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MT Code § 7-13-2288 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 22. County Water and/or Sewer Districts|7-13-2288. Interest rate on unpaid assessments

  7-13-2288. Interest rate on unpaid assessments. The installments of assessments remaining unpaid bear simple interest at an annual rate equal to:   (1) the sum of:   (a) the average interest rate payable on the outstanding bonds issued to finance the improvement in respect of which the special assessments are levied; plus   (b) additional interest at a rate to be determined by the board of directors, not exceeding 2% a year; or   (2) if bonds are not issued to finance the improvements, at an interest rate to be determined by the board of directors, but not to exceed 10% a year.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 351, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-13-2289 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 22. County Water and/or Sewer Districts|7-13-2289. Assessments and certain other charges as liens

  7-13-2289. Assessments and certain other charges as liens. Any special assessment made and levied to defray the cost and expenses of any improvement, together with any amounts imposed for delinquency and for cost of collection, constitutes a lien upon and against the property upon which the assessment is made and levied from and after the date of the passage of the resolution levying the assessment. This lien can be extinguished only by payment of the assessment, with all penalties, costs, and interest.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 351, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-13-2290 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 22. County Water and/or Sewer Districts|7-13-2290. Protest procedures for property created as condominium -- assessment of condominium property

  7-13-2290. Protest procedures for property created as condominium -- assessment of condominium property. (1) Whenever property created as a condominium is proposed to be assessed for costs of an improvement pursuant to 7-13-2280 and the property is not solely a certain unit in the condominium, then the owner of the property created as a condominium that is entitled to protest under 7-13-2282 is considered to be the collective owners of all units having an undivided ownership interest in the common elements of the condominium.   (2) An owner of property created as a condominium may protest against the method of assessment or vote at an election of the district only through a president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of the condominium owners' association who timely presents to the secretary of the district in accordance with 7-13-2282 the following:   (a) a writing identifying the condominium property;   (b) the condominium declaration or other condominium document that shows how votes of unit owners in the condominium are calculated;   (c) original signatures of owners of units in the condominium having an undivided ownership interest in the common elements of the condominium sufficient to constitute an affirmative vote for an undertaking relating to the common elements under the condominium declaration; and   (d) a certificate signed by the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of the condominium owners' association certifying that the votes of the unit owners, as evidenced by the signatures of the owners, are sufficient to constitute an affirmative vote of the condominium owners' association to protest against the method of assessment.   (3) Each holder of title to a unit of a condominium that is proposed to be assessed for costs of a capital project is entitled to the passage of the resolution as provided in 7-13-2281, and if the assessments are levied, assessments must be levied against the units in the condominium as provided in subsection (4).   (4) Whenever property created as a condominium is to be subject to special assessments, each unit within the condominium is considered a separate parcel of real property subject to separate assessment and the lien of the assessment. Each unit must be assessed for the unit's percentage of undivided interest in the common elements of the condominium. The percentage of the undivided ownership interest must be as set forth in the condominium declaration.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 341, L. 2005.
MT Code § 7-13-2302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2302. Levy of taxes to meet bond obligations and other expenses

  7-13-2302. Levy of taxes to meet bond obligations and other expenses. (1) If for any reason the revenue of the district is inadequate to pay the interest or principal of any bonded debt as it becomes due, exclusive of revenue or special assessment bonded indebtedness incurred pursuant to 7-13-2333 or bonded indebtedness incurred to refund the revenue or special assessment bonded indebtedness without authorization at an election, or any other expenses or claims against the district, then the board of directors shall, at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of county commissioners of the county, city and county, or counties in which the district is located are required by law to levy the amount of taxes required for county or city and county purposes, furnish to the board or boards of county commissioners and to the auditor or auditors, respectively, an estimate in writing:   (a) of the amount of money required by the district for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonded debt as it becomes due;   (b) of the amount of money required to establish reasonable reserve funds for either purpose, together with a description of the lands benefited by the bonds, as stated by the board of directors in the resolution declaring the necessity to incur bonded indebtedness; and   (c) of the amount of money required by the district for any other purpose set forth in this section.   (2) The board of county commissioners of the county or city and county, annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other county or city and county taxes, shall:   (a) until any bonded debt is fully paid, levy upon the benefited lands and collect the proportionate share to be borne by the land located in their county of a tax sufficient for the payment of the bonded debt, to be known as the ...... district bond tax; and   (b) until all other expenses or claims are fully paid, levy upon all of the lands of the district and collect the proportionate share to be borne by the land located in their county of a tax sufficient for the payment of the other expenses or claims, to be known as the ....... district water and/or sewer tax.   (3) Taxes for the payment of any bonded debt must be levied on the property benefited, as stated by the board of directors in the resolution declaring the necessity for the bonds, and all taxes for other purposes must be levied on all property in the territory comprising the district.   History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; Sec. 16-4527, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 28, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1959; Sec. 16-4528, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part), 16-4528(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 341, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 342, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-13-2303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2303. Methods of assessment

