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MT Code § 7-13-4513 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4513. Insufficient protest to bar proceedings -- resolution creating district -- power to implement local water quality program

  7-13-4513. Insufficient protest to bar proceedings -- resolution creating district -- power to implement local water quality program. (1) The commissioners may create a local water quality district, establish fees, and appoint a board of directors if the commissioners find that insufficient protests have been made in accordance with 7-13-4511 or if the registered voters who reside in the proposed district have approved a referendum as provided in 7-13-4512.  (2) To create a local water quality district, the commissioners shall pass a resolution in accordance with the resolution of intention introduced and passed by the commissioners or in accordance with the terms of the referendum.   (3) The commissioners and board of directors may implement a local water quality program after the program is approved by the department pursuant to 75-5-311.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 357, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 324, L. 2021.
MT Code § 7-13-4514 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4514. and 7-13-4515 reserved

  7-13-4514 and 7-13-4515 reserved.
MT Code § 7-13-4516 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4516. Board of directors

  7-13-4516. Board of directors. (1) Except as provided in subsections (3)(b) and (5), the commissioners shall appoint a board of directors for the local water quality district.   (2) The board of directors consists of not less than five members, including one county commissioner or member of the governing body of a city-county consolidated government, one member from the governing body of each incorporated city or town that is included in the district, one member of the county or city-county board of health, and if the district includes a substantial amount of land that is within a conservation district or districts, one conservation district supervisor.   (3) The remaining members of the board of directors are selected from interested persons, as follows:   (a) from persons whose residences or businesses are distributed equally throughout the district if a county is the only unit of local government participating in the district; or   (b) through mutual agreement by all governing bodies if a county and one or more incorporated cities and towns are participating in the district.   (4) Terms of members of the board of directors are staggered and, after the initial terms, are for 3 years.   (5) In counties that have a full-time city-county health department, the city-county board of health, created as authorized by 50-2-106, may be designated as the board of directors for the local water quality district. If the city-county board of health is designated as the board of directors and if the local water quality district includes a substantial amount of land that is within a conservation district or districts, the board of directors must also include one member who is a conservation district supervisor.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4517 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4517. Powers and duties of board of directors

  7-13-4517. Powers and duties of board of directors. The board of directors of a local water quality district, with the approval of the commissioners, may:  (1) develop a local water quality program, to be submitted to the department, for the protection, preservation, and improvement of the quality of surface water and ground water in the district. In developing the program, the board of directors shall consult with the board or boards of supervisors of conservation districts, established as provided in 76-15-201, whose geographical area of jurisdiction is included within the boundaries of the local water quality district.   (2) implement a local water quality program;   (3) administer the budget of the local water quality district;   (4) employ personnel;   (5) purchase, rent, or lease equipment and material necessary to develop and implement an effective program;   (6) cooperate or contract with any corporation, association, individual, or group of individuals, including any agency of the federal, state, or local government, in order to develop and implement an effective program;   (7) receive gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of advancing the program and acquire, by gift, deed, or purchase, land necessary to implement the local water quality program;   (8) administer local ordinances that are adopted by the commissioners and governing bodies of the participating cities and towns and that pertain to the protection, preservation, and improvement of the quality of surface water and ground water;   (9) apply for and receive from the federal government or the state government, on behalf of the local water quality district, money to aid the local water quality program;   (10) borrow money for assistance in planning or refinancing a local water quality district and repay loans with the money received from the established fees; and   (11) construct facilities that cost not more than $5,000 and maintain facilities necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district, including but not limited to facilities for removal of water-borne contaminants; water quality improvement; sanitary sewage collection, disposal, and treatment; and storm water or surface water drainage collection, disposal, and treatment.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 357, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 324, L. 2021.
MT Code § 7-13-4518 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4518. Powers and duties of commissioners

  7-13-4518. Powers and duties of commissioners. In addition to the other powers and duties of the commissioners authorized by this part, the commissioners may:   (1) adopt local ordinances in accordance with the requirements of 75-5-311;   (2) establish fees;   (3) review and approve the annual budget of the local water quality district; and   (4) approve the construction of facilities that cost more than $5,000 but not more than $100,000 a year and that are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part, including but not limited to facilities for removal of water-borne contaminants; water quality improvement; sanitary sewage collection, disposal, and treatment; and storm water or surface water drainage collection, disposal, and treatment.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4519 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4519. Role of county attorney -- contracts for legal services

  7-13-4519. Role of county attorney -- contracts for legal services. The board of directors may, by agreement with the commissioners, contract with the county attorney or an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Montana to perform legal services for the local water quality district.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4520 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4520. reserved

  7-13-4520 reserved.
MT Code § 7-13-4521 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4521. Implementation of program

  7-13-4521. Implementation of program. The board of directors may implement a local water quality program in parts of a local water quality district before the program is implemented in the district as a whole. If a program is initially implemented in only a portion of a district, the fees may be levied only against that part of the district where the program is being implemented. As the program is expanded throughout the district, each additional part of the district that is covered by the program shall pay the fee.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4522 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4522. Changes in district boundaries

