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MT Code § 7-12-4301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4301. Special improvement districts for lighting streets authorized

  7-12-4301. Special improvement districts for lighting streets authorized. (1) The council of any city or town is authorized to:   (a) create special improvement districts embracing any street or streets or public highway therein or portions thereof and property adjacent thereto or property which may be declared by said council to be benefited by the improvement to be made for the purpose of lighting such street or streets or public highway;   (b) require that all or any portion of the cost of installing and maintaining such lighting system be paid by the owners of the property embraced within the boundaries of such districts; and   (c) assess and collect such portion of such cost by special assessment against said property.   (2) The governing body may create special lighting districts on any street or streets or public highway for the purpose of lighting them and assess the costs for installation and maintenance to property abutting thereto and collect the costs by special assessment against the property.   History: (1)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5259, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5259, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-2245, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5225, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5225, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 136, L. 1967; amd. Ch. 280, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 566, L. 1977; Sec. 11-2201, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2201(8), 11-2245; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 521, L. 1981.
MT Code § 7-12-4302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4302. Resolution of intention to create special improvement lighting district

  7-12-4302. Resolution of intention to create special improvement lighting district. (1) Before creating any special improvement lighting district in any such city or town for the purpose of lighting any street or streets or public highway or section thereof in accordance with the provisions of this part, the city council shall pass a resolution of intention to do so.   (2) The resolution shall designate the number of such district, describe the boundaries thereof, and state therein the general character of the improvement or improvements to be made and an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, an approximate estimate of the cost of maintaining such lights and supplying electrical current therefor for the first year, and the proportion of such cost to be assessed against the property embraced within the district.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2247(1).
MT Code § 7-12-4303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4303. Notice of resolution of intent to create lighting district

  7-12-4303. Notice of resolution of intent to create lighting district. (1) Upon having passed the resolution required by 7-12-4302, the council shall give notice of the passage of the resolution of intention. The notice of the passage of the resolution must be published as provided in 7-1-4127. A copy of the notice must be mailed to every person, firm, or corporation having property within the proposed district, as listed on the current property tax record, at the property owner's address as the address is listed on the current property tax record, on the same day that the notice is first published or posted.   (2) The notice must describe the general character of the improvement proposed to be made, state the estimated cost of the improvement and the estimated cost of maintaining the lights and supplying the electrical current for the improvement and lights within the district for the first year, and designate the time when and the place where the council will hear and pass upon all protests that may be made against the making of the improvement or the creation of the district. The notice must refer to the resolution on file in the office of the city clerk for a description of the boundaries.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2247(2); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 354, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-12-4304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4304. Protest against creation of lighting district

  7-12-4304. Protest against creation of lighting district. At any time within 15 days after the date of the first publication of the notice of passage of the resolution of intention, an 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. The notice must be in writing and be delivered to the clerk of the city council, who shall endorse on the notice the date of receipt.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2247(3); amd. Sec. 553, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-12-4305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4305. Consideration of protest

  7-12-4305. Consideration of protest. (1) At the next regular meeting of the city council after the expiration of the time within which said protests may be made, the city council shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made, and its decision shall be final and conclusive. When the protest is against the proposed work and the cost thereof is to be assessed upon property embraced within the boundaries of the district and if the city council finds that such protest is made by the owners of a majority of the property embraced within the district to be assessed for the proposed work, no further proceedings shall be taken for a period of 6 months from the date when said protest was received by the city clerk of said city council.   (2) In determining the sufficiency of protest, each protest shall be weighted in proportion to the amount of the assessment to be levied against the lot or parcel with respect to which it is made.   (3) In determining whether or not sufficient protest has been filed in a proposed district to prevent further proceedings therein, property owned by a county, city, or town shall be considered the same as other property in the district.   (4) The city council may adjourn said hearing from time to time.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2247(4), (5); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 682, L. 1983.
MT Code § 7-12-4306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4306. Resolution to create lighting district

  7-12-4306. Resolution to create lighting district. When no protests have been delivered to the clerk of the city council within 15 days after the date of the first publication of the notice of the passage of the resolution of intention or when a protest shall have been found by the city council to be insufficient or shall have been overruled or when a protest against the extent of the proposed district shall have been heard and denied, immediately thereupon, the city council shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to order the proposed improvements. Before ordering any of said proposed improvements, the city council shall pass a resolution creating the special improvement lighting district in accordance with the resolution of intention theretofore introduced and passed by the city council.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2247(6).
MT Code § 7-12-4307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4307. Objections to irregular proceedings or manner of making improvements

