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MT Code § 7-12-2105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2105. Notice of resolution of intention to create district -- hearing -- exception

  7-12-2105. Notice of resolution of intention to create district -- hearing -- exception. (1) Upon passage of a resolution of intention pursuant to 7-12-2103, the board of county commissioners shall publish notice of the passage as provided in 7-1-2121.   (2) A copy of the notice must be mailed, as provided in 7-1-2122, to each person, firm, or corporation or the agent of the person, firm, or corporation owning real property within the proposed district listed in the owner's name upon the last-completed assessment roll for state, county, and school district taxes.   (3) (a) The notice must describe the general character of the improvements proposed to be made or acquired by purchase, state the estimated cost of the improvements, describe generally the method or methods by which the costs of the improvements will be assessed, and designate the time when and the place where the board will hear and pass upon all protests that may be made against the making or maintenance of the improvements or the creation of the district. If the method of assessment described in 7-12-2151(1)(d) is used, the notice must state that if an increase occurs in the number of benefited lots, tracts, or parcels within the boundaries of the district during the term of the bonded indebtedness, the assessment per lot, tract, or parcel then in the district will be recalculated as provided in 7-12-2151(4).   (b) If the revolving fund is to be pledged to secure the payment of bonds and warrants, the notice must include a statement that, subject to the limitations in 7-12-2182:   (i) the county general fund may be used to provide loans to the revolving fund; or   (ii) a general tax levy may be imposed on all taxable property in the county to meet the financial requirements of the revolving fund.   (c) The notice must refer to the resolution on file in the office of the county clerk for the description of the boundaries. If the proposal is for the purchase of an existing improvement, the notice must state the exact purchase price of the existing improvement.   (4) The provisions of this section do not apply to a resolution of intention to create a district that is passed upon receipt of a petition as provided in 7-12-2102(2)(a).   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 2, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4575, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4575, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 134, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 252, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1602(part); amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 349, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 229, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 488, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 529, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 342, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 293, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 140, L. 2017.
MT Code § 7-12-2106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2106. Repealed

  7-12-2106. Repealed. Sec. 70, Ch. 354, L. 2001.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 26, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 134, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1626(4); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 251, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-12-2107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2107. Responsibility for posting and publication of notice

  7-12-2107. Responsibility for posting and publication of notice. (1) Whenever any resolution, order, notice, or determination is required to be published or posted and the duty of posting or procuring the publication or posting of the same is not specifically enjoined upon any officer in the county, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to post or procure the publication or posting thereof, as the case may be.   (2) No proceeding or step herein shall be invalidated or affected by any error or mistake or departure herefrom as to the officer or person posting or procuring the publication or posting of any resolution, notice, order, or determination hereunder when the same is actually published or posted for the time herein required.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 28, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4601, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4601, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1628.
MT Code § 7-12-2108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2108. Extension of proposed district

  7-12-2108. Extension of proposed district. Whenever a contemplated work or improvement, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, is of more than local or ordinary public benefit or whenever, according to the estimates furnished by the county surveyor or the engineer, the total estimated cost and expenses thereof would exceed one-half of the total assessed value of the lots and lands assessed (if assessed upon the lots and lands fronting upon such proposed work or improvement according to the valuation fixed by the last assessment roll whereon it was assessed for taxes), the board may make the expense of such work chargeable upon the lots and lands fronting upon such proposed improvement and upon other lots and lands not fronting on the improvement and which the board shall declare, in its resolution of intention, to be the property benefited by said work or improvement and to be assessed to pay the cost and expense thereof.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 3, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4576, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4576, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1603; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 665, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-12-2109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2109. Right to protest creation or extension of district -- exception

  7-12-2109. Right to protest creation or extension of district -- exception. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsections (1)(b) and (2), at any time within 30 days after the date of the first publication of the notice of the passage of the resolution of intention, any owner of property liable to be assessed for the work proposed in the resolution may make written protest against the proposed work or against the creation or extension of the district to be assessed, or both. The protest must be in writing, identify the property in the district owned by the protestor, and except as provided in 7-12-2141, be signed by all owners of the property. The protest must be delivered to the county clerk, who shall endorse on the protest document the date of its receipt by the county clerk.   (b) If the period described in subsection (1)(a) includes a holiday as enumerated in 1-1-216, other than a Sunday, the period must be extended for an additional 2 days.   (2) The provisions of subsection (1)(a) do not apply if a resolution of intention to create the district is a result of a petition submitted as provided in 7-12-2102(2)(a).   (3) (a) For purposes of this section, "owner" means, as of the date a protest is filed, the record owner of fee simple title to the property.   (b) The term does not include a tenant of or other holder of a leasehold interest in the property.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 4, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4577, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4577, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1604(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 277, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 401, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 488, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 529, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 342, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 140, L. 2017.
MT Code § 7-12-2110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2110. Repealed

