22-1-708. Public library district budget -- property tax levy. (1) The board of trustees shall annually prepare a budget for the ensuing fiscal year and present the budget to the governing body of each county with territory in the public library district at the regular budget meetings as prescribed in Title 7, chapter 6, part 40, and certify the amount of money necessary for the operation of the district for the ensuing fiscal year.
(2) Subject to 15-10-420, the county governing body shall, annually at the time of levying county taxes, fix and levy a tax on all taxable property within the public library district sufficient to raise the amount certified by the board of trustees and approved by the electors. The tax levied may not in any year exceed the maximum amount approved by the electorate pursuant to 22-1-703 or 22-1-709.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 92, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 235, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 22. Libraries, Arts, and Antiquities
Part 7. Public Library Districts
22-1-701. Public library districts -- purpose -- territory
22-1-702. Creation or enlargement of public library district
22-1-703. Election on creation of district
22-1-704. Formation of public library district -- appointment of initial board of trustees
22-1-705. Consolidation of existing public libraries and public library districts
22-1-707. Duties and powers of board of trustees
22-1-708. Public library district budget -- property tax levy
22-1-709. Election to change maximum property tax mill levy
22-1-710. Dissolution of public library district
22-1-711. Effect of dissolution
22-1-712. Multijurisdictional public library districts -- administration