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MT Code § 7-2-2743 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2743. Collection of taxes and other money

  7-2-2743. Collection of taxes and other money. Taxes levied for all funds that were delinquent on the day the county ceased to exist and for which tax lien sales had not been held and all licenses and other money owing to the county at that time must be collected by the treasurer of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which its territory is to be attached and must be deposited to the credit of the funds of the abandoned and abolished county.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 2, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-2-2744 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2744. Transfer of money when claims against fund satisfied

  7-2-2744. Transfer of money when claims against fund satisfied. (1) When all warrants issued and outstanding against any fund of an abandoned and abolished county, with the interest thereon, have been fully paid, any balance standing to the credit of such fund shall be transferred to any other fund or funds of such county in which there is not sufficient money to pay the warrants issued and outstanding against the same, with interest thereon.   (2) If, after payment of all warrants issued against all such funds, balances remain in any thereof, the same shall be transferred to and become a part of the bond sinking and interest funds of such abandoned county.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2745 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2745. Procedure if insufficient funds -- special warrant district or special funding bond district

  7-2-2745. Procedure if insufficient funds -- special warrant district or special funding bond district. (1) After all warrants have been drawn and issued against the funds of an abandoned and abolished county under the provisions of 7-2-2724 and 7-2-2741, if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned and abolished county is to be attached and made a part that the money in the several funds of such abandoned and abolished county, together with all money which may be received for such funds from the payment and collection of delinquent taxes, unpaid licenses, and other sources owing to such abandoned and abolished county, will be insufficient to pay all outstanding and unpaid warrants issued and drawn against such funds, then the board of such county shall make an order creating a special warrant district and shall include within such district all of the territory embraced within the boundaries of the abandoned and abolished county at the time it ceased to exist.   (2) If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board that a tax levy sufficient to pay such warrants and interest, when spread over a term of 3 years, will be too great a hardship on and too burdensome to the taxpayers owning property within the boundaries of such abandoned and abolished county, said board, instead of creating such special warrant district, shall create and establish a special funding bond district and shall include within the boundaries thereof all of the territory embraced within the boundaries of such abandoned and abolished district at the time it ceased to exist.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2746 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2746. Details relating to special warrant district

  7-2-2746. Details relating to special warrant district. (1) The board of county commissioners creating a special warrant district shall, at the time of making and fixing tax levies for county purposes, subject to 15-10-420, make and fix a levy against all taxable property within the special warrant district for the payment of the warrants and the interest on the warrants. The proceeds of the levy, when collected, must be deposited by the county treasurer in a separate fund that must be used for the payment of the warrants and interest on the warrants.   (2) The tax levy is not required to be made at a rate that will pay all of the warrants, with interest, in 1 year, but if the board considers it in the best interests of the taxpayers owning property within the special warrant district, the levy may be spread over a term of not more than 3 years.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-2-2747 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2747. Details relating to special funding bond district

  7-2-2747. Details relating to special funding bond district. (1) The board of county commissioners and the county clerk of the county to which the territory of such abandoned and abolished county has been attached and made a part shall be, respectively, the board of trustees and the clerk of a special funding bond district created pursuant to 7-2-2745(2), and the county treasurer shall act as the treasurer thereof. The board of trustees shall adopt an appropriate seal for such district.   (2) (a) After such district has been created and established, the board of trustees shall direct the county treasurer to use and apply all money in the several funds of the abandoned and abolished county, except money in any bond sinking and interest funds, to the payment of warrants issued and outstanding against such funds, with the interest thereon. Said board of trustees shall thereupon issue and sell bonds of such special funding bond district in an amount sufficient to pay all warrants against such funds remaining outstanding and unpaid, with the interest thereon. The proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds shall be used for such purpose and no other.   (b) All taxes levied for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds, all taxes levied by the abandoned and abolished county for all of its funds (except bond sinking and interest funds) delinquent at the time such county ceased to exist, and all money owing to such abandoned and abolished county from all other sources shall be, when collected, paid into a special sinking and interest fund and used for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of such bonds and for no other purpose.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2748 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2748. Special funding bond district bonds

  7-2-2748. Special funding bond district bonds. (1) Bonds issued under 7-2-2747 shall not be issued for a longer period than 10 years and shall be issued without submitting the question of doing so to any election. Such bonds shall be issued in the name of such district and shall be signed by the trustees. The clerk shall attest the same and affix the seal of the district thereof, and they shall be registered in the office of the county treasurer, who shall certify such registration on such bonds. Except as otherwise provided herein and insofar as the same are not in conflict herewith, all of the provisions of 7-7-107, 7-7-108, 7-7-123, 7-7-124, 7-7-2104, 7-7-2106, and parts 22 and 23 of chapter 7 shall apply to, govern, and control the issuance, sale, and payment of such bonds, with the interest thereon, and the levying of taxes for such purposes.   (2) There shall be inserted and made a part of each such bond statements setting forth the purpose for which the same is issued and that said bonds do not incur, create, or constitute any indebtedness or obligation whatever on the part of the county of (naming the county whose board of county commissioners, acting as such trustees, are issuing such bonds) but that the principal and interest thereof will be paid by special millage taxes levied against all of the taxable property situated within the boundaries of such special funding bond district.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 370, L. 1987.
MT Code § 7-2-2749 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2749. Payment of outstanding bonds of abandoned county

