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MT Code § 7-12-2202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 22. Special Provisions for Districts for Lighting|7-12-2202. Apportionment of costs of maintaining lighting system

  7-12-2202. Apportionment of costs of maintaining lighting system. (1) The cost of the maintenance and operating service to a lighting rural improvement district may be apportioned among the various tracts of land within the district:   (a) in proportion to the assessed value of the lands within the district, as determined by the board of county commissioners;   (b) by assessing the cost equally against each of the lots or parcels located within the district;   (c) at the option of the board and as determined by the board, in proportion to the lineal front footage of each tract, any part of which is in the district and abuts the street or roadway along which the lighting system is to be maintained; or   (d) in proportion to the area, as determined by the board, of that portion of each tract included in the district.   (2) (a) By the later of the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in September or 30 days after receiving certified taxable values, the board shall pass and finally adopt a resolution levying and assessing upon all the property within the district an amount equal to the whole cost of maintaining the lighting system. The levy and assessment must be proportioned against the tracts of land in the district as provided in this part.   (b) The resolution levying assessments to defray the cost of maintenance must be prepared and certified to in the same manner as a resolution levying assessments for making, constructing, and installing improvements in the district.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 58, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4601.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1629(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 154, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 262, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-12-2203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 22. Special Provisions for Districts for Lighting|7-12-2203. Rural improvement district maintenance fund

  7-12-2203. Rural improvement district maintenance fund. (1) The money collected pursuant to 7-12-2202, shall be paid into a fund known as the special improvement district No. .... maintenance fund, the number of which shall correspond with the number of the special improvement district in which the improvements so maintained are situated.   (2) Such funds shall be used to defray the expense of maintenance of said system and for no other purpose.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 58, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4601.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1629(part).
MT Code § 7-12-2204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 22. Special Provisions for Districts for Lighting|7-12-2204. Alteration of maintenance district boundaries

  7-12-2204. Alteration of maintenance district boundaries. The board has the power, by resolution, of changing not more than once a year, the boundaries of any maintenance district.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 58, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4601.2, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1630(part).
MT Code § 7-12-2205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 22. Special Provisions for Districts for Lighting|7-12-2205. Assessment and certain other charges as lien

  7-12-2205. Assessment and certain other charges as lien. Any assessment levied and made for any purpose mentioned in this part, together with all costs and penalties, shall constitute a lien upon and against the property upon which said assessments are made and levied from and after the date of the final passage and adoption of the resolution levying the same. This lien can be only extinguished by payment of such assessments, with all penalties, costs, and interest.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 58, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4601.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1629(part).
MT Code § 7-12-2206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 22. Special Provisions for Districts for Lighting|7-12-2206. Application of part

  7-12-2206. Application of part. Provisions of this part shall only apply to the method of securing funds for the maintenance of rural improvement districts for lighting systems.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 58, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4601.2, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1630(part).
MT Code § 7-12-2301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 23. Special Provisions for Districts for Sanitary and Storm Sewers|7-12-2301. Rental provisions of municipal public sewer law applicable to rural districts

  7-12-2301. Rental provisions of municipal public sewer law applicable to rural districts. The provisions of part 42 of chapter 13 referring to sewer rentals apply to special improvement districts for the constructing and maintaining and operating of sanitary sewers and storm sewers, and the powers conferred on councils in part 42 of chapter 13 are conferred on each board of county commissioners as far as those powers relate to sewer rentals.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5239, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 5239, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 100, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2216(6); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 251, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-12-2302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 23. Special Provisions for Districts for Sanitary and Storm Sewers|7-12-2302. Charges for services

