CHAPTER 12. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
- Part 22. Special Provisions for Districts for Lighting
- 7-12-2201. Maintenance of lighting system.
- 7-12-2202. Apportionment of costs of maintaining lighting system.
- 7-12-2203. Rural improvement district maintenance fund.
- 7-12-2204. Alteration of maintenance district boundaries.
- 7-12-2205. Assessment and certain other charges as lien.
- 7-12-2206. Application of part.
- Part 23. Special Provisions for Districts for Sanitary and Storm Sewers
- Part 41. Special Improvement Districts
- 7-12-4101. Definitions.
- 7-12-4102. Authorization for creation of special improvement districts -- petition for creation.
- 7-12-4103. Formation of district to defray cost of acquiring private property.
- 7-12-4104. Resolution of intention to create special improvement district.
- 7-12-4105. Reference to description in resolution of intention sufficient.
- 7-12-4106. Notice of passage of resolution of intention -- exception.
- 7-12-4107. Repealed.
- 7-12-4108. Responsibility for posting and publication of notice.
- 7-12-4109. Extension of proposed district.
- 7-12-4110. Protest against proposed work or district.
- 7-12-4111. Repealed.
- 7-12-4112. Hearing on protest.
- 7-12-4113. Sufficient protest to bar proceedings -- exceptions.
- 7-12-4114. Resolution creating special improvement district.
- 7-12-4115. Statement of allocation of assessments to improvements, repairs, and maintenance.
- 7-12-4116. Designation of nature of improvement district.
- 7-12-4117. Combination of several improvements in one resolution.
- 7-12-4118. Adjournment of hearings.
- 7-12-4119. Appointment of person to serve as city engineer.
- 7-12-4120. Provision for municipalities not having mayor.
- 7-12-4121. Record of expenses to be kept by city engineer.
- 7-12-4122. Role of city clerk.
- 7-12-4123. Manner of making demands for incidental expenses.
- 7-12-4124. Water user entities exempt from special assessments.
- 7-12-4125. through reserved.
- 7-12-4130. Transfer of operation, control, and ownership of improvement district facilities to a utility.
- 7-12-4131. Modification of trafficways and courts for special improvement districts.
- 7-12-4132. Power to require underground placement of utilities within district.
- 7-12-4133. Power to require certain utility connections.
- 7-12-4134. Special provision for paving street in which car tracks are located.
- 7-12-4135. Responsibility for repairs due to operation of street railway.
- 7-12-4136. Maintenance of improvements.
- 7-12-4137. Protest procedures for property created as condominium.
- 7-12-4138. through reserved.
- 7-12-4141. Bid for work -- exception.
- 7-12-4142. Opening of bids.
- 7-12-4143. Decision on award of contract.
- 7-12-4144. Procedure if all bids rejected or no bids received.
- 7-12-4145. Procedure for dealing with bid securities.
- 7-12-4146. Retroactive application of bid procedures.
- 7-12-4147. Procedure for property owners to do improvement work.
- 7-12-4148. Contract with successful bidder.
- 7-12-4149. Procedure if successful bidder does not enter into contract.
- 7-12-4150. Effect of failure to enter contract.
- 7-12-4151. Contractor's bond for successful completion of work.
- 7-12-4152. Procedure if person entering contract defaults on work.
- 7-12-4153. Purchase of existing improvement.
- 7-12-4154. through reserved.
- 7-12-4161. Choice in manner of assessing costs.
- 7-12-4162. Assessment of costs -- area option -- assessed valuation option -- equal amount option.
- 7-12-4163. Assessment of costs -- frontage option.
- 7-12-4164. Assessment of costs -- utility service connections -- option.
- 7-12-4165. Assessment of costs -- offstreet parking option.
- 7-12-4166. Land fronting excepted work not subject to assessment.
- 7-12-4167. Provision for grading street by owner of abutting property.
- 7-12-4168. Provision for work other than grading done by owner of property.
- 7-12-4169. Incidental expenses considered as cost of improvements -- costs for bonds or warrants secured by revolving fund -- district reserve account.
- 7-12-4170. Payment of damages incurred as result of improvements.
- 7-12-4171. Treatment of corner lots for purposes of assessment.
- 7-12-4172. Allocation of costs of nonfrontage sides.
- 7-12-4173. Status of federal property within improvement district.
