1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 7
  3. CHAPTER 7
  4. Part 22
  5. 7-7-2203 Limitation on amount of bonded indebtedness

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 7. DEBT MANAGEMENT

Part 22. County General Obligation Bonds

Limitation On Amount Of Bonded Indebtedness

7-7-2203. Limitation on amount of bonded indebtedness. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a county may not issue general obligation bonds for any purpose in an amount that, with all outstanding bonds and warrants except emergency bonds, exceeds the debt limitation referred to in 7-7-2101.

(2) The limitation in subsection (1) does not apply to refunding bonds issued for the purpose of paying or retiring county bonds lawfully issued prior to January 1, 1932, or to bonds issued for the repayment of tax protests lost by the county.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 188, L. 1931; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4630.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 12-103, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 100, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2010(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 332, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 617, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 614, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 447, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 695, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 655, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 213, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 68, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 9, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 451, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 570, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 219, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 466, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 51, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 285, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 426, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 556, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 7, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 29, L. 2001.