  7-12-4307. Objections to irregular proceedings or manner of making improvements. (1) At any time within 60 days from the date the city or town council passes the resolution creating the special improvement lighting district, an owner or other person having an interest in a lot or land liable to assessment who claims that any of the previous acts or proceedings relating to the improvements are irregular, defective, erroneous, or faulty or that the person's property will be damaged by the making of any improvements in the manner contemplated may file with the city clerk a written notice specifying in what respect the acts or proceedings are irregular, defective, erroneous, or faulty or in what manner and to what extent the person's property will be damaged by the making of the improvements. The city clerk shall deliver the notice to the council.   (2) All objections to an act or proceeding or in relation to the making of the improvements not made in writing and in the manner and at the time provided in subsection (1) and all claims for damage are waived by the property owners if the notice of the passage of the resolution of intention has been actually published and the notices of improvements have been posted as provided in this part.   History: En. Sec. 3(a), Ch. 243, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5262, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5262, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2248; amd. Sec. 554, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 159, L. 2019.
MT Code § 7-12-4308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4308. Operation of district

  7-12-4308. Operation of district. (1) The city or town council may:   (a) provide for the installation of the lighting system for the special improvement lighting district; and   (b) provide for the maintenance and operation of the lighting system after the lighting system has been installed.   (2) The light posts in a special improvement lighting district must be of uniform size and character and must be distributed uniformly on the street or public highway or portion of the street or public highway to be lighted.   (3) The lights in each district must be maintained for the period of time and in the manner the city or town council elects. If a public utility, as defined in 69-3-101, provides for the installation, maintenance, or operation of the lighting system, the installation, maintenance, or operation must be performed in accordance with the public utility's applicable tariff schedule.   History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5261, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-2247, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 7, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5266, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 17, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5266, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1943; Sec. 11-2252, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2247(7), 11-2252(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 159, L. 2019.
MT Code § 7-12-4309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4309. Record of expenses to be kept by city engineer

  7-12-4309. Record of expenses to be kept by city engineer. The city engineer shall keep an account of all costs and expenses incurred in the engineer's office in connection with each special improvement district and certify the costs and expenses to the city clerk.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5264, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5264, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2250(part); amd. Sec. 555, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-12-4310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4310. Role of city clerk

  7-12-4310. Role of city clerk. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to prepare all necessary schedules and resolutions levying taxes and assessments in such special improvement districts.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5264, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5264, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2250(part).
MT Code § 7-12-4311 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4311. Termination of special improvement lighting district

  7-12-4311. Termination of special improvement lighting district. (1) If at any time after the creation of a special improvement lighting district a petition is presented to the city or town council, signed by the owners or agents of more than three-fourths of the total amount of property within the district, asking that the maintenance and operation of the special lighting system and the furnishing of electrical current in the district be discontinued, or if a majority of the city or town council votes to discontinue a special improvement lighting district, the city or town council shall, by resolution, provide for discontinuing the maintenance and operation of the lighting system.   (2) If the council has, prior to the presentation of a petition or by a majority vote of the council to discontinue the district, entered into any contract for the maintenance and operation of the lighting system, the maintenance and operation may not be discontinued until after the expiration of the contract.   (3) If the lighting system is maintained and operated by a public utility, the maintenance and operation must be discontinued in accordance with the public utility's applicable tariff schedule.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5269, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5269, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2255; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 159, L. 2019.
MT Code § 7-12-4312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4312. through 7-12-4320 reserved

  7-12-4312 through 7-12-4320 reserved.
MT Code § 7-12-4321 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4321. Apportionment of costs

  7-12-4321. Apportionment of costs. The portion of the entire cost of erecting and maintaining the posts, wires, pipes, conduits, lamps, and other suitable or necessary appliances for the purpose of lighting said streets or public highways and of the annual cost of supplying electrical current for and maintaining the lights thereon in such districts, all or any portion as shall be determined by the city or town council, shall be borne by the property embraced within said district.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2246(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 521, L. 1981.
MT Code § 7-12-4322 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4322. Choice in manner of making assessments

  7-12-4322. Choice in manner of making assessments. The city or town council, for the purpose of making the assessment, shall adopt one of the methods specified in 7-12-4323 or 7-12-4324.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2246(part).
MT Code § 7-12-4323 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4323. Assessment of costs -- area or taxable valuation option -- equal assessment option

