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MT Code § 76-15-528 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-528. Lien for special assessments

  76-15-528. Lien for special assessments. Any special assessment made and levied to defray the cost and expenses of any of the work enumerated in this chapter, together with any percentages imposed for delinquency and for cost of collection, shall constitute a lien against the property upon which such assessment is levied from the date on which such assessment is levied. This lien can only be extinguished by payment of such assessment with all penalties, costs, and interest.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-231; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 266, L. 1979.
MT Code § 76-15-529 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-529. Assessments unaffected by misnomers and mistakes relating to ownership

  76-15-529. Assessments unaffected by misnomers and mistakes relating to ownership. When under the provisions of this part and part 6 special taxes and assessments are assessed against any lot or parcel of land as the property of a particular person, no misnomer of the owner or supposed owner or other mistake relating to the ownership thereof shall affect such assessment or render it void or voidable.   History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-232.
MT Code § 76-15-530 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-530. Conservation district appropriations -- administration

  76-15-530. Conservation district appropriations -- administration. (1) The state treasurer shall draw warrants payable from appropriations of allocations authorized as provided under 15-35-108 on order from the department.   (2) The department shall administer the conservation district appropriations referred to in subsection (1). The money must be distributed to the conservation districts on the basis of need. A conservation district may submit an application to the department for a grant of funds for purposes that conservation districts are authorized to perform.   (3) A conservation district is not eligible to receive a grant unless it has exhausted its authorized mill levies.   (4) The department may adopt rules implementing this section that provide for the form and content of applications and the criteria, terms, and conditions for making grants.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 479, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 288, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 509, L. 1995.
MT Code § 76-15-531 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-531. Special administrative assessment permitted -- voter approval

  76-15-531. Special administrative assessment permitted -- voter approval. (1) (a) In addition to the levy authorized in 76-15-515 and 76-15-516(3), the supervisors of a conservation district may levy an annual special administrative assessment for administrative costs and expenses of the district if the qualified electors of the district approve the imposition of the additional assessment at an election held as provided in 15-10-425.   (b) Nonmill-levy revenue that is distributed based on the relative proportion of mill levies may not be distributed to the special administrative assessment.   (2) The special administrative assessment question may be presented to the qualified electors of the district by resolution of the supervisors.   (3) If the conservation district is located in more than one county, the special administrative assessment question must be presented to and approved by the qualified electors who reside in the district from each county.   (4) The resolution referring the special administrative assessment question must state:   (a) the rate of the assessment;   (b) the amount of money anticipated to be raised by the assessment; and   (c) the purposes for which the special administrative assessment revenue may be used.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 573, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 495, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 198, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 76-15-532 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-532. Limitations -- reduction or repeal of special administrative assessment

  76-15-532. Limitations -- reduction or repeal of special administrative assessment. (1) In each year following the approval of the special administrative assessment as provided in 76-15-531, the rate of the levy imposed for the special administrative assessment may not raise more revenue than was proposed in the resolution and approved by the qualified electors of the district.   (2) If the supervisors of the district reduce the amount of the special administrative assessment, they may not raise the assessment without the approval of the qualified electors of the district.   (3) On or before the second Monday in July, a petition, signed by at least 50% of the eligible voters within the district, calling for a reduction in or the repeal of the special administrative assessment for the ensuing fiscal year may be presented to the supervisors. Following verification of the signatures on the petition, the supervisors shall reduce or repeal the administrative assessment as specified in the petition.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 573, L. 1993.
MT Code § 76-15-533 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-533. through 76-15-540 reserved

  76-15-533 through 76-15-540 reserved.
MT Code § 76-15-541 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-541. Conservation practice loan program -- definition

  76-15-541. Conservation practice loan program -- definition. (1) A conservation district may establish and administer a conservation practice loan program pursuant to 76-15-541 through 76-15-547.   (2) A conservation practice loan may be made to a land occupier who is an agriculture producer within the exterior boundaries of the district. The conservation practice must be constructed, operated, developed, and maintained within the district.   (3) A conservation practice is the construction, operation, development, or maintenance of an erosion control and prevention operation, a work of improvement for flood prevention, and the conservation, development, use, and disposal of water within a district in furtherance of the purposes and policies of this chapter. Conservation practices include those practices pertaining to acceptable land use conversion as determined by a majority of the district supervisors with the advice of the United States natural resources conservation service.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 473, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 281, Ch. 42, L. 1997.
MT Code § 76-15-542 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-542. Conservation practice loan account

