Montana Code Annotated 1999

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     7-13-2302. Levy of taxes to meet bond obligations and other expenses. (1) If from any cause the revenues of the district shall be inadequate to pay the interest or principal of any bonded debt as it becomes due or any other expenses or claims against the district, then the board of directors must (at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of county commissioners of the county, city and county, or counties in which such district is located are required by law to levy the amount of taxes required for county or city and county purposes) furnish to the board or boards of county commissioners and to the auditor or auditors, respectively, an estimate in writing:
     (a) of the amount of money required by the district for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonded debt as it becomes due;
     (b) of the amount of money required to establish reasonable reserve funds for either of said purposes, together with a description of the lands benefited thereby, as stated by the board of directors in the resolution declaring the necessity to incur such bonded indebtedness; and
     (c) of the amount of money required by the district for any other purpose set forth in this section.
     (2) The board of county commissioners of such county or city and county, annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other county or city and county taxes, must:
     (a) until any such bonded debt is fully paid, levy upon the lands so benefited and cause to be collected the proportionate share to be borne by the land located in their county of a tax sufficient for the payment thereof, to be known as the ...... district bond tax; and
     (b) until all other expenses or claims are fully paid, levy upon all of the lands of the district and cause to be collected the proportionate share to be borne by the land located in their county of a tax sufficient for the payment thereof, to be known as the ....... district water and/or sewer tax.
     (3) Such taxes for the payment of any such bonded debt shall be levied on the property benefited thereby, as stated by the board of directors in the resolution declaring the necessity therefor, and all taxes for other purposes shall be levied on all property in the territory comprising the district.

     History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 27, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 258, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 296, L. 1977; Sec. 16-4527, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 28, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1959; Sec. 16-4528, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4527(part), 16-4528(part).

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