7-12-4137. Protest procedures for property created as condominium. (1) Whenever property created as a condominium is included within the boundaries of a proposed district and the proposed work or the creation of the district relates to or affects property created as a condominium, and not solely a certain unit in the condominium, the owner of the property created as a condominium that is entitled to protest under this part is collectively the owners of all units having an undivided ownership interest in the common elements of the condominium.
(2) An owner of property created as a condominium may protest against the proposed work or against the extent or creation of the district to be assessed, or both, only through a president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of the condominium owners' association who timely presents to the clerk of the city or town council or commission in accordance with 7-12-4110:
(a) a writing identifying the condominium property;
(b) the condominium declaration or other condominium document that shows how votes of unit owners in the condominium are calculated;
(c) original signatures of owners of units in the condominium having an undivided ownership interest in the common elements of the condominium sufficient to constitute an affirmative vote for an undertaking relating to the common elements under the condominium declaration; and
(d) a certificate signed by the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of the condominium owners' association certifying that the votes of the unit owners as evidenced by the signatures of the owners are sufficient to constitute an affirmative vote of the condominium owners' association to protest against the proposed work or against the extent or creation of the district, or both.
(3) Each holder of title to a unit in a condominium that is within a proposed district is entitled to notice of the passage of the resolution of intention as provided in this part, and if the district is created and assessments levied, assessments must be levied against the units in the condominium as provided in this part.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 277, L. 2003.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 12. Improvement Districts
Part 41. Special Improvement Districts
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
7-12-4108. Responsibility for posting and publication of notice
7-12-4109. Extension of proposed district
7-12-4110. Protest against proposed work or district
7-12-4113. 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
7-12-4123. Manner of making demands for incidental expenses
7-12-4124. Water user entities exempt from special assessments
7-12-4125. through 7-12-4129 reserved
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 7-12-4140 reserved
7-12-4141. Bid for work -- exception
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 7-12-4160 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
7-12-4170. 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
7-12-4176. 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
7-12-4184. 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