  7-13-4522. Changes in district boundaries. The board of directors may by resolution make changes in the boundaries of a local water quality district that the board determines are reasonable and proper, following the same procedures of notice and hearing provided in 7-13-4507, 7-13-4509, and 7-13-4510, except that the notice provisions of 7-13-4507(3) apply only to the owners of proposed fee-assessed units in new areas that are proposed to be included in the district. If 20% of the owners of fee-assessed units in the new areas protest the inclusion in the district and the fees proposed to be charged, the board of directors is barred from further proceedings on the matter unless the registered voters who reside in the areas proposed for inclusion agree to be included in the district and accept the proposed fees by approving a referendum in accordance with the provisions of 7-13-4512.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4523 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4523. Fees -- determination of rates -- increases -- exemption for agricultural water use

  7-13-4523. Fees -- determination of rates -- increases -- exemption for agricultural water use. (1) The commissioners shall determine fee rates according to a classification system that is based upon the volume of water withdrawn and the volume and type of waste produced at each fee-assessed unit in the local water quality district.   (2) Fees for commercial and industrial units must be based on a comparison with a typical family residential unit as to volume of water withdrawn and volume and type of waste produced. Commercial and industrial units may be assessed fees that are not greater than 50 times the fees assessed on a family residential unit.   (3) The commissioners may increase fees up to 10% a year by passing a resolution to establish the new fee rate. The commissioners may not approve a proposed fee increase of more than 10% a year unless notice of the proposed increase is given as provided in 7-13-4507(1) and (2) and opportunity for protest is provided as set forth in 7-13-4509 and 7-13-4510. If more than 20% of the owners of fee assessed units in the district protest, the fee increase may not be approved except through the referendum procedure provided for in 7-13-4512.   (4) Water withdrawals for irrigation and livestock use and related water discharges may not be assessed fees.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4524 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4524. Procedure to collect fees

  7-13-4524. Procedure to collect fees. The month the local water quality district is created pursuant to 7-13-4513, the department of revenue or its agents shall ensure that the amount of the fees is placed on the county tax assessments for each fee-assessed unit. Unpaid fees are a lien on the fee-assessed unit and may be enforced as a lien for nonpayment of property taxes.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4525 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4525. Disposition and administration of proceeds

  7-13-4525. Disposition and administration of proceeds. (1) All fees and other money received by a local water quality district must be placed in a separate fund maintained by the county treasurer and must be used solely for the purpose for which the local water quality district was created.   (2) The commissioners shall draw warrants upon the fund on claims approved by the board of directors.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4526 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4526. reserved

  7-13-4526 reserved.
MT Code § 7-13-4527 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4527. Creation of joint local water quality districts

  7-13-4527. Creation of joint local water quality districts. (1) Joint local water quality districts are districts that encompass two or more counties or parts of counties.   (2) A joint local water quality district may be created if the commissioners of each affected county:   (a) create the district, following the procedures prescribed under 7-13-4504 through 7-13-4507 and 7-13-4509 through 7-13-4513; and   (b) appoint a joint board of directors that consists of at least five members and that is consistent with the requirement of 7-13-4528(2)(b), if applicable.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4528 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4528. Composition of board of directors of joint district -- terms

  7-13-4528. Composition of board of directors of joint district -- terms. (1) The board of directors for a joint district consists of one commissioner from each county involved, one member from each incorporated city or town included in the district, one member from each county or city-county board of health, and if the joint district includes a substantial amount of land that is within a conservation district or districts, one conservation district supervisor.   (2) The remaining members of the joint board of directors are selected from interested citizens, as follows:   (a) persons whose residences or businesses are distributed equally throughout the district if counties are the only units of government participating in the joint district; or   (b) through mutual agreement of all commissioners and governing bodies of cities and towns participating in the district.   (3) Terms of appointed members are staggered and, after the initial terms, are for 3 years.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4529 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4529. Administration of funds in joint districts

  7-13-4529. Administration of funds in joint districts. Fees and other money collected by a joint local water quality district may be administered by one county treasurer upon mutual agreement by the commissioners of the counties participating in a joint local water quality district.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 357, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-13-4530 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4530. through 7-13-4534 reserved

  7-13-4530 through 7-13-4534 reserved.
MT Code § 7-13-4535 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4535. Referendum to abolish local water quality district or joint local water quality district -- termination procedures