  76-15-542. Conservation practice loan account. (1) The supervisors of a district may allocate a portion of the regular assessment for each fiscal year to a segregated and separate conservation practice loan account within the treasury of the principal county for the purpose of providing funds for conservation practice loans.   (2) Conservation practice loan repayments, including principal, interest, if any, and administrative fees or charges for loans must be deposited in the conservation practice loan account. Interest earned from deposits or investment of funds must be credited to the conservation practice loan account unless the district directs the county treasurer to deposit the interest earned into the conservation district general operating account.   (3) The funds in the conservation practice loan account may be used for conservation practice loans and for the administrative expenses of a conservation practice loan program. Interest paid and collected on the deposits or investments of a conservation practice loan account may be used for the general operations of a conservation district.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 473, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 141, L. 1997.
MT Code § 76-15-543 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-543. Application for loan

  76-15-543. Application for loan. (1) An application for a loan must be in the form prescribed by the district supervisors and contain or be accompanied by any information necessary to adequately describe the proposed conservation practice and necessary for evaluation of the proposed conservation practice under the criteria contained in 76-15-544 and 76-15-545.   (2) The application must include a conservation plan, which may be prepared in consultation with the United States natural resources conservation service.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 473, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 282, Ch. 42, L. 1997.
MT Code § 76-15-544 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-544. Eligibility for loan

  76-15-544. Eligibility for loan. A district may award a loan to a land occupier to finance a conservation practice only if a majority of the district supervisors find, based on the application and the supervisors' investigation and evaluation of the proposal, that:   (1) the conservation practice will be economically feasible;   (2) the conservation practice will comply with statutory and regulatory standards protecting the quality of resources such as air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and recreational opportunities;   (3) the applicant has adequate financial resources to construct, operate, develop, and maintain the conservation practice; and   (4) the applicant is credit-worthy and is able and willing to enter into a contract with the district for loan repayment and for construction, operation, development, and maintenance of the proposed conservation practice.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 473, L. 1983.
MT Code § 76-15-545 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-545. Criteria for evaluation of loan applicants -- preferences

  76-15-545. Criteria for evaluation of loan applicants -- preferences. (1) The district supervisors shall apply the following criteria in ranking applications for a conservation practice loan that is eligible for funding under 76-15-544:   (a) the extent and desirability of the conservation need and resource benefit as determined in the district's annual and long-range plans;   (b) the feasibility and practicality of the project;   (c) the number of related resources that will benefit, including but not limited to water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreation;   (d) the extent and desirability of associated public benefits in addition to any private benefits the project or activity may provide; and   (e) any other factor that, in the district supervisors' judgment, is important to the evaluation of the conservation practice in light of the purposes, policies, and objectives of this chapter.   (2) Among applications for a loan in which the proposed conservation practices are substantially equal in ranking under subsection (1), a district shall give preference to:   (a) applicants who have not previously received a conservation practice loan; and   (b) applications for a group or cooperative conservation practice.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 473, L. 1983.
MT Code § 76-15-546 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-546. Terms and conditions of loan

  76-15-546. Terms and conditions of loan. A conservation practice loan is subject to the following terms and conditions:   (1) The district shall obtain a security interest in real estate that would be obtained by a reasonable, careful, and prudent lender.   (2) The term of the loan may not be greater than the life of the project and may not exceed 30 years.   (3) A current appraisal of real estate offered as security and a commitment for title insurance on that land must be secured by the borrower at the borrower's expense. All costs incident to the loan and loan closing must be paid by the borrower.   (4) A conservation practice must be completed according to United States natural resources conservation service standards and specifications, if applicable.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 473, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 283, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 141, L. 1997.
MT Code § 76-15-547 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program|76-15-547. Rules for loan program

  76-15-547. Rules for loan program. The district shall adopt rules:   (1) prescribing the form and content of applications for loans and plans for the resource conservation practice;   (2) governing the application of the criteria and preferences for awarding loans;   (3) providing for the servicing of loans, including arrangements for obtaining security interests and the establishment of reasonable fees or charges;   (4) providing for the confidentiality of financial statements submitted;   (5) prescribing the conditions for making loans;   (6) establishing the interest rate, if any, for the loans; and   (7) determining the type and amount of security interest in real estate that will be accepted and any conditions to be made upon the security interest.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 473, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 141, L. 1997.
MT Code § 76-15-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-601. Establishment of project areas -- special assessments

  76-15-601. Establishment of project areas -- special assessments. Whenever the public interest or convenience may require and upon the petition of a county, city, town, cooperative grazing association, or other special purpose district or by more than 50% of the qualified electors affected thereby, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized and empowered to establish project areas for carrying out projects to accomplish one or more of the purposes of the district and within which area special assessments can be made for carrying out project purposes.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 431, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 76-224.
MT Code § 76-15-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-602. Hearing on petition to establish project area

  76-15-602. Hearing on petition to establish project area. Upon receipt of a petition to establish a project area, the board or boards of supervisors shall cause due notice to be given of a public hearing on the petition.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 431, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 76-225(part).
MT Code § 76-15-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-603. Investigation of need for project area