- 7-12-4174. Inclusion and assessment of unplatted, undedicated, or unsurveyed land in improvement district -- inclusion of condominium property.
- 7-12-4175. Offstreet parking option -- ordinance setting forth method of assessment required -- hearing.
- 7-12-4176. Resolution for tax levy upon district property.
- 7-12-4177. Notice of resolution for tax levy -- protest and hearing.
- 7-12-4178. Hearing on resolution for tax levy.
- 7-12-4179. Payment of maintenance costs -- resolution for assessment.
- 7-12-4180. Improvement district maintenance fund.
- 7-12-4181. Collection of district assessments by county clerk -- certification.
- 7-12-4182. Collection of district assessments by city treasurer in cities collecting their own taxes -- delinquencies.
- 7-12-4183. Collection of district assessments by city treasurer in cities where county collects taxes.
- 7-12-4184. Reinstatement of delinquent assessment.
- 7-12-4185. Payment of tax under protest -- action to recover.
- 7-12-4186. Procedure to correct assessment and relevy and collect tax.
- 7-12-4187. Certain errors not to invalidate assessments and liens.
- 7-12-4188. Due date for district assessments.
- 7-12-4189. Simple interest on assessments.
- 7-12-4190. Payment of assessments in installments.
- 7-12-4191. Assessments and certain other charges as liens.
- 7-12-4192. Change in outstanding principal of district -- relevy of assessments.
- 7-12-4193. Pooling of bonds of districts in city.
- 7-12-4194. Refunding bonds.
- 7-12-4195. Pooling of special improvement district bonds and sidewalk, curb, gutter, or alley approach bonds.
- 7-12-4196. and reserved.
- 7-12-4198. Energy performance contracts exempt.
- Part 42. Special Improvement Districts Continued
- 7-12-4201. Use of bonds and warrants.
- 7-12-4202. Repealed.
- 7-12-4203. Details relating to special improvement district bonds and warrants.
- 7-12-4204. Procedure to issue bonds and warrants.
- 7-12-4205. Disposition of bond or warrant proceeds.
- 7-12-4206. Redemption of bonds and warrants.
- 7-12-4207. Investment of interest and sinking fund money.
- 7-12-4208. through reserved.
- 7-12-4221. Creation of special improvement district revolving fund.
- 7-12-4222. Sources of money for revolving fund.
- 7-12-4223. Loans from revolving fund to meet payments on bonds and warrants.
- 7-12-4224. Lien arising due to loan from revolving fund.
- 7-12-4225. Covenants to use revolving fund -- duration of revolving fund obligation -- factors to be considered.
- 7-12-4226. Investment of surplus reserves.
- 7-12-4227. Utilization of excess money in revolving fund.
- 7-12-4228. Disposition of tax certificates and tax lien sale property.
- 7-12-4229. Disposal of funds deposited in revolving fund.
- 7-12-4230. through reserved.
- 7-12-4241. Creation of supplemental revolving fund from parking meter revenue.
- 7-12-4242. Application of provisions relating to supplemental revolving fund.
- 7-12-4243. Procedure to create and maintain supplemental revolving fund.
- 7-12-4244. Issuance of bonds based upon supplemental revolving fund -- election.
- 7-12-4245. Resolution for issuance of bonds.
- 7-12-4246. Determination of cost of improvements.
- 7-12-4247. Details relating to bonds.
- 7-12-4248. Operation and use of supplemental revolving fund.
- 7-12-4249. Meaning of term deficiency.
- 7-12-4250. Obligations of municipalities to bondholders.
- 7-12-4251. Enforcement of bondholders' rights.
- 7-12-4252. Judicial determination of validity of proceedings -- petition.
- 7-12-4253. Nature of court proceedings.
- 7-12-4254. Hearing on petition -- notice.
- 7-12-4255. Contents of notice of hearing -- protest.
- 7-12-4256. Decision of district court.
- 7-12-4257. Appeal from district court to supreme court.
- 7-12-4258. Cost of court proceedings.
- Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts
- 7-12-4301. Special improvement districts for lighting streets authorized.
- 7-12-4302. Resolution of intention to create special improvement lighting district.
- 7-12-4303. Notice of resolution of intent to create lighting district.
- 7-12-4304. Protest against creation of lighting district.
- 7-12-4305. Consideration of protest.
- 7-12-4306. Resolution to create lighting district.
- 7-12-4307. Objections to irregular proceedings or manner of making improvements.
