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MT Code § 85-8-424 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 4. Alteration of District|85-8-424. Confirmation of commissioners' report of assessments

  85-8-424. Confirmation of commissioners' report of assessments. The commissioners shall file their report and assessments in court. The court shall, by order, require said owners to show cause at a time and place therein fixed, not less than 20 days after the service of said order, why said report and assessments should not be confirmed. On the hearing of said order to show cause, if a jury trial is demanded, the court shall frame issues on benefits and damages and impanel a jury or adjourn the hearing thereon until some term of court when a jury is in attendance and take the verdict of a jury on such issues. All other issues arising on said report shall be tried by the court. The court shall order all necessary amendments of said report and make written findings of fact and, when said report is amended, shall by order confirm the same.   History: En. Sec. 91, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7355, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7355, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2811.
MT Code § 85-8-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 5. Bonds and Revenue|85-8-501. Authority to borrow money and issue notes or bonds

  85-8-501. Authority to borrow money and issue notes or bonds. The commissioners may:   (1) borrow money, not exceeding the amount of assessment for the cost of construction and additional assessments, as provided in 85-8-367 and 85-8-368, unpaid at the time of borrowing, for the construction or repair of any work which they shall be authorized to construct or repair or for the payment of any indebtedness which they may have lawfully incurred; and   (2) issue notes or negotiable coupon bonds on the district, bearing interest, payable semiannually and not running beyond 1 year after the payment of the last installment of the assessment, on account of which money is borrowed, shall fall due.   History: En. Sec. 79, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 260, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2501(1).
MT Code § 85-8-502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 5. Bonds and Revenue|85-8-502. Resolution for issuance of notes or bonds

  85-8-502. Resolution for issuance of notes or bonds. Before the issuance of said notes or bonds, the commissioners shall pass a resolution providing for the issuance of such notes or bonds. Said resolution shall fix the rate of interest which said notes or bonds shall bear, the time of payment, and, if redeemable before maturity, the date thereof; shall prescribe the denominations, not exceeding $1,000, and form thereof; and may provide that both the principal and interest of said notes and bonds shall be payable at some convenient banking house or trust company's office, to be named in said notes or bonds. Such notes or bonds and the coupons attached thereto shall bear the signatures of the president and the secretary of the drainage district. The corporate seal of the drainage district shall be affixed to each of the notes or bonds.   History: En. Sec. 79, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 260, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2501(2).
MT Code § 85-8-503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 5. Bonds and Revenue|85-8-503. Sale of notes or bonds

  85-8-503. Sale of notes or bonds. Upon execution, the notes or bonds must be deposited with the county treasurer, who shall register the notes or bonds in a book for that purpose that documents the number and amount of each note or bond, its date, the date payable and redeemable, where payable, and the person to whom issued. Upon sale of the notes or bonds, the county treasurer shall deliver the notes or bonds to the person or persons to whom they were sold, upon the person or persons making payment for the notes or bonds. The notes or bonds may be sold by the commissioners at either public or private sale, either with or without advertisement, if it is considered to be in the best interests of the district. The notes or bonds may not be sold at less than 97% of face value. The notes or bonds may not be held to make the commissioners personally liable but constitute a lien upon the assessments for the repayment of the principal and interest of the notes or bonds.   History: En. Sec. 79, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 260, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2501(3); amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 253, L. 2011.
MT Code § 85-8-504 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 5. Bonds and Revenue|85-8-504. Disposition of excess money

  85-8-504. Disposition of excess money. In case any moneys derived from bonds sold to pay for the original construction of said improvement, now or hereafter, remain on hand after the work is completed in original construction and paid for and not raised for damages unpaid for, such residue may be used in the maintenance and repair, as provided in this chapter, before making assessments for such maintenance and repair.   History: En. Sec. 79, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7343, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 260, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2501(4).
MT Code § 85-8-505 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 5. Bonds and Revenue|85-8-505. Refunding indebtedness of district

