15-6-136. (Temporary) Class six property -- description -- taxable percentage. (1) Class six property includes:
     (a) livestock that are not exempt under 15-6-201(1)(cc) and other species of domestic animals and wildlife raised in domestication or a captive environment, except for cats, dogs, and other household pets not raised for profit;
     (b) items of personal property intended for rent or lease in the ordinary course of business if each item of personal property satisfies all of the following:
     (i) the acquired cost of the personal property is less than $15,000;
     (ii) the personal property is owned by a business whose primary business income is from rental or lease of personal property to individuals when no one customer of the business accounts for more than 10% of the total rentals or leases during a calendar year;
     (iii) the lease of the personal property is generally on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis; and
     (c) machinery and equipment used in canola seed oil processing facilities if:
     (i) the operators of those facilities employ a minimum of 15 full-time employees; and
     (ii) a canola seed oil processing facility locates in the state of Montana after July 25, 1989; and
     (d) machinery and equipment used in a malting barley facility.
     (2) "Canola seed oil processing facility" means a facility that:
     (a) extracts oil from canola seeds, refines the crude oil to produce edible oil, formulates and packages the edible oil into food products, or engages in any one or more of those processes; and
     (b) employs at least 15 employees in a full-time capacity.
     (3) "Malting barley facility" means a facility and integral machinery and equipment used principally to malt malting barley and includes machinery and equipment to mix, blend, transport, transfer, or process the barley and malt at the facility.
     (4) Class six property is taxed at:
     (a) 4% of its market value for tax years ending on or before December 31, 1999;
     (b) 3% of its market value for tax year 2000;
     (c) 2% of its market value for tax year 2001; and
     (d) 1% of its market value for tax year 2002. (Repealed effective January 1, 2003--secs. 27, 31, Ch. 285, L. 1999.)

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 693, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 330, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 613, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 599, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 570, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 660, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 598, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 648, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 10, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 773, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 409, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 546, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 285, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 555, L. 1999.