  7-13-2303. Methods of assessment. (1) When the amount of money required for any purpose enumerated in 7-13-2302 has been determined, the county commissioners or board of directors may use one or any combination of the following methods of assessment:   (a) Each lot or parcel of land to be assessed may be assessed with that part of the amount of money required that its area bears to the total area of all of the lands to be assessed.   (b) The assessment may be based upon the taxable valuation as stated in the last-completed county assessment roll of the lots or parcels of land, exclusive of improvements, within the district. In that case, each lot or parcel of land to be assessed must be assessed with that part of the amount of money required that its taxable valuation bears to the total taxable valuation of all of the lands to be assessed.   (c) Each dwelling unit may be assessed a flat fee. For purposes of this subsection (1)(c), "dwelling unit" has the same meaning provided in 70-24-103.   (2) If the district lies in more than one county, the same method of assessment must be used in each county.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 96, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 35, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-13-2304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2304. Notice of intention to levy tax

  7-13-2304. Notice of intention to levy tax. (1) When the written estimate of the amount of money required has been delivered to the board of county commissioners, the board shall give notice of its intention to levy and collect a tax sufficient for the payment of bond obligations and other expenses.   (2) The notice must be given:   (a) by posting in five public places within the county and within the boundaries of the lands upon which the tax is to be levied;   (b) by publishing a copy of the notice as provided in 7-1-2121; and   (c) by forwarding, by mail as provided in 7-1-2122 at least 10 days prior to the hearing provided for in 7-13-2306(4), a copy of the notice addressed to the owners and the purchasers under contracts for deed of taxable real property within the district as shown by the current property tax record maintained by the department of revenue for the county or counties the boundaries of which include taxable real property of the district.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 526, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 349, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993.
MT Code § 7-13-2305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2305. Legal sufficiency of notice

  7-13-2305. Legal sufficiency of notice. The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that the giving of notice in accordance with 7-13-2304(2) is reasonably calculated to inform the owners of taxable real property located within the boundaries of the district of the hearing provided for in 7-13-2306(4) and that the giving of any further notice is impracticable and is unnecessary to the assurance of due process of law to such property owners.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2306. Contents of notice -- hearing and protest

  7-13-2306. Contents of notice -- hearing and protest. The notice required by 7-13-2304 must state:   (1) the amount of money required;   (2) the method of assessment that the board or boards of county commissioners intend to employ;   (3) the boundaries or description of the lands to be assessed, which may be recited in full or may be given by reference to any instrument on file or of record in the office of the clerk and recorder or treasurer of the county or counties in which the district or part of the district is situated or with the department of revenue; and   (4) the time when and the place where the board or boards of county commissioners will hear and pass upon all protests that may be made against the levy of the tax or any matter pertaining to the tax.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part); amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993.
MT Code § 7-13-2307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2307. Hearing on protest to levy of tax

  7-13-2307. Hearing on protest to levy of tax. (1) The hearing provided for in 7-13-2306(4) shall be had no less than 15 days after the last publication of the notice.   (2) At the time and place designated for said hearing, any owner of property situated within the area to be assessed may appear and protest the levy of the tax or any matter pertaining thereto. All protests must be heard, considered, and ruled upon by the board of county commissioners.   (3) The board of county commissioners may adjourn said hearing from time to time.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2308. Payment of tax under protest -- action to recover

  7-13-2308. Payment of tax under protest -- action to recover. (1) When the tax is considered unlawful for any reason by the person whose property is taxed, whether or not the person has protested the tax at the hearing provided for in 7-13-2306(4), the person may pay the tax or the installments of the tax under protest in the manner provided by 15-1-402 and, within the time prescribed and in the manner provided by 15-1-402, may commence an action to recover the tax or installments and in that action may contest and litigate the payment of the tax on the same grounds and for the same reasons stated in the written protest and for no other reasons and on no other grounds.   (2) All of the provisions of 15-1-402 for the retention or refunding of taxes paid under protest apply to taxes paid under protest under this section.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part); amd. Sec. 568, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-13-2309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2309. Collection of taxes