  85-8-505. Refunding indebtedness of district. The court may, on the petition of the commissioners, authorize them to refund any lawful indebtedness of the district by:   (1) taking up and canceling all of its outstanding notes and bonds, as fast as they become due or before, if the holders thereof will surrender the same; and   (2) issuing in lieu thereof new notes or bonds of such district, payable in such longer time as the court shall deem proper, not to exceed in the aggregate the amount of all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon.   History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7344, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7344, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2502.
MT Code § 85-8-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-601. Certification and collection of district taxes

  85-8-601. Certification and collection of district taxes. (1) Subject to 15-10-420 and on or before the third Monday in August of each year, the commissioners shall certify to the department of revenue a correct list of all the district lands in each county and the owners of the lands, together with a statement of the amount of the total tax or assessment against the lands for district purposes for that year. The department of revenue shall immediately enter the assessment roll in the property tax record of the county for each year.   (2) The county treasurer of each county in which a drainage district is located, in whole or in part, shall collect and receipt for all taxes and assessments levied by the district in the same manner and at the same time as is required in the collection of taxes upon real estate for county purposes as provided in 15-16-102. However, the treasurer must receive from any taxpayer, at any time, the amount due on account of any district assessments of any kind, whether other taxes on the same real estate are paid or not. When a county is the possessor of a tax lien for any real estate on account of which the district taxes and assessments have been levied, the taxpayer may pay to the treasurer at any time any semiannual installment of the district tax or assessment, together with the penalty and interest to date of payment on the installment. However, the payment may not be considered a redemption of the property from the tax lien, but must be credited on account of any redemption that may later be made. In case of any payment pursuant to this subsection, a separate tax receipt must be issued showing exactly what assessments have been paid and showing that no other tax on the real estate has been received by the treasurer. However, the county treasurer may not collect, receive, or receipt for any taxes levied for county purposes upon real estate situated wholly or in part within any drainage district upon which an assessment for the purposes of the drainage district has been levied unless the assessment levied for the drainage district purposes is either paid as provided in this section and the receipt is presented to the county treasurer at the time the real estate taxes are paid or paid at the time the drainage district taxes are paid.   History: (1)En. Sec. 65, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7329, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7329, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 12, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 391, L. 1973; Sec. 89-2401, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 71, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 73, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 2172.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 188, L. 1943; Sec. 84-4108, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 84-4108(part), 89-2401; amd. Sec. 155, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 160, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 110, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 67, L. 2017.
MT Code § 85-8-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-602. Tax collection if lands in several counties

  85-8-602. Tax collection if lands in several counties. Where lands of any district lie in more than one county, the district taxes or assessments collected in all other counties shall be remitted to the county treasurer of the county wherein the court having jurisdiction of said district is located, on or before January 1 of each year.   History: En. Sec. 66, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7330, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7330, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2402.
MT Code § 85-8-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-603. Rules of law applicable to tax collection

  85-8-603. Rules of law applicable to tax collection. The rules of law applying to the collection of taxes and sale of land for taxes shall, unless in conflict with this chapter, apply to the collection and sale of lands for drainage assessments. Delinquent sales of land for unpaid taxes and assessments shall be made in the same manner as for state and county taxes in the respective counties where such lands are situate, and the right of redemption shall in all cases be made the same as in cases where lands are sold for state or county taxes. Such drainage district shall be entitled to the benefit of all penalties and interest upon delinquent district assessments.   History: En. Sec. 67, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7331, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7331, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2403.
MT Code § 85-8-604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-604. through 85-8-610 reserved

  85-8-604 through 85-8-610 reserved.
MT Code § 85-8-611 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-611. Construction assessments -- annual installment