  76-15-603. Investigation of need for project area. Prior to the hearing, the board or boards of supervisors shall make or cause to be made an investigation of the need for establishment of the proposed project area and shall prepare a report of their findings.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 431, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 76-225(part).
MT Code § 76-15-604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-604. Protest procedure

  76-15-604. Protest procedure. At any time within 15 days after the date of the last publication of the notice of the hearing on the petition, any owner of property liable to be assessed for the project may protest against the proposed project or the creation of the project area, or both. The protest must be in writing and be delivered to the secretary of the conservation district who shall endorse on the protest the date of its receipt by the secretary.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 431, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 76-226(part); amd. Sec. 2530, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 76-15-605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-605. Board decision

  76-15-605. Board decision. (1) The report of 76-15-603 must be presented and read at the hearing on the petition.   (2) At the public hearing on the petition, the board of supervisors shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests made and its decision must be final and conclusive except when owners of more than 50% of the land in the proposed project area protest the project. If owners of more than 50% of the land protest the project, no further action may be taken for a period of 6 months from the date of the hearing, after which a new petition may be filed.   (3) If the board or boards of supervisors find that it is not feasible, desirable, or practical to establish the proposed project area, they shall make an order denying the petition and shall state therein their reasons for so doing.   (4) If, however, the board finds that the project is desirable, proper, and necessary, it shall grant the petition, establish the boundaries of the proposed project area, and notify the county election administrator that an election is to be held in the proposed area for the purpose of determining whether or not the project area must be created. The election must be conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 5.   History: En. Secs. 17, 18, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Secs. 21, 22, Ch. 431, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 76-225(part), 76-226(part); amd. Sec. 395, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 245, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 76-15-606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-606. Election procedure

  76-15-606. Election procedure. (1) The question must be submitted to the electors by ballot on which the words "For creation of proposed project area" and "Against creation of proposed project area" must appear, with a square before each proposition and directions to insert an "X" mark in the square before one or the other of the propositions as the voter may favor or oppose creation of the project area.   (2) A person is not entitled to vote at the election unless the person possesses all the qualifications required of electors under Title 13 and resides within the boundaries of the proposed project area and the county in which the person proposes to vote.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 431, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 76-225(part); amd. Sec. 2531, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 76-15-607 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-607. Notice of creation of project area

  76-15-607. Notice of creation of project area. If the majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of creating a project area, the board or boards of supervisors shall create the project area and shall file with the county clerk and recorder in each county in which there lies a portion of the project area a notice of creation of the project area setting forth the purposes of the area and the boundaries thereof.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 431, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 76-225(part).
MT Code § 76-15-608 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-608. Description of work or project area

  76-15-608. Description of work or project area. In all resolutions, notices, orders, and determinations, it shall be sufficient to briefly describe the work or the project area or both.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-227.
MT Code § 76-15-609 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-609. Area included in project area

  76-15-609. Area included in project area. A project area may include a part or all of any district or may include areas in more than one district.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-228(part).
MT Code § 76-15-610 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-610. Administration of project area

  76-15-610. Administration of project area. The affairs of a project area shall be administered by the board or boards of supervisors or their authorized agents.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-228(part).
MT Code § 76-15-611 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-611. Federal authority unaffected

  76-15-611. Federal authority unaffected. (1) The provisions of this part do not apply to the government of the United States or any department, bureau, or agency thereof, except to such extent as the government of the United States or any department, bureau, or agency thereof may desire to take advantage of its provisions. It is an express purpose and intent of this part to aid but not to interfere with the government of the United States or any department, bureau, or agency thereof in any undertaking over which such federal authority desires to exercise full supervision and control.   (2) The provisions of this part may not be construed to impair, limit, or repeal any right whatsoever which the government of the United States or any department, bureau, or agency thereof has to full and complete jurisdiction, management, or control over projects over which such federal authority desires to exercise such rights. It is a purpose of this part expressly to subordinate any power of jurisdiction and to never interfere directly with such federal authority.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-230; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 266, L. 1979.
MT Code § 76-15-612 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-612. Duty to maintain improvements

  76-15-612. Duty to maintain improvements. Whenever any project petitioned for or created by the state or federal government has been made, built, constructed, erected, or accomplished as provided in this part, it is hereby made the duty of the board or boards of supervisors under whose jurisdiction the project area was created to adequately and suitably maintain and preserve said improvements and fully to keep the same in proper repair and operation by contract or otherwise in the way or manner as the board shall deem suitable and proper.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-233.
MT Code § 76-15-613 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 15. Conservation Districts|Part 6. Project Areas|76-15-613. through 76-15-620 reserved

  76-15-613 through 76-15-620 reserved.