking fund for revenue bonds. At or before the time of the issuance of any bonds under this part, the governing body of the authority shall by resolution or in the trust indenture provide for the creation of a sinking fund and for monthly payments into the sinking fund from the revenue of the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system operated by the authority sums in excess of the cost of maintenance and operation of the properties that will be sufficient to pay the accruing interest and retire the bonds at or before the time that each will respectively become due and to establish and maintain reserves for the bonds. All sums that are or should be, in accordance with the provisions, paid into the sinking fund must be used solely for payment of interest and for the retirement of the bonds at or prior to maturity, as may be provided or required by the resolutions.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-324 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-324. Collection of revenue and enforcement of covenants -- default -- suit to compel performance -- appointment and powers of receiver

  75-6-324. Collection of revenue and enforcement of covenants -- default -- suit to compel performance -- appointment and powers of receiver. The governing body of an authority may insert enforceable provisions in a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds relating to the collection, custody, and application of revenue of the authority from the operation of the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system under its control and relating to the enforcement of the covenants and undertakings of the authority. If there is a default in the sinking fund provisions provided for in 75-6-323 or in the payment of the principal or interest on any of the bonds or if the authority or its governing body or any of its officers, agents, or employees fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this part or default in any covenant or agreement made with respect to the issuance of the bonds or offered as security for the bonds, then any holder or holders of the bonds and any trustee under the trust indenture, if there is one, has the right by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding instituted in the district court in any of the counties in which the authority operates or in any other court of competent jurisdiction to enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this part or undertaken by the authority in connection with the issuance of the bonds. Upon application by any holder or holders of the bonds or the trustee of the trust indenture, the court shall, upon proof of the defaults, appoint a receiver for the affairs of the authority and its property. The receiver shall directly, or through its agents and attorneys, enter and take possession of the affairs of the authority. The receiver may hold, use, operate, manage, and control the authority and, in the name of the authority, exercise all of the rights and powers of the authority as considered expedient. The receiver may collect and receive all revenue and apply the revenue in the manner that the court shall direct. Whenever the default causing the appointment of the receiver has been cleared and fully discharged and all other defaults have been cured, the court, after notice and hearing as it considers reasonable and proper, may direct the receiver to surrender possession of the affairs of the authority to its governing body. The receiver may not sell, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any assets of the authority except as provided in this section.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-325 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-325. Statutory mortgage lien

  75-6-325. Statutory mortgage lien. There is a statutory mortgage lien upon the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system of the authority. The lien exists in favor of the holders of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this part, and each holder and the system remain subject to the statutory mortgage lien until payment in full of all principal of and interest on the bonds.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-327 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-327. Refunding revenue bonds

  75-6-327. Refunding revenue bonds. If the authority has issued bonds under the provisions of this part, it may by resolution issue refunding bonds for the purpose of retiring or refinancing outstanding bonds, together with any unpaid interest on the bonds and any redemption premium. All of the provisions of this part relating to the issuance, security, and payment of bonds apply to the refunding bonds. However, the bonds are subject to the provisions of the proceedings that authorized the issuance of the bonds to be refunded.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-328 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-328. Exemption from taxation

  75-6-328. Exemption from taxation. Bonds issued pursuant to this part and the interest on the bonds, together with all properties and facilities of the authority owned or used in connection with the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system, and all the money, revenue, and other income of the authority derived from the water supply, wastewater transportation, or treatment system are exempt from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, political subdivision, or agency of the state, county, or municipality.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-6-329 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 6. Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment|Part 3. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act|75-6-329. Bonds as legal investment

  75-6-329. Bonds as legal investment. Bonds issued under the provisions of this part are legal investments for banks, building and loan associations, and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 498, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-7-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 7. Aquatic Ecosystem Protections|Part 1. Streambeds|75-7-101. Short title

  75-7-101. Short title. This part may be cited as "The Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act of 1975".   History: En. 26-1510 by Sec. 1, Ch. 463, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1510.
MT Code § 75-7-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 7. Aquatic Ecosystem Protections|Part 1. Streambeds|75-7-102. Intent -- policy

  75-7-102. Intent -- policy. (1) The legislature, mindful of its constitutional obligations under Article II, section 3, and Article IX of the Montana constitution, has enacted The Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act of 1975. It is the legislature's intent that the requirements of this part provide adequate remedies for the protection of the environmental life support system from degradation and provide adequate remedies to prevent unreasonable depletion and degradation of natural resources.   (2) It is the policy of the state of Montana that its natural rivers and streams and the lands and property immediately adjacent to them within the state are to be protected and preserved to be available in their natural or existing state and to prohibit unauthorized projects and, in so doing, to keep soil erosion and sedimentation to a minimum, except as may be necessary and appropriate after due consideration of all factors involved. Further, it is the policy of this state to recognize the needs of irrigation and agricultural use of the rivers and streams of the state of Montana and to protect the use of water for any useful or beneficial purpose as guaranteed by The Constitution of the State of Montana.   History: En. 26-1511 by Sec. 2, Ch. 463, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1511; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 361, L. 2003.
MT Code § 75-7-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 7. Aquatic Ecosystem Protections|Part 1. Streambeds|75-7-103. Definitions

  75-7-103. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Applicant" means any person presenting notice of a project to the supervisors.   (2) "Department" means the Montana department of fish, wildlife, and parks.   (3) "District" means:   (a) a conservation district under Title 76, chapter 15, in which the project will take place;   (b) a grass conservation district under Title 76, chapter 16, where a conservation district does not exist; or   (c) the board of county commissioners in a county where a district does not exist.   (4) "Person" means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association, or other legal entity not covered under 87-5-502.   (5) (a) "Project" means a physical alteration or modification that results in a change in the state of a natural, perennial-flowing stream or river, its bed, or its immediate banks.   (b) Project does not include:   (i) an activity for which a plan of operation has been submitted to and approved by the district. Any modification to the plan must have prior approval of the district.   (ii) customary and historic maintenance and repair of existing irrigation facilities that do not significantly alter or modify the stream in contravention of 75-7-102; or   (iii) livestock grazing activities.   (6) "Stream" means any natural, perennial-flowing stream or river, its bed, and its immediate banks except a stream or river that has been designated by district rule as not having significant aquatic and riparian attributes in need of protection or preservation under 75-7-102.   (7) "Supervisors" means the board of supervisors of a conservation district, the directors of a grass conservation district, or the board of county commissioners where a proposed project is not within a district.   (8) "Team" means one representative of the supervisors, one representative of the department, and the applicant or the applicant's representative.   (9) "Written consent of the supervisors" means a written decision of the supervisors approving a project and specifying activities authorized to be performed in completing the project.   History: En. 26-1512 by Sec. 3, Ch. 463, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1512; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 218, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 551, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 426, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 447, L. 2003.
MT Code § 75-7-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 7. Aquatic Ecosystem Protections|Part 1. Streambeds|75-7-104. Vested water rights preserved

  75-7-104. Vested water rights preserved. This part shall not impair, diminish, divest, or control any existing or vested water rights under the laws of the state of Montana or the United States.   History: En. 26-1516 by Sec. 7, Ch. 463, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1516.
MT Code § 75-7-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 7. Aquatic Ecosystem Protections|Part 1. Streambeds|75-7-105. Application of flood plain management

  75-7-105. Application of flood plain management. Approval for proposed projects or alternate plans does not relieve the applicant of the responsibility of complying with Title 76, chapter 5, parts 1 through 4, floodway management and regulation, where designated flood plains or designated floodways have been established in accordance with that chapter.   History: En. 26-1519 by Sec. 10, Ch. 463, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1519.