  7-12-2110. Repealed. Sec. 23, Ch. 277, L. 2003.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 26, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 134, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1626(1).
MT Code § 7-12-2111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2111. Hearing on protest

  7-12-2111. Hearing on protest. (1) At the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners after the expiration of the time within which protest may be made, the board shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made, and its decision shall be final and conclusive. The board may adjourn said hearing from time to time.   (2) In determining whether or not sufficient protests have been filed in the proposed district to prevent further proceedings therein, property owned by the county shall be considered the same as other property in the district.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 4, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4577, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4577, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1604(part).
MT Code § 7-12-2112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2112. Sufficient protest to bar proceedings -- exception

  7-12-2112. Sufficient protest to bar proceedings -- exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), further proceedings may not be taken for a period of 6 months from the date when a protest was received by the county clerk if the board of county commissioners finds that the protest is made by the owners of property in the proposed district to be assessed for more than 50% of the cost of the proposed program or improvements as determined by the method or methods of assessment described in the resolution of intention.   (2) If the improvements are the construction of sanitary sewers, the protests may be overruled by a unanimous vote of the board if:   (a) the improvements are ordered by the department of environmental quality or the federal environmental protection agency; or   (b) the governing body makes written findings after a public hearing and public comment, based on evidence in the record, that the proposed improvements protect public health or the environment, mitigate harm to the public health or environment, and are achievable under current technology.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 4, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4577, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4577, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1604(part); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 488, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 342, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-12-2113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2113. Resolution creating district -- power to order improvements

  7-12-2113. Resolution creating district -- power to order improvements. (1) Before ordering any of the proposed improvements, the board of county commissioners shall pass a resolution creating the special improvement district in accordance with the resolution of intention that is introduced and passed by the board.   (2) The board has jurisdiction to order improvements immediately upon the occurrence of the following conditions:   (a) when sufficient protests have not been delivered to the county clerk within 30 days after the date of the first publication of the notice of the passing of the resolution of intention;   (b) when a protest has been found by the board to be insufficient or has been overruled;   (c) when a protest against extending the proposed district has been heard and denied; or   (d) when a resolution creating the district is passed upon receipt of a petition as provided in 7-12-2102(2)(a).   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 5, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4578, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4578, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1605; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 451, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 529, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 140, L. 2017.
MT Code § 7-12-2114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2114. Area includable within district

  7-12-2114. Area includable within district. A rural improvement district, as authorized by 7-12-2102, may include a part or all of any county or may include areas in more than one county.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 62, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1605.1.
MT Code § 7-12-2115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2115. Adjournment of hearing

  7-12-2115. Adjournment of hearing. Whenever in proceedings hereunder a time and place for hearing by the board of county commissioners is fixed and from any cause, the hearing is not then and there held or regularly adjourned to a fixed time and place, the power and jurisdiction of the board in the premises shall not be thereby divested or lost, but the board may proceed anew to fix a time and place for the hearing and cause notice thereof to be given by publication by at least one insertion in a daily, semiweekly, or weekly newspaper, such publication to be at least 5 days before the date of the hearing. Thereupon the board shall have power to act as in the first instance.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 27, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4600, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4600, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1627.
MT Code § 7-12-2116 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2116. County surveyor as improvement district engineer

  7-12-2116. County surveyor as improvement district engineer. The county surveyor may be the engineer, as defined in 7-12-2101(6), for a rural improvement district.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 26, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 134, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1626(part).
MT Code § 7-12-2117 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2117. Record of expenses to be kept by engineer

  7-12-2117. Record of expenses to be kept by engineer. The engineer selected as provided in this part shall keep an account in the engineer's office of all costs and expenses incurred in connection with each special improvement district and shall certify the costs and expenses to the county clerk.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 16, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4589, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4589, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1616(part); amd. Sec. 531, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-12-2118 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2118. Role of county clerk

  7-12-2118. Role of county clerk. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to prepare all necessary schedules and resolutions levying the taxes and assessments in such special improvement district.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 16, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4589, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4589, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1616(part).
MT Code § 7-12-2119 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2119. Manner of making demands for incidental expenses

  7-12-2119. Manner of making demands for incidental expenses. All demands for incidental expenses in 7-12-2101(7), except for the administrative fee of the county and interest payable on warrants or bonds of the district, shall be presented to the county clerk by itemized bill, duly verified by oath of the demandant.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 26, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4599, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 134, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1626(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 665, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-12-2120 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2120. Maintenance of improvements

