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MT Code § 7-13-2328 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2328. Sufficient vote required to issue bonds

  7-13-2328. Sufficient vote required to issue bonds. (1) (a) When the board of directors canvasses the vote of a bond election, the board shall determine the approval or rejection of the bond proposition as provided in subsections (1)(b) through (1)(d) after calculating the percentage of qualified electors voting in the bond election in the following manner:   (i) determine the total number of electors of the district who were qualified to vote at the bond election;   (ii) determine the total number of qualified electors who voted at the bond election; and   (iii) calculate the percentage of qualified electors voting at the bond election by dividing the amount determined in subsection (1)(a)(ii) by the amount determined in subsection (1)(a)(i).   (b) When the calculated percentage in subsection (1)(a)(iii) is 40% or more, the bond proposition is approved and adopted if a majority of the votes were cast in favor of the proposition; otherwise it must be rejected.   (c) When the calculated percentage in subsection (1)(a)(iii) is more than 30% but less than 40%, the bond proposition is approved and adopted if 60% or more of the votes were cast in favor of the proposition; otherwise it must be rejected.   (d) When the calculated percentage in subsection (1)(a)(iii) is 30% or less, the bond proposition must be rejected.   (2) If the canvass of the vote establishes the approval and adoption of the bond proposition, then the board of directors may by resolution provide for the form and execution of the bonds and for the issuance of the bonds.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 335, L. 1969; R.C.M. 16-4522(part); amd. Sec. 337, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 341, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 93, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 140, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-13-2329 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2329. Sale of bonds

  7-13-2329. Sale of bonds. The board of directors may sell or dispose of the bonds issued pursuant to 7-13-2321(2) or 7-13-2328 at times or in a manner that it considers to be to the public interest.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 335, L. 1969; R.C.M. 16-4522(part); amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 341, L. 2005.
MT Code § 7-13-2330 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2330. Status of bonds -- tax exemption

  7-13-2330. Status of bonds -- tax exemption. Any bonds issued by any district organized under the provisions of this part and part 22 are hereby given the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by any municipality and shall be exempt from all taxation within the state of Montana.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 242, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4523.
MT Code § 7-13-2331 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2331. Issuance of general obligation bonds

  7-13-2331. Issuance of general obligation bonds. (1) In addition to the powers granted to a district in this part to finance facilities and improvements, a district may issue general obligation bonds for a term of up to 40 years to:   (a) provide funds to pay part or all of the cost of acquisition, construction, or improvement of facilities; or   (b) refund any bonds issued for the acquisition, construction, or improvement of facilities.   (2) General obligation bonds issued pursuant to this section must be authorized, sold, and issued, with provisions for their payment, in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed for bonds of school districts in Title 20, chapter 9, part 4, except to the extent that those conditions conflict with the express provisions of part 22 or this part.   (3) Nothing in this section prohibits a district from imposing rates or other charges for the use of facilities that have been financed in whole or part by general obligation bonds under this section if the revenue from the rates or charges is used to abate taxes that have been levied to pay the principal or interest on the general obligation bonds or is used to pay the principal or interest on other bonded indebtedness of the district.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 518, L. 1995.
MT Code § 7-13-2332 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2332. Issuance of refunding bonds without election

  7-13-2332. Issuance of refunding bonds without election. (1) (a) District refunding bonds, issued to provide money to refund outstanding bonded indebtedness, may be issued without a vote of the electorate. In order to issue refunding bonds, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution setting forth the facts regarding the outstanding bonds that are to be redeemed, the reasons for issuing the refunding bonds, and the terms and details of the refunding bond issue.   (b) After adopting a resolution, the board of directors may sell the bonds at times and in a manner considered to be in the public interest.   (2) (a) Refunding bonds may be issued prior to the maturity or redemption date of the outstanding bonds they are to refund. The proceeds of the refunding bonds, less any accrued interest or premium received upon the sale of the refunding bonds or amounts to be used for the cost of issuance or establishing reserves for the refunding bonds, must be deposited with other funds appropriated for payment of the outstanding bonds in escrow with a suitable banking institution in or out of the state.   (b) Deposited funds must be invested in securities that are general obligations of the United States or in securities for which the principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States. The securities must be payable on the dates required and bear interest at a rate sufficient, with any cash retained in the escrow account, to pay, when due, accrued interest on each refunded bond until its maturity or redemption date if called for redemption. The securities must also be sufficient to pay the principal of the bond at maturity or upon the redemption date and to pay any redemption premium.   (c) The escrow account must be irrevocably appropriated to the payment of principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the refunded bonds.   (d) A district may pay for reasonable costs of issuing the refunding bonds and maintaining the escrow account. Alternatively, a district may issue crossover refunding bonds as provided in Title 17, chapter 5, part 21.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 518, L. 1995.
MT Code § 7-13-2334 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2334. through 7-13-2339 reserved