- 7-12-4308. Operation of district.
- 7-12-4309. Record of expenses to be kept by city engineer.
- 7-12-4310. Role of city clerk.
- 7-12-4311. Termination of special improvement lighting district.
- 7-12-4312. through reserved.
- 7-12-4321. Apportionment of costs.
- 7-12-4322. Choice in manner of making assessments.
- 7-12-4323. Assessment of costs -- area or taxable valuation option -- equal assessment option.
- 7-12-4324. Assessment of costs -- frontage option.
- 7-12-4325. Incidental expenses considered as costs of improvements.
- 7-12-4326. Treatment of federal lands within lighting district.
- 7-12-4327. Assessment of costs of lighting district to certain lands lying outside of municipality.
- 7-12-4328. Resolution to provide for assessment of costs of installation.
- 7-12-4329. Notice of resolution for assessment of installation costs -- hearing on resolution.
- 7-12-4330. Hearing on resolution for assessment of installation costs.
- 7-12-4331. Lighting district fund established.
- 7-12-4332. Resolution to provide for assessment of maintenance costs.
- 7-12-4333. Procedure for resolution for assessment of maintenance costs.
- 7-12-4334. Lighting district maintenance fund.
- 7-12-4335. Change of boundaries of maintenance district.
- 7-12-4336. Effect of mistake as to property ownership.
- 7-12-4337. Incorporation of procedures to correct errors and omissions.
- 7-12-4338. Assessments to have effect of lien.
- 7-12-4339. and reserved.
- 7-12-4341. Financing of lighting district improvements.
- 7-12-4342. Details relating to lighting district bonds and warrants.
- 7-12-4343. and reserved.
- 7-12-4345. Water user entities exempt from special assessments.
- 7-12-4346. through reserved.
- 7-12-4351. Major modification of existing lighting district.
- 7-12-4352. Jurisdiction to modify lighting district.
- 7-12-4353. Objections to irregular proceedings or manner of making modification.
- 7-12-4354. Minor modifications exempt.
- Part 44. Special Provisions for Street Maintenance Districts
- 7-12-4401. Street maintenance district authorized -- definition.
- 7-12-4402. Creation of maintenance districts.
- 7-12-4403. Alteration of maintenance districts.
- 7-12-4404. Manner of providing maintenance.
- 7-12-4405. Improvements within maintenance districts -- ordinance required.
- 7-12-4406. Notice of ordinance for improvements.
- 7-12-4407. Protest against ordinance for improvements.
- 7-12-4408. through reserved.
- 7-12-4421. Choice in manner of making assessments.
- 7-12-4422. Assessment of costs -- area, frontage, lot, and taxable valuation options.
- 7-12-4423. Repealed.
- 7-12-4424. Repealed.
- 7-12-4425. Resolution for assessment of costs of maintenance.
- 7-12-4426. Notice of resolution for assessment.
- 7-12-4427. Hearing on resolution for assessment of costs.
- 7-12-4428. Assessment of costs of improvements and maintenance of improvements.
- 7-12-4429. Financial assistance from the United States and state of Montana.
- 7-12-4430. through reserved.
- 7-12-4436. Water user entities exempt from special assessments.
- Part 45. Special Provisions for Street Parking Districts
- 7-12-4501. Abandonment of street parking improvement district -- resolution.
- 7-12-4502. Notice of intention to abandon district.
- 7-12-4503. Protest to abandonment of district.
- 7-12-4504. Responsibility and liability of property owners following abandonment of district.
- 7-12-4505. through reserved.
- 7-12-4511. Water user entities exempt from special assessments.
- Part 46. Fire Hydrant Maintenance Districts
- 7-12-4601. Authorization to create fire hydrant maintenance districts.
- 7-12-4602. Resolution of intention to create a fire hydrant maintenance district.
- 7-12-4603. Notice of resolution of intent to create a fire hydrant maintenance district.
- 7-12-4604. Protest against creation of fire hydrant maintenance district.
- 7-12-4605. Consideration of protest.
- 7-12-4606. Resolution to create fire hydrant maintenance district.
- 7-12-4607. through reserved.
- 7-12-4611. Resolution for assessment -- assessment options.
- 7-12-4612. Collection method -- utility options -- resolution of assessment.
- 7-12-4613. through reserved.
- 7-12-4621. Water user entities exempt from special assessments.