  7-13-4535. Referendum to abolish local water quality district or joint local water quality district -- termination procedures. (1) A person owning a fee-assessed unit located within a local water quality district or a joint local water quality district may petition the commissioners of a local water quality district or the board of directors of a joint water quality district to submit a referendum to the registered electors residing in the district to terminate or abolish the district. The petition must be in writing and contain the signatures and addresses of 20% or more of the owners of fee-assessed units in the district. The petition requesting a referendum for termination or abolishment of a district must be delivered to the county clerk, who shall endorse on it the date on which the petition was received and validate the signatures within 60 days of receipt of the petition. If the petition contains valid signatures of at least 20% of the owners of fee-assessed units located within the district, the county clerk shall notify the commissioners of a local water quality district or the board of directors of a joint water quality district.   (2) On receipt of a valid petition described in subsection (1), the commissioners of a local water quality district or the board of directors of a joint water quality district shall submit the referendum to the registered electors residing in the district in an election conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 5.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 123, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 148, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-13-4536 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 13. Utility Services|Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts|7-13-4536. Allocation of funds upon termination of local water quality district or joint local water quality district

  7-13-4536. Allocation of funds upon termination of local water quality district or joint local water quality district. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if a local water quality district or joint local water quality district is terminated, any funds held by the county treasurer pursuant to 7-13-4525 or 7-13-4529 must be deposited in the county general fund. In the case of a terminated joint local water quality district, any funds held by the county treasurer pursuant to 7-13-4529 must be allocated between the counties on the basis of the number of fee-assessed units located in each county.   (2) If the funds held by the county treasurer pursuant to 7-13-4525 or 7-13-4529 are derived from grants or gifts that restrict the use of those funds, the county treasurer shall return those funds to the grantor or donor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 123, L. 1995.
MT Code § 7-14-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 1. General Provisions Related to Local Government Transportation Services|7-14-101. Acquisition of property for controlled-access facility

  7-14-101. Acquisition of property for controlled-access facility. The highway authorities of the counties, incorporated cities, and towns may, respectively or in cooperation with each other or the state, acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access highways or controlled-access facilities and service roads. The property rights may include rights of access, air, view, and light. The property rights may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the manner provided in Title 60, chapter 4, part 1, and Title 70, chapter 30.   History: En. Sec. 8-218, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4018(part); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 125, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-14-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 1. General Provisions Related to Local Government Transportation Services|7-14-102. Allocation of state funds for public transportation

  7-14-102. Allocation of state funds for public transportation. (1) (a) The department of transportation shall allocate each year one-half of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section among the cities and urban transportation districts of the state that operate or contract for the operation of general public transportation systems.   (b) (i) A city or urban transportation district is eligible for an allocation based upon the ratio of its local financial support for public transportation to the total local financial support for all general public transportation systems in the state. Local financial support must be determined by dividing the city's or district's expenditure of local revenue for public transportation operations during the fiscal year by the mill value of the city or urban transportation district. Each applicant city and urban transportation district shall compute its expenditure of local revenue for public transportation operations for a fiscal year immediately following the end of the fiscal year and shall apply allocations received against that deficit.   (ii) A city or urban transportation district may not receive more than 50% of any year's expenditure of local revenue for public transportation operations as an allocation under this section.   (2) One-half of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section must be paid by the department of transportation to the counties of the state in the manner provided in 15-70-101(2)(b). Money distributed to counties under this section must be used by the counties for highway or other transportation purposes.   (3) The department of transportation may adopt rules for the keeping of accounts for and otherwise implementing this section.   History: En. 11-4513 by Sec. 1, Ch. 515, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-4513; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 559, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 238, L. 1983; amd. Secs. 3, 6, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 10, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 18, L. 1995.
MT Code § 7-14-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 1. General Provisions Related to Local Government Transportation Services|7-14-103. Use of county road equipment in certain municipalities

  7-14-103. Use of county road equipment in certain municipalities. The board of county commissioners of any county may in its discretion authorize and permit the use of any county highway or road machinery or equipment, when not in use in any rural district, in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of streets, avenues, and alleys within any incorporated city or town of population of 4,000 or less located in such county.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1005.
MT Code § 7-14-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 1. General Provisions Related to Local Government Transportation Services|7-14-104. Costs of discontinuation of trafficway

  7-14-104. Costs of discontinuation of trafficway. Whenever a governing body discontinues, abandons, or vacates a street, alley, or road under part 26 or part 41, the costs of such process may be assessed against the petitioning property owner. Such costs may include costs of publication, engineering, and site viewing.   History: En. 11-2806 by Sec. 1, Ch. 72, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2806.
MT Code § 7-14-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 1. General Provisions Related to Local Government Transportation Services|7-14-105. through 7-14-109 reserved

  7-14-105 through 7-14-109 reserved.
MT Code § 7-14-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 1. General Provisions Related to Local Government Transportation Services|7-14-110. Qualifications to vote on mill levy question

  7-14-110. Qualifications to vote on mill levy question. An individual is entitled to vote at an election under this chapter conducted pursuant to 15-10-425 if the individual possesses all of the qualifications required of electors under 13-1-111 and is:   (1) a resident of the area that is or may be subject to a tax under this chapter; or   (2) the owner of taxable property located in the area that is or may be subject to a tax under this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 350, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 156, Ch. 49, L. 2015; Sec. 7-14-2507, MCA 2013; redes. 7-14-110 by Sec. 263(3), Ch. 49, L. 2015.