  85-8-611. Construction assessments -- annual installment. At the time of the confirmation of the assessments as provided in 85-8-347, the court may order the assessment for construction of new work to be paid in not more than 15 annual installments of such amounts and at such times as will be convenient for the accomplishment of the proposed work or for the payment of the principal and interest of such notes or bonds of the district as the court grants authority to issue for the construction of new work. The court shall also by such order fix a date on which the first installment of the assessments for construction shall become due, not more than 5 years after the date of the order, and each of the installments shall draw interest at the rate fixed by the court in accordance with law from the date of the order.   History: En. Sec. 61, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7325, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7325, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 234, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 460, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2348.
MT Code § 85-8-612 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-612. Lien of assessments -- payment of assessments against state lands

  85-8-612. Lien of assessments -- payment of assessments against state lands. (1) From the time of the entry of an order under 85-8-611, assessments for construction of new work and additional assessments and interest on the assessments are a lien upon the lands assessed until paid. An owner of land or a corporation assessed for construction may, at any time within 30 days after the confirmation of the report, pay into court the amount of the assessment against the person's land or any tract of land or against the corporation. Payment relieves the lands from the lien of the assessment and the corporation from all liability on the assessment.   (2) Upon presentation to the state treasurer of an order of the district court having jurisdiction of the drainage district, properly certified, the department of administration shall draw a warrant on the treasury on the appropriate fund in favor of the commissioners of the drainage district for the total amount that may be assessed against any state lands included in the district. Upon payment of the warrant, the lands are relieved from the lien created for the costs of construction.   History: En. Sec. 62, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7326, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7326, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2349; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 325, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2817, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 85-8-613 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-613. Assessments against certain corporations

  85-8-613. Assessments against certain corporations. Assessments against all public corporations or any private corporation not owning land within the district shall be payable to the county treasurer wherein the court having jurisdiction of the district is located, on or before September 1 of each year.   History: En. Sec. 68, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7332, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7332, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2404.
MT Code § 85-8-614 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-614. Procedure on failure to certify assessments

  85-8-614. Procedure on failure to certify assessments. When commissioners shall fail to certify to the county treasurer of the proper county any one or more drainage assessments for construction or repair or additional assessment against any lands (including improvements where benefited) in said district at the proper time, they may certify the same to the county treasurer at any time thereafter, whether in the same or any subsequent year.   History: En. Sec. 69, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7333, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7333, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 409, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2405.
MT Code § 85-8-615 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-615. Procedure to levy additional assessments

  85-8-615. Procedure to levy additional assessments. Subject to 15-10-420, if in the first assessment for construction the commissioners reported to the court a smaller sum than is needed to complete the work of construction or if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the lawful indebtedness of the drainage district, further or additional assessments on the land (including improvements where benefited) and corporations benefited, proportioned on the last assessment of benefits that has been approved by the court, must be made by the commissioners of the drainage district under the order of the court. However, the total assessments for original construction and any additional assessments, other than for maintenance, incidental expense, and interest on bonds, may not exceed the total assessments of benefits as provided in 85-8-342. Notice of the hearing of the application for the additional assessment must be published at least once each week for 3 consecutive weeks in one newspaper published in each county in which the lands, or any part of the lands, within the district are situated. The further or additional assessment may be made payable in installments as specified in 85-8-611 and must be treated and collected in the same manner as the original assessments for construction confirmed by the court in the drainage district.   History: En. Sec. 74, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7338, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7338, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 409, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2410; amd. Sec. 161, Ch. 584, L. 1999.
MT Code § 85-8-616 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-616. Correction of omissions

