Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     7-6-4232. Fixing of tax levy -- exception. (1) On or before the second Monday in August and after the approval and adoption of the final budget, the council shall fix the tax levy for each fund at a rate, not exceeding limits prescribed by law, that will raise the amount set out in the budget as the amount necessary to be raised by tax levy for that fund during the current fiscal year. The taxable valuation of the city for the current fiscal year must be the basis for determining the amount of the tax levy for each fund, and each tax levy must be at a rate not higher than is required on that basis, without including any amount for anticipated tax delinquency, to raise the amount set out in the budget.
     (2) If the council considers that a levy made for a bond sinking or interest fund will not provide a sufficient amount to pay all bond principal and interest becoming due during the current fiscal year or within 6 months after the current fiscal year because of anticipated tax delinquency, the council may fix the levy at a rate it considers necessary to raise the amount for making the payments of principal and interest over and above the anticipated tax delinquency.
     (3) Each levy must be made in the manner provided by 15-10-201.
     (4) This section does not apply to a municipality that has adopted the alternative accounting method provided for in Title 7, chapter 6, part 6.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 121, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 5083.6, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 129, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 51, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1406(5); amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 252, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 726, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 26, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 84, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 61, Ch. 430, L. 1995.

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