  7-2-2749. Payment of outstanding bonds of abandoned county. (1) If any abandoned and abolished county shall have any bonds outstanding and unpaid at the time it ceases to exist, the territory within the boundaries of such county as they existed when such county so ceased to exist shall constitute a special district for the payment thereof. The board of county commissioners of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of such county is to be attached and made a part shall annually levy a tax against all taxable property in such taxing district sufficient to pay the interest and principal of such bonds as the same become due, and all of the provisions of 7-7-107, 7-7-108, 7-7-123, 7-7-124, 7-7-2104, 7-7-2106, and parts 22 and 23 of chapter 7 shall apply to, govern, and control the levying and collection of such taxes and the payment of interest and principal thereof by the boards and officers of the county within which such district is situated.   (2) Any and all money in any bond sinking and interest funds of such abandoned and abolished county, when transmitted and paid over to the treasurer of the county to which the territory of such abandoned and abolished county has been attached, shall be credited to and deposited in a sinking and interest fund. All taxes levied for the payment of such bonds and interest and delinquent at the time such county ceased to exist, all taxes levied for such sinking and interest fund in accordance with the provisions of 7-2-2742 through 7-2-2750, and all other money coming to the hands of such county treasurer for the use or benefit of such abandoned county, when not required for any other purposes under the provisions of this part, shall be deposited to the credit of such sinking and interest fund and used for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds and for no other purpose.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 370, L. 1987.
MT Code § 7-2-2750 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2750. Procedure to collect and transmit taxes when several counties involved

  7-2-2750. Procedure to collect and transmit taxes when several counties involved. (1) Whenever any levy is made under the provisions of 7-2-2745 through 7-2-2749, the county clerk of the county in which the board of county commissioners makes the levy shall immediately certify the levy to the county clerk of each other county to which any part of the territory of the abandoned county has been attached.   (2) (a) The county clerk of each other county shall compute and extend the taxes against the property within the portion of the abandoned county that has been attached to the clerk's county, and the treasurer of that county shall collect the taxes at the same time and in the same manner that other taxes are collected by the county treasurer.   (b) Each county treasurer shall, at least twice each year, once during the second week in December and once during the second week in June, transmit the amount of all taxes paid to and collected by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the county in which the board made the tax levy.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part); amd. Sec. 285, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2751 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2751. Disposition of money of abandoned district

  7-2-2751. Disposition of money of abandoned district. If, after all warrants issued and drawn by an abandoned and abolished district during its existence against its several funds and all warrants drawn and issued against said funds under the provisions of 7-2-2724 and 7-2-2741 have been fully paid, with the interest thereon:   (1) any balance remains in such funds, such balance, with any and all money thereafter accruing to any of such funds from the collection of delinquent taxes, unpaid licenses, and from other sources shall be deposited:   (a) to the credit of any special sinking and interest fund for the payment of district funding bonds issued under the provisions of 7-2-2745(2), 7-2-2747, and 7-2-2748; and   (b) if there be no such fund, then to the credit of any bond sinking and interest fund under 7-2-2749 and 7-2-2750; and   (2) after all warrants issued and drawn against any of such funds with the interest thereon, and all district funding bonds issued under the provisions of 7-2-2745(2), 7-2-2747, and 7-2-2748 and all bonds referred to in 7-2-2749 have been fully paid, then any balance remaining in any of such funds and all money accruing to any or all of such funds thereafter from any and all sources shall be deposited to the credit of such funds of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned and abolished county has been attached and made a part, as its board of county commissioners may direct.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4017.
MT Code § 7-2-2752 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2752. Liability for and payment of indebtedness of abandoned county

  7-2-2752. Liability for and payment of indebtedness of abandoned county. It is intended by the provisions of this part that no part of the indebtedness of an abandoned and abolished county shall be assumed by, become an obligation of, or be paid by a county to which the territory of the abandoned and abolished county is attached and made a part, but that all money in all funds of an abandoned and abolished county at the time it ceases to exist and all money thereafter received by such funds from the payment of delinquent taxes and unpaid licenses and from all other sources owing to such county at the time it ceased to exist and all money received from the rental or sale of the property owned by such county shall be used for the payment of its indebtedness existing at the time it ceased to exist and the cost and expense of attaching its territory to and making it a part of any adjoining county. Such county to which any part of its territory is attached and made a part shall receive only such balance of any such money as may remain after all of the indebtedness and cost are fully paid.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4021.
MT Code § 7-2-2753 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2753. Repealed