  7-12-4323. Assessment of costs -- area or taxable valuation option -- equal assessment option. (1) The city council may assess the entire cost of the lighting improvement against the entire district, each lot or parcel of land within the district to be assessed for that part of the whole cost that its:   (a) area bears to the area of the entire district, exclusive of streets, avenues, alleys, and public places; or   (b) taxable valuation, including improvements, bears to the taxable valuation of the entire district.   (2) The city council may assess the cost equally against each of the lots or parcels located within the district.   (3) The council, in its discretion, may pay the whole or any part of the cost of any street, avenue, or alley intersection out of any funds available for that purpose or include the whole or any part of the costs within the amount of the assessment to be paid by the property in the district.   (4) In order to apportion the cost of any of the improvements provided in this part between the corner lot and the inside lots of a block, the council may, in the resolution creating a district, provide that whenever any of the improvements provided in this part are located along a side street or bordering or abutting upon the side of a corner lot of a block, the amount of the assessment against the property in the district to defray the cost of the improvements must be assessed so that each square foot of the land embraced within the corner lot bears double the amount of the cost of the improvement that a square foot of an inside lot bears.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2246(a); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 682, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 154, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-12-4324 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4324. Assessment of costs -- frontage option

  7-12-4324. Assessment of costs -- frontage option. (1) The city council shall assess the cost of the improvements against the entire district, each lot or parcel of land within the district bordering or abutting upon the streets whereon or wherein the improvement has been made to bear costs in proportion to the lineal feet abutting or bordering the streets.   (2) The council, in its discretion, may pay the whole or any part of the cost of any street, avenue, or alley intersection out of any funds in its hands available for that purpose or include the whole or any part of such costs within the amount of the assessment to be paid by the property in the district.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5260, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2246(b); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 251, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-12-4325 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4325. Incidental expenses considered as costs of improvements

  7-12-4325. Incidental expenses considered as costs of improvements. The cost and expense connected with and incidental to the formation of the district, including the cost of preparation of plans, specifications, maps, and plats; engineering, superintendence, and inspection, including the compensation of the city engineer for work done; the cost of printing and advertising as provided in this part; and the preparation of assessment rolls must be considered a part of the cost and expenses of making the improvements within the special improvement district.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5264, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5264, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2250(part); amd. Sec. 556, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-12-4326 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4326. Treatment of federal lands within lighting district

  7-12-4326. Treatment of federal lands within lighting district. Whenever any lot, piece, or parcel of land belonging to the United States (or mandatory of the government) shall be included within the boundaries of the proposed special improvement lighting district declared by the city or town council in its resolution of intention to be the district to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof, said council shall, in the resolution of intention, declare that said lots, pieces, or parcels of land shall be omitted from the assessment thereafter to be made to cover the costs and expenses of said work or improvement. The cost of said work or improvement which would have been assessed against said lots shall be paid by the city from its general fund.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5271, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5271, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2257.
MT Code § 7-12-4327 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4327. Assessment of costs of lighting district to certain lands lying outside of municipality

  7-12-4327. Assessment of costs of lighting district to certain lands lying outside of municipality. The city or town council may make assessments in the manner provided in 7-12-4301 on property abutting the street or highway and lying outside the boundaries of the city or town, as long as that portion of the street or public highway to be lighted is adjacent to the boundary line of the city or town, lies partially within the city or town, or extends from one point within the city or town to another point within the city or town.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5225, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5225, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 136, L. 1967; amd. Ch. 280, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2201(9).
MT Code § 7-12-4328 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 12. Improvement Districts|Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts|7-12-4328. Resolution to provide for assessment of costs of installation

  7-12-4328. Resolution to provide for assessment of costs of installation. (1) It shall be the duty of the city or town council to ascertain the cost of installing such lighting system and, on or before the first Monday in October, to pass and finally adopt a resolution levying and assessing all of the property embraced within said district with all or any portion of the entire cost of installing the same; each lot or parcel of land in said district to be assessed in accordance with the method adopted by the city council as provided in 7-12-4321 through 7-12-4324.   (2) Any such resolution shall contain a list in which shall be described each lot or parcel of land, either the total number of square feet of property contained therein or the total number of linear feet abutting the improvements as may be required to determine the total assessment in the district, and the amount levied against each lot or parcel of land set opposite.   (3) Such resolution, signed by the mayor and city clerk, shall be kept on file in the office of the city clerk.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5265, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 143, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 26, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 5265, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2251(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 521, L. 1981.