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     7-6-4407. Resolution to fix annual tax levy. (1) The council must:
     (a) on or before the second Monday of August of each year, by resolution determine the amount of the city or town taxes for all purposes to be levied and assessed on the taxable property in the city or town for the current fiscal year; and
     (b) on or before the fourth Monday of August of each year, by resolution determine the amount of school district taxes for all purposes to be levied and assessed on the taxable property in the city or town for the current fiscal year.
     (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b), the city or town clerk must at once certify to the county clerk a copy of the resolution, and the county treasurer must collect the taxes as provided in this part.
     (b) In cities where the council has provided by ordinance for the collection of the taxes by the city treasurer, the city clerk must certify a copy of the resolution to the city treasurer.

     History: En. Sec. 379, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 4872, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, p. 224, L. 1897; re-en. Sec. 3358, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 1, L. 1919; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, Ex. L. 1919; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 165, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5216, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 49, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 5216, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-4729; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 133, L. 1993.

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