7-16-2205. Authorization for mill levy. (1) The board of county commissioners of any county owning, acquiring, contributing, or making a grant to any museum, facility for the arts and the humanities, or collection of exhibits as set forth in 7-16-2202:
     (a) (i) may make an appropriation in its annual budget for the upkeep, care, maintenance, operation, and support of the museum, facility, or collection;
     (ii) may make an appropriation in its annual budget for a grant program for private, nonprofit museums and private, nonprofit facilities for the arts and the humanities; and
     (b) in order to fund the appropriation or grant program, may, subject to 15-10-420, annually levy a tax not to exceed 2 mills on each dollar of the taxable valuation of the property subject to taxation in the county.
     (2) The levy must be made at the same time as other levies are made for county and school purposes.
     (3) The proceeds from the collection of the levy must be kept in a special fund by the county treasurer and used, at the discretion of the board of county commissioners, solely for the purpose for which the levy was made.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 17, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 173, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1164; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 294, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 455, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 313, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 440, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 584, L. 1999.