  7-13-2334 through 7-13-2339 reserved.
MT Code § 7-13-2340 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2340. Correction of erroneous property description

  7-13-2340. Correction of erroneous property description. (1) As provided in this section, the board of directors of any district may correct an erroneous property description of land within the district.   (2) The board of directors shall by resolution:   (a) set forth the current property description and the proposed property description;   (b) set a date for a public hearing to be held on the proposed property description; and   (c) provide that the property description change is intended only for the purpose of correcting an erroneous land description.   (3) A copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (2) must be posted in three public places in the district and mailed to the owner or owners of record of the property described in subsection (2)(a).   (4) After hearing comments and receiving written consent by the owner or owners of the property described in subsection (2)(a) at the public hearing, the board of directors may by resolution adopt the proposed property description as the correct property description. The correct property description is effective upon filing a copy of the resolution with the county clerk and recorder of the county or counties in which the district is located.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-13-2342 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2342. Consolidation of county water and/or sewer districts -- election required

  7-13-2342. Consolidation of county water and/or sewer districts -- election required. (1) Two or more districts organized under the provisions of part 22 and this part may consolidate at any time upon petitions submitted to the board of directors of each district. The petitions must be in the form required for petitions for the organization of districts. Each petition must be signed by not less than 10% of the qualified electors of the territory included within the district.   (2) The petitions may be granted by ordinance of the board of directors of each district. The ordinances must be submitted for adoption or rejection by the qualified electors.   (3) If the ordinances are approved, the president and secretary of the boards of directors of each district shall certify that fact to the secretary of state and to the county clerk of the county or counties in which the districts are located. On receipt of the certificate, the secretary of state shall within 10 days issue a certificate reciting the passage of the ordinances and the consolidation of the districts. A copy of the certificate must be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each county in which the consolidated district is situated.   (4) After the date of the certificate, the districts are considered to be consolidated and consist of one district with all the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in part 22 and this part and necessarily incident to those rights, privileges, and powers.   (5) The number and manner of selection and election of directors of the consolidated district must be the same as the number and manner of selection and election of directors of newly organized districts.   History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4531(part); amd. Sec. 569, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 143, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-13-2343 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2343. Exclusion of land from district -- initiated by petition

  7-13-2343. Exclusion of land from district -- initiated by petition. Any territory included within any district formed under the provisions of this part and part 22 and not benefited in any manner by such district or its continued inclusion therein may be excluded therefrom by order of the board of directors of such district upon the verified petition of the owner or owners in fee of lands whose assessed value, with improvements, is in excess of one-half of the assessed value of all the lands, with improvements, held in private ownership in such territory.   History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4533(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2344 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2344. Details relating to petition to exclude land from district

  7-13-2344. Details relating to petition to exclude land from district. (1) The petition referred to in 7-13-2343 shall describe the territory sought to be excluded, shall set forth that such territory is not benefited in any manner by said district or its continued inclusion therein, and shall pray that such territory may be excluded and taken from said district.   (2) Such petition shall be filed with the secretary of the district and shall be accompanied by a deposit with such secretary of the sum of $100 to meet the expenses of advertising and other costs incident to the proceedings for the exclusion of such territory, including the cost of recording a certified copy of the order provided for in 7-13-2346. Any unconsumed balance shall be returned to the petitioner.   History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4533(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2345 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2345. Hearing and notice on petition to exclude land

  7-13-2345. Hearing and notice on petition to exclude land. (1) Upon the filing of a petition with the secretary of the district, the secretary shall call a meeting of the board of directors of the district at a time not less than 25 days or more than 50 days after the filing of the petition and cause a notice of the filing of the petition to be published as provided in 7-1-2121. The notice must state the date of the filing of the petition and that the petition will be heard before the board of directors of the district.   (2) A landowner or taxpayer within the district has the right to appear at the hearing, either in behalf of or in opposition to the granting of the petition. The petition must be heard before the board of directors of the district at the time and place specified in the notice of hearing.   (3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b), the place of the hearing must be the regular meeting place of the board of directors of the district.   (b) The board may adjourn the hearing to a more convenient meeting place within the district.   History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4533(part); amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 349, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 570, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-13-2346 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2346. Decision on petition to exclude land

  7-13-2346. Decision on petition to exclude land. (1) If upon such hearing the board of directors determines that it is for the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition or some portion thereof be excluded from the district or if it appears that such lands or some portion thereof will not be benefited by their continued inclusion in the district, then the board shall make an order that such lands or such portion thereof be excluded from the district, such order to describe specifically the lands so excluded.   (2) A copy of such order of exclusion, certified to by the secretary of the district, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties in which the district is situated, and the record of such certified copy shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the exclusion from the district of the lands purporting to be excluded thereby.   History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4533(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2347 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2347. Effect of order excluding land