  85-8-616. Correction of omissions. Omission to assess benefits, to assess for construction, to make additional assessments, to make assessment for repairs, to award damages to any one or more tracts of land or easements in a drainage district or to assess benefits, assess for construction, assess for repairs, or make additional assessments against any corporation which should have been assessed does not affect the jurisdiction of the court to confirm the report or to render the benefits assessed, the assessments for construction, additional assessments, or assessments for repairs against other lands or assessments against any corporation voidable; but the commissioners of the drainage district shall thereafter, as soon as they discover the omission or as soon as they have notice thereof, either agree with the omitted parties upon the proper assessments and award the damages or assess such benefits, make such assessments for construction, and make such additional assessments against the omitted lands and corporations and award such damages as are just and report the facts, together with such assessments and awards, to the court.   History: En. Sec. 75, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7339, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7339, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 460, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2411.
MT Code § 85-8-617 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-617. Illegal assessments

  85-8-617. Illegal assessments. In case the court decides that any land should not have been assessed for drainage purposes or that any assessment is void, the commissioners of the district shall:   (1) levy an additional assessment on all of the assessable lands, irrigation ditches, railroads, corporations, and individual owners, based on the last assessment of the district approved by the court, sufficient to pay the sum lost to the district by reason of such void assessment; or   (2) pay such sum out of the general fund of the district.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7342, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7342, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 109, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 169, L. 1929; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2412.
MT Code § 85-8-618 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-618. Assessment of unassessed, benefited lands

  85-8-618. Assessment of unassessed, benefited lands. Whenever any lands from which surface or seepage water enters any drain or upon which or through which surface or seepage water has been prevented from flowing because of the construction of any drain have not been included within the drainage district that constructed the drains or drain or the owner of any irrigation ditch or canal from which water seeps, drains, or wastes to, upon, or through lands included within a drainage district has not been assessed for the cost of construction of the drainage system of the drainage district, the commissioners of the district may report the facts to the court and ask that the lands be brought into the district and assessed for their proportionate share of the cost of the drainage system. Subject to 15-10-420, the report may ask that the owner of any irrigation ditch or canal be assessed its proportionate share of the costs of construction of the drainage system. The same proceedings as set out in 85-8-421 through 85-8-424 for the determination and levy of assessments against drained lands outside of the drainage district receiving benefits from the drainage of the district must be commenced to determine the proper assessments, if any, to be levied against the lands and the owner of the irrigation ditch or canal to aid in payment of costs of construction.   History: En. Sec. 7364A by Sec. 7, Ch. 169, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 7364.1, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2601; amd. Sec. 162, Ch. 584, L. 1999.
MT Code § 85-8-619 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-619. Assessments to have effect of judgment

  85-8-619. Assessments to have effect of judgment. Each and every sum assessed for construction, for additional assessment, or for repairs against any land or against any corporation, as soon as such assessment is confirmed by the court, shall be and is declared to be a judgment of the district court in favor of said drainage district and against said land or corporation. Unless some other method of collection is herein provided, the judgment shall be collected in the same manner as any other money judgment is collected; provided, that whenever said assessment is a lien upon land, it shall only be collected out of said land on which it is a lien.   History: En. Sec. 93, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7357, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7357, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2813.
MT Code § 85-8-620 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-620. Bonds not to be affected by assessment change

  85-8-620. Bonds not to be affected by assessment change. No bonds or other money obligations issued by any drainage district shall be adversely affected by any subsequent change in assessments of benefits.   History: En. Sec. 94, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7358, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7358, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2814.
MT Code § 85-8-621 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-621. Renumbered 85-8-803

  85-8-621. Renumbered 85-8-803. Code Commissioner, 1983.
MT Code § 85-8-622 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 85. Water Use|Chapter 8. Drainage Districts|Part 6. Taxes and Assessments|85-8-622. Agreement of landowners to omitted assessments

  85-8-622. Agreement of landowners to omitted assessments. In case of omission to assess any corporation or land that should be assessed for benefits, construction, repairs, or additional assessments or to award damages, said omitted party and the owner of omitted land may in writing agree with the commissioners of said district what the assessment should be against said land or against said corporation or what said damages should be, and such agreement shall be acknowledged and witnessed, as provided above for waivers, and be filed in the court.   History: En. Sec. 97, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7361, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7361, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2817.