  7-12-2302. Charges for services. (1) The board of county commissioners has authority by ordinance or resolution to fix and establish just and equitable rates, charges, and rentals for the services and benefits directly or indirectly afforded by any sanitary or storm sewer system or billed to a sanitary and/or storm sewer district formed under this chapter for the purposes of providing sanitary and/or storm sewer services to the district.  (2) The rates, charges, and rentals must be as closely equitable as possible in proportion to the services and benefits rendered and may take into consideration the quantity of sewage produced, the sewage concentration, water pollution qualities in general, and the cost to dispose of sewage and storm waters.   (3) The rates, charges, and rentals may be assessed against the owners in the district if the board of county commissioners passes a resolution to levy and assess the rates, charges, and rentals. The resolution must contain:   (a) a description of each lot or parcel of land with the name of the owner, if known; and   (b) the amount of each partial payment and the day when the payment becomes delinquent.   (4) All resolutions, signed by the presiding officer of the board, must be kept on file in the office of the county clerk.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 2021.
MT Code § 7-12-4001 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 40. Park Maintenance Districts (Repealed)|7-12-4001. Repealed

  7-12-4001. Repealed. Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 510, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-12-4103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4103. Formation of district to defray cost of acquiring private property

  7-12-4103. Formation of district to defray cost of acquiring private property. The city council is also hereby authorized to create a district as hereinafter specified for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring private property for the purpose of opening, widening, or extending any street, avenue, or alley within the corporate limits of such city.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 142, L. 1915; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 175, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 5226, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5226, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 32, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 206, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2202(part).
MT Code § 7-12-4104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4104. Resolution of intention to create special improvement district

  7-12-4104. Resolution of intention to create special improvement district. (1) Before creating any special improvement district for the purpose of making any of the improvements or acquiring any private property for any purpose authorized by this part, the city council shall pass a resolution of intention to do so.   (2) The resolution shall:   (a) designate the number of such district;   (b) describe the boundaries thereof;   (c) state therein the general character of the improvement or improvements which are to be made and an approximate estimate of the cost thereof;   (d) specify the method or methods by which the costs of the improvements will be assessed against property in the district; and   (e) if the method of assessment is that described in 7-12-4162(3)(a), specify 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 7-12-4162(3)(b).   (3) When any improvement is to be made in paving, the city or town council may, in describing the general character of it in the resolution, describe several kinds of paving.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 142, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5227, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5227, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 261, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2204(1); amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 293, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-12-4105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4105. Reference to description in resolution of intention sufficient

  7-12-4105. Reference to description in resolution of intention sufficient. In all resolutions, notices, orders, and determinations subsequent to the resolution of intention and notice of improvements in any and all improvement districts, it shall be sufficient to briefly describe the work or the assessment district, or both, and to refer to the resolution of intention for the description and further particulars.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5231, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5231, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 71, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1935, 11-2208.
MT Code § 7-12-4106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4106. Notice of passage of resolution of intention -- exception

  7-12-4106. Notice of passage of resolution of intention -- exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), upon having passed the resolution of intention pursuant to 7-12-4104, the council shall give notice of the passage of the resolution of intention.   (2) The notice must be published as provided in 7-1-2121. A copy of the notice must be mailed to each person, firm, or corporation or the agent of the person, firm, or corporation having 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, at the owner's last-known address, upon the same day that the notice is first published or posted.   (3) (a) The notice must describe the general character of the proposed improvements, state the estimated cost of the improvements, describe generally the method by which the costs of the improvements will be assessed, and designate the time when and the place where the council will hear and pass upon all written protests that may be made against the making or acquisition of the improvements or the creation of the district. If the method of assessment described in 7-12-4162(3)(a) 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 7-12-4162(3)(b).   (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 7-12-4222:   (i) the general fund of the city or town 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 city or town to meet the financial requirements of the revolving fund.   (c) The notice must refer to the resolution on file in the office of the city 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 district that is created under 7-12-4114 following receipt of a petition as provided in 7-12-4102(3).   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 142, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5227, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5227, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 261, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2204(part); amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 229, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 93, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 293, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-12-4107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4107. Repealed

  7-12-4107. Repealed. Sec. 70, Ch. 354, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5255, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5255, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2241(4).
MT Code § 7-12-4108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4108. Responsibility for posting and publication of notice

  7-12-4108. 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 of the city, it shall be the duty of the city 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. Sec. 34, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5257, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5257, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2243.
MT Code § 7-12-4109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4109. Extension of proposed district