  7-13-2347. Effect of order excluding land. From the time of the making of the order of exclusion, the lands so excluded shall be deemed to be no longer included in the district, but such order of exclusion shall not be taken to invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied or assessed against the lands so excluded.   History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4533(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2348 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2348. Exclusion of land from district -- initiated by board of directors

  7-13-2348. Exclusion of land from district -- initiated by board of directors. (1) The board of directors of any district formed under the provisions of this part and part 22 may itself initiate the proceedings for the exclusion from the district of any land or lands which it may not be for the best interests of the district to be included or which may not be benefited in any manner by their continued inclusion therein.   (2) Such proceedings shall be initiated by the board by the passage of a resolution:   (a) requiring all persons interested to appear and show cause before the board, at a time and place specified, why such lands (describing them) should not be excluded from the district; and   (b) fixing a time and place for such hearing and directing the secretary of the district to give notice of the passage of such resolution and of such hearing.   (3) Upon the passage of such resolution, the secretary of the district shall give notice thereof and of the time and place of such hearing in the manner hereinbefore prescribed for notice of hearing upon petition by a landowner or landowners, and thereafter all proceedings shall be had in the manner and with the effect herein provided for proceedings upon a petition by a landowner or landowners. The time of hearing fixed by the board by its resolution hereinbefore mentioned shall be not less than 25 days or more than 50 days after the passage of such resolution, and the place of hearing so fixed shall be a convenient place within the district.   (4) The final action of the board of directors under this section shall be subject to the referendum by the electors of the district according to 7-13-2276(2).   History: En. Sec. 34, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4534.
MT Code § 7-13-2349 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2349. Establishment of subdistricts

  7-13-2349. Establishment of subdistricts. (1) The board of directors may establish one or more subdistricts within a district to provide for and finance the cost of water or sewer projects, improvements, or extensions that would benefit land in the subdistrict but not other land in the district. Before establishing a subdistrict, the board shall conduct a public hearing on the establishment of the proposed subdistrict after 10 days' notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The notice of public hearing must contain a description of the subdistrict and the proposed water or sewer project and its estimated cost. After the public hearing, the board of directors may, by resolution, establish the subdistrict if it finds that it is in the best interests of the owners of the land in the subdistrict and the district wishing to establish the subdistrict, that the subdistrict constitutes all land in the district benefited by the proposed water or sewer project, and that the establishment of the subdistrict and the financing of water or sewer projects for the benefit of the subdistrict will not violate any covenants of the district made with owners of outstanding bonds of the district.   (2) The board shall describe in the resolution establishing the subdistrict the land to be included in the subdistrict. The land does not need to be contiguous but must be located within the district and must constitute all of the land in the district benefited by the proposed water or sewer project.   (3) Following the establishment of a subdistrict, the board of directors may undertake and finance water or sewer projects, improvements, or extensions that benefit land in the subdistrict but not other land in the district, as provided in Title 7, chapter 13, parts 22 and 23, including but not limited to the incurrence of bonded indebtedness to finance costs and the levy of special assessments or the imposition of rates and charges, all subject to any covenants made with owners of outstanding bonds of the district. If general obligation bonds are to be issued to finance the costs of the projects, the subdistrict must be treated as the district for the purposes of 7-13-2331.   (4) The powers granted in this section are supplementary to the powers otherwise granted to county water and sewer districts.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 341, L. 2005.
MT Code § 7-13-2350 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2350. Minutes

  7-13-2350. Minutes. The board administering and operating the district shall submit the minutes of its proceedings for electronic storage as provided in 7-1-204.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 262, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-13-2351 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2351. Dissolution of district by petition

  7-13-2351. Dissolution of district by petition. (1) A district may be dissolved as provided in 7-13-2352 or this section.   (2) Upon receipt of a petition to dissolve the district, signed by more than 50% of the property owners of the district, the board of directors shall set a date for a public hearing on dissolution of the district. The hearing date may be not earlier than 45 days or later than 60 days after the date on which the board schedules the date of the hearing. A notice of the public hearing on the dissolution must be published as provided in 7-1-2121. The published notice must include notice to creditors of the district to present claims owed by the district to the board of directors prior to the date set for the dissolution hearing.   (3) At the dissolution hearing the board of directors shall hear testimony of all persons interested in whether the district should be dissolved and shall determine whether there are any outstanding debts of the district.   (4) After the hearing, if the board determines that dissolution of the district is in the best interest of the public and that there are no outstanding debts of the district, it may resolve to recommend that the district be dissolved. A copy of the resolution must be sent to the county commissioners of the county or counties in which the district is located.   (5) The district is dissolved after the approval of the dissolution by all the boards of county commissioners of the counties in which the district is located. An instrument approving dissolution must be filed with the clerk and recorder of the county or counties in which the district is located, who shall then notify the secretary of state.   (6) Any assets of the district after dissolution must be distributed according to a specific plan adopted by the board of directors after a public hearing and as provided in the resolution recommending that the district be dissolved.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 545, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 545, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 546, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 233, L. 2013.