  7-13-2309. Collection of taxes. (1) All taxes referred to in 7-13-2302(3) shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and form as county taxes are collected and when collected shall be paid to the district for which such taxes were levied and collected.   (2) Such taxes, if not paid, shall become delinquent at the same time as do county taxes.   History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4528(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2310. Taxes to be lien

  7-13-2310. Taxes to be lien. (1) If such taxes are levied for the payment of a bonded debt for the benefit of certain property within the district, as stated in the aforesaid resolution of the board of directors, such taxes shall be a lien upon each lot or parcel of said property to the extent of the levy of said taxes upon said lot or parcel. All taxes for other purposes shall be a lien upon each lot or parcel of land within the entire area comprising the district, to the extent of the levy of said taxes upon said lot or parcel.   (2) Said taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided for in the enforcement of liens for state and county taxes.   History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4528(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2311 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2311. Designation of fund depositary

  7-13-2311. Designation of fund depositary. The board of directors shall designate a depositary or depositaries to have the custody of the funds of the district, all of which depositaries shall give security sufficient to secure the district against possible loss and shall pay the warrants drawn by the auditor for demands against the district under such rules as the directors may prescribe.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4516(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2312. through 7-13-2320 reserved

  7-13-2312 through 7-13-2320 reserved.
MT Code § 7-13-2321 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2321. Procedure to incur bonded indebtedness

  7-13-2321. Procedure to incur bonded indebtedness. (1) Whenever the board of directors considers it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, other than for indebtedness to refund bonded indebtedness as provided for in 7-13-2332 or revenue or special indebtedness incurred pursuant to 7-13-2333, it shall by resolution state the purpose for the proposed debt, the land within the district to be benefited, the amount of debt to be incurred, the maximum term for the proposed bonds before maturity, and the proposition to be submitted to the qualified electors.   (2) If no qualified electors reside in the district at the time of adoption of the resolution or if the proposition is approved by all of the real property owners in the district to be benefited in a certificate of approval to be presented to the board of directors, the board of directors may incur the bonded indebtedness without an election. The board of directors may by resolution, at times that it considers proper, provide for the form and execution of the bonds and for their issuance.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4517(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 518, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 341, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 137, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-13-2322 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2322. Term of bonds

  7-13-2322. Term of bonds. The maximum term of bonds shall not exceed 40 years.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4517(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2323 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2323. Election on question of incurring bonded indebtedness

  7-13-2323. Election on question of incurring bonded indebtedness. (1) The board of directors shall fix a date on which an election is held in accordance with 13-1-504 for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred.   (2) The board may order as many as two elections each year if:   (a) there are no bids within the amount of approved bonds;   (b) there is an emergency;   (c) a directive for a project is received from a government agency; or   (d) it is necessary to take advantage of the construction season.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 242, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4518; amd. Sec. 334, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 44, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 234, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 138, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-13-2324 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2324. Notice of election on incurring bonded indebtedness

  7-13-2324. Notice of election on incurring bonded indebtedness. (1) The board of directors shall give notice in accordance with 13-1-108 of the holding of the election.   (2) The notice must:   (a) state the date of the election;   (b) state the hours the polls will be open;   (c) describe the boundaries of voting precincts, which may include only the lands to be benefited as stated in the resolution;   (d) describe the purpose of the issue, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, and the term of years for repayment of the bonds;   (e) reference the resolution authorizing the election and state that it is available for public inspection; and   (f) state any other information that the board considers proper.   History: (1)En. Sec. 19, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; Sec. 16-4519, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 20, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 257, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 521, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 296, L. 1977; Sec. 16-4520, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4519(part), 16-4520(part); amd. Sec. 335, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 518, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 139, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-13-2325 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2325. Qualifications to vote on question of incurring bonded indebtedness

  7-13-2325. Qualifications to vote on question of incurring bonded indebtedness. Every registered elector owning or residing upon real property within such voting precincts, but no others, shall be entitled to vote at the election.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 257, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 521, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4520(part); amd. Sec. 336, Ch. 571, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-13-2326 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2326. Repealed

  7-13-2326. Repealed. Sec. 407, Ch. 571, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 242, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4521(part).
MT Code § 7-13-2327 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 23. County Water and/or Sewer Districts Continued|7-13-2327. Entry of bond election results

  7-13-2327. Entry of bond election results. The secretary of the board of directors, as soon as the result is declared, shall enter in the records of such board a statement of such results.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 242, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4521(part).