  7-12-4109. Extension of proposed district. The city council may charge the expenses of the work or improvement to lots not fronting on the improvement and which the council in its resolution of intention declares to be, together with the lots abutting the improvement, the property benefited by the work or improvements whenever:   (1) the contemplated work of improvement, in the opinion of the council, is of more than local or ordinary public benefit; or   (2) the total estimated costs and expenses thereof, according to estimates furnished by the city engineer, would exceed one-fifth of the total taxable value of the lots and lands fronting upon said proposed work or improvement according to the valuation fixed by the last assessment roll.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5228, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 150, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 5228, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2205; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 665, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-12-4110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4110. Protest against proposed work or district

  7-12-4110. Protest against proposed work or district. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsections (1)(b) and (2), at any time within 15 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 may make written protest against the proposed work or against the extent or creation of the district to be assessed, or both.   (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) do not apply to a district created under 7-12-4114 as a result of a petition submitted as provided in 7-12-4102(3).   (3) A protest must be in writing, identify the property in the district owned by the protestor, and be signed by all the owners of the property. The protest must be delivered to the clerk of the city or town council or commission not later than 5 p.m. of the last day within the protest period. The clerk shall endorse on the protest document the date and hour of its receipt by the clerk.   (4) (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. Sec. 5, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 142, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 36, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2206(1); amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 277, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 93, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-12-4111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4111. Repealed

  7-12-4111. Repealed. Sec. 23, Ch. 277, L. 2003.   History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5255, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5255, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2241(1).
MT Code § 7-12-4112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4112. Hearing on protest

  7-12-4112. Hearing on protest. (1) At the next regular meeting of the city or town council or commission after the expiration of the time within which said protest may be made, the city or town council or commission shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made, and its decision shall be final and conclusive.   (2) The council or commission may adjourn said hearing from time to time. Protestants shall have the right to withdraw protest or protests at any time before final action thereon by the council or commission.   (3) In determining whether or not sufficient protests have been filed on a proposed district to prevent further proceedings therein, property owned by a county, city, or town shall be considered to the same effect as other property in the proposed district.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 142, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 36, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2206(part).
MT Code § 7-12-4113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4113. Sufficient protest to bar proceedings -- exceptions

  7-12-4113. Sufficient protest to bar proceedings -- exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), no further proceedings shall be taken for a period of 6 months from the date when said protest shall have been received by said clerk of the city or town council or commission when:   (a) the council or commission finds that such protest is made by the owners of property in the district to be assessed for more than 50% of the cost of the proposed work, in accordance with the method or methods of assessment described in the resolution of intention; or   (b) the cost thereof is to be assessed upon the property within an extended district and the council or commission finds that such protest is made by the owners of more than 50% of the area of the property to be assessed for said improvements.   (2) The council or commission shall have the right to overrule any and all objections and pave the proposed block with gravel and oil surface when the improvement proposed is the paving, with necessary incidentals, of not more than one cross block to connect with streets or avenues already paved for a continuous distance of three blocks or more running at a right angle (or substantially so) with the single cross block so proposed to be paved.   (3) In case the improvement is the construction of a sanitary sewer, such protest may be overruled by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the council or commission unless such protest is made by the owners of property in the district to be assessed for more than 75% of the cost of the district, in accordance with the methods of assessment described in the resolution of intention, in which event the protest must be sustained as to the construction of such sanitary sewer.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 142, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 36, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2206(part); amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 665, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-12-4114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 41. Special Improvement Districts|7-12-4114. Resolution creating special improvement district

  7-12-4114. Resolution creating special improvement district. (1) The council may order proposed improvements after:   (a) no protests have been delivered to the clerk of the city council within the time prescribed in 7-12-4110 after the date of the first publication of the notice of the passing of the resolution of intention;   (b) a protest has been found to be insufficient or has been overruled;   (c) a protest against the extent of the proposed district has been heard and denied; or   (d) a resolution creating the district following receipt of a petition as provided in 7-12-4102(3) has been passed.   (2) Before ordering any of the proposed improvements, the council shall pass a resolution creating the special improvement district in accordance with the resolution of intention introduced and passed by the council.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 142, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5230, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5230, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2207; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 401, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 93, L. 2007.