  7-12-2120. Maintenance of improvements. (1) Whenever sanitary or storm sewers, lights or light systems, waterworks plants, water systems, sidewalks, or any other special improvements petitioned for or created by the state or federal government have been made, built, constructed, erected, or accomplished as provided in this part, the board of county commissioners under whose jurisdiction the district was created or supervised or directed shall adequately and suitably maintain and preserve the improvements and keep those improvements in proper repair and operation, by contract or otherwise.   (2) The whole cost of maintaining, preserving, and repairing improvements in any improvement district may, in the discretion of the board, be paid by assessing the entire district in the method provided for by 7-12-2108.   History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 19, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4592, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 133, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 104, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 4592, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1619(1); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 277, L. 2003.
MT Code § 7-12-2121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2121. Administration of multicounty district

  7-12-2121. Administration of multicounty district. (1) If a rural improvement district includes areas in more than one county, the board of county commissioners of each county in which any portion of the district is situated shall, upon creation of the district and at a joint session, appoint an initial board of three trustees to administer the affairs of the district.   (2) At the end of the term of a trustee, the board of county commissioners of the county represented by the trustee shall appoint a new trustee. In case of a vacancy by death, resignation, removal from the district, or otherwise, a trustee shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county represented by the trustee to fill the vacancy.   (3) At least one trustee shall be appointed from each county within the district.   History: En. Secs. 2, 3, Ch. 62, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1605.2, 16-1605.3(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 251, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-12-2122 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2122. Term of office of multicounty district trustee

  7-12-2122. Term of office of multicounty district trustee. (1) The trustees appointed upon the creation of a district shall serve staggered terms of 1, 2, and 3 years. After the initial appointments, each trustee serves a term of 3 years.   (2) A trustee holds office for the term of appointment or until a successor is appointed and qualified.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 62, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1605.3(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 251, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 532, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-12-2123 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2123. Powers of multicounty district board of trustees

  7-12-2123. Powers of multicounty district board of trustees. The board of trustees of a rural improvement district shall have all the powers and duties with respect to such district as the board of county commissioners has with respect to a district including the area of only one county.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 62, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1605.4.
MT Code § 7-12-2125 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2125. Right to protest dissolution of district

  7-12-2125. Right to protest dissolution of district. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), any owner of property liable for the assessments within the district may make written protest against the dissolution of the district at any time within 30 days of the date of first publication of the notice of passage of a resolution of intention to dissolve the district as provided in 7-12-2124(4). The protest must be in writing, identify the property in the district owned by the protestor, and, except as provided in 7-12-2141, be signed by all owners of the property. The protest must be delivered to the county clerk who shall endorse on the protest document the date of its receipt by the county clerk.  (b) If the time period described in subsection (1)(a) includes a holiday as enumerated in 1-1-216, other than a Sunday, the period must be extended for an additional 2 days.   (2) (a) As used in this section, "owner" means the record owner of fee simple title to the property as of the date a protest is filed.   (b) The term does not include a tenant or other holder of a leasehold interest in the property.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 187, L. 2021.
MT Code § 7-12-2126 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2126. Transfer of management and control of district to city or town

  7-12-2126. Transfer of management and control of district to city or town. (1) When a special improvement district has been created in accordance with the provisions of this part in any county of the state and the property contained therein subsequently becomes a part of the boundaries of an incorporated city or town, the board of county commissioners or the multicounty district trustees, as the case may be, may transfer the operation, control, and management of the district to a city or town, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.   (2) A city or town may accept the responsibility to operate and control such a district.   (3) An agreement for transfer of responsibilities from a county to a city or town must be properly executed in writing and must be approved by both governing bodies. Until an agreement is effective, the board of county commissioners or the multicounty district trustees, as the case may be, shall retain operation, control, and management of the district. The date of transfer of operation, control, and management is the date the agreement is fully effective or the date of transfer specified in the agreement, whichever is later.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 146, L. 1981.
MT Code § 7-12-2127 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts|7-12-2127. Transfer of operation, control, and ownership of improvement district facilities to a utility

  7-12-2127. Transfer of operation, control, and ownership of improvement district facilities to a utility. Whenever a special improvement district has been created in accordance with the provisions of this part for the purpose of providing the facilities through which a regulated utility is to provide utility services to the district, the commissioners may, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to, transfer the operation, control, and ownership of the facilities to the regulated utility for use by the utility to provide utility services.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 325, L. 1983.