7-22-2148. Payment of weed control expenses -- tax liability. (1) The expenses incurred by the board for noxious weed control undertaken pursuant to 7-22-2134 must be paid by the county out of the noxious weed fund.
(2) If the sum to be repaid by the landowner billed under 7-22-2134 is not repaid on or before the date due, the county clerk shall certify the amount due, with the description of the land to be charged, and shall enter the amount on the assessment list of the county as a special tax on the land. If the land is exempt from general taxation for any reason, the amount due and to be repaid may be recovered by direct claim against the landowner and collected in the same manner as personal taxes.
(3) All amounts collected pursuant to subsection (2) must be deposited in the noxious weed fund.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 195, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 90, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 228, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1715(part); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 249, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 607, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 530, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 320, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 301, L. 2013.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 22. Weed and Pest Control
7-22-2102. Weed management districts established
7-22-2103. District weed board -- appointment -- commissioner powers
7-22-2106. Renumbered 7-22-2115
7-22-2107. Renumbered 7-22-2116
7-22-2108. Renumbered 7-22-2117
7-22-2109. Powers and duties of board
7-22-2111. Liability restrictions
7-22-2112. Information on herbicide use
7-22-2115. Noxious weeds and seeds declared nuisance
7-22-2116. Unlawful to permit noxious weeds to propagate -- notice required in sale
7-22-2118. and 7-22-2119 reserved
7-22-2120. Funding -- reporting requirements -- emergency exemption
7-22-2121. Weed management program
7-22-2128. and 7-22-2129 reserved
7-22-2130. Weed district coordinator training
7-22-2131. Noncompliance with weed control requirements -- general notice
7-22-2132. Procedures for compliance
7-22-2133. Noncompliance -- actions for landowners
7-22-2134. Noncompliance -- actions by board
7-22-2135. through 7-22-2140 reserved
7-22-2142. Sources of money for noxious weed fund
7-22-2143. Determination of cost of weed control program
7-22-2144. Payment of cost of weed control program
7-22-2145. Expenditures from noxious weed fund
7-22-2146. Financial assistance to persons responsible for weed control
7-22-2148. Payment of weed control expenses -- tax liability
7-22-2150. Cooperation with state and federal-aid programs
7-22-2151. Cooperative agreements
7-22-2152. Revegetation of rights-of-way and areas that have potential for noxious weed infestation
7-22-2154. Public purchase or receipt of property -- weed management plan