15-6-137. Class seven property -- description -- taxable percentage. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), class seven property includes:
(a) all property owned by cooperative rural electrical associations that serve less than 95% of the electricity consumers within the incorporated limits of a city or town, except rural electric cooperative properties described in 15-6-141(1)(c);
(b) electric transformers and meters; electric light and power substation machinery; natural gas measuring and regulating station equipment, meters, and compressor station machinery owned by noncentrally assessed public utilities; and tools used in the repair and maintenance of this property.
(2) Class seven property does not include wind generation facilities, biomass generation facilities, energy storage facilities classified under 15-6-157, and property classified under 15-6-163.
(3) Class seven property is taxed at 8% of its market value.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 693, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 330, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 352, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 61, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 576, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 10, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 505, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 426, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 563, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 357, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 309, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 291, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 6. Property Subject to Taxation
15-6-101. Property subject to taxation -- classification
15-6-122. Business equipment tax on business personal property
15-6-123. through 15-6-130 reserved
15-6-131. Class one property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-132. Class two property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-133. Class three property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-134. Class four property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-135. Class five property -- description -- taxable percentage -- exemption
15-6-137. Class seven property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-138. Class eight property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-141. Class nine property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-143. Class ten property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-145. Class twelve property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-156. Class thirteen property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-157. Class fourteen property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-158. Class fifteen property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-159. Class sixteen property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-160. and 15-6-161 reserved
15-6-162. Class seventeen property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-163. Class eighteen property -- description -- taxable percentage
15-6-164. through 15-6-190 reserved
15-6-192. Application for classification as new industrial property