  7-2-2753. Repealed. Sec. 169, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4019; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 250, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-2-2754 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2754. Ownership and management of property acquired by continuing county

  7-2-2754. Ownership and management of property acquired by continuing county. Each county to which any part of an abandoned and abolished county is attached becomes the owner, under the provisions of this part, of the real and tangible personal property of the abandoned and abolished county and may use all of this property for county purposes, may lease any of this real estate, or may sell any of the real estate or personal property.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4020(1).
MT Code § 7-2-2755 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2755. Lease of acquired real property

  7-2-2755. Lease of acquired real property. No real property may be leased unless the board of county commissioners presents to the judge of the district court to which the county is attached a petition describing the real estate, with any improvements thereon, and setting forth the terms of the proposed lease. The petition shall be approved by the judge and filed in the office of the clerk of the county.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4020(3).
MT Code § 7-2-2756 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2756. Sale of acquired real property

  7-2-2756. Sale of acquired real property. (1) Real estate may not be sold by the board of county commissioners unless the property has been appraised within 1 year immediately prior to the date of sale by three taxpayers who reside within the territory of the abandoned and abolished county and who were appointed by the judge of the district court to which the county is attached, on petition of the board of that county. Each sale of real estate must be made at public sale, and notice must be published as provided in 7-1-2121. The real estate may not be sold for a price less than 90% of the appraised value.   (2) The full purchase price of any real estate sold may not be required to be made in one payment. The purchaser may pay the price in four installments, the first of which must be not less than 25% of the purchase price, to be paid at the time of purchase, with the remainder to be paid in three equal annual installments with interest at not less than 5% a year. Whenever the purchase price of any real estate is to be paid in installments, the board shall enter into a contract with the purchaser and the contract must be recorded in the office of the county clerk. When payment in full has been made for real estate, the presiding officer of the board shall execute and deliver the proper bill of sale or deed to the purchaser or the purchaser's successor in interest.   (3) All real estate sold, with any improvements on the real estate, is subject to assessment and taxation annually to the purchaser or the purchaser's successor in interest at a value equal to the amount paid on the purchase price until the purchase price is fully paid, when the real estate must be assessed at its full cash value. Any improvements placed on any real estate after its purchase are subject to assessment and taxation at the full cash value of the improvements.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4020(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 349, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 286, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2757 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2757. Sale of acquired personal property

  7-2-2757. Sale of acquired personal property. (1) Personal property having a value in excess of $100 may not be sold unless it has been appraised within 1 year immediately prior to the date of sale by three taxpayers who reside within the territory of the abandoned and abolished county and who were appointed by the judge of the district court to which the county succeeding to the ownership of the property is attached, on petition of the board of county commissioners. A sale of any personal property must be made at public sale after notice and for a price not less than 90% of the appraised value.   (2) Whenever the purchase price of any real estate is to be paid in installments, the board shall enter into a contract with the purchaser and the contract must be recorded in the office of the county clerk. When payment in full has been made for any personal property, the presiding officer of the board shall execute and deliver the proper bill of sale or deed to the purchaser or the purchaser's successor in interest.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4020(part); amd. Sec. 287, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2758 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2758. Compensation for appraisers

  7-2-2758. Compensation for appraisers. The compensation of all appraisers appointed under the provisions of 7-2-2756 and 7-2-2757 shall be fixed by the district judge appointing the same.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4020(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2759 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2759. Distribution of money derived from acquired property

  7-2-2759. Distribution of money derived from acquired property. (1) Money received from leases or sales of real or personal property by any county other than the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county is to be allocated shall be transmitted by the officers of such county to the treasurer of the county designated in such petition for abandonment.   (2) All money received from the sale of personal property and from the leasing or sale of real estate, after deducting therefrom the amounts paid appraisers and for publishing notices of sale, shall be used and applied as follows:   (a) if there are any warrants issued and outstanding against any of the funds of the abandoned and abolished county, such money shall be applied in payment of such warrants and interest;   (b) if there are no warrants outstanding but district bonds have been issued under the provisions of 7-2-2745(2), 7-2-2747, and 7-2-2748, then the money shall be deposited in the sinking and interest fund for district bonds;   (c) if there are no district bonds outstanding, then the money shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking and interest funds for bonds issued and outstanding when the abandoned and abolished county ceased to exist; and   (d) if there are no bonds outstanding, then the money shall be apportioned to all of the counties to which parts of the abandoned county were attached in the proportion which the taxable value of the property in each part on January 1 immediately preceding the abandonment bears to the taxable value of all the property in the abandoned county, and the apportioned money shall be deposited in the funds of each county as the boards of county commissioners of the counties may direct.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4020(part).