Montana Code Annotated
Part 40. Local Government Budget Act
7-6-4013. Fees for services -- hearing and resolution

7-6-4013. Fees for services -- hearing and resolution. (1) If a local government has the authority to regulate, establish, and change fees, rates, charges, and classifications that are imposed for services to its inhabitants and other persons served by the local government, the fees, rates, charges, and classifications must be reasonable and related to the cost of providing the service.
(2) Charges for services must comply with Title 17, chapter 2, part 3, and other applicable statutes.
(3) In order to establish or change fees, rates, charges, or classifications imposed for services, the governing body shall order a hearing to be held as provided in 7-1-4131, unless a special hearing process is provided by law. Municipal utility rate hearings must be held as provided in 69-7-112.
(4) Notice of a hearing must be published as provided in 7-1-2121 for a county and as provided in 7-1-4127 for a municipality.
(5) After a hearing, the fees, rates, charges, or classifications must be established by resolution of the governing body.
History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 278, L. 2001.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 7. Local Government

Chapter 6. Financial Administration and Taxation

Part 40. Local Government Budget Act

7-6-4001. Short title -- applicability

7-6-4002. Definitions

7-6-4003. Budget and levies supplied to department of administration

7-6-4004. Budget fund structure

7-6-4005. Expenditures limited to appropriations

7-6-4006. Appropriation power -- requirements

7-6-4007. through 7-6-4010 reserved

7-6-4011. Use of bond proceeds and borrowed money

7-6-4012. Fee based budgets -- adjustable appropriation

7-6-4013. Fees for services -- hearing and resolution

7-6-4014. Restriction on tax-financed expenditures if voter approval required

7-6-4015. Payments for judgments

7-6-4016. through 7-6-4019 reserved

7-6-4020. Preliminary annual operating budget

7-6-4021. Notice of preliminary or amended budget

7-6-4022. District court budgets

7-6-4023. Repealed

7-6-4024. Hearing on preliminary budget

7-6-4025. Receipt and expenditure of money prior to adoption of final budget

7-6-4026. through 7-6-4029 reserved

7-6-4030. Final budget -- resolution -- appropriations

7-6-4031. Budget amendment procedures

7-6-4032. Emergency expenditures

7-6-4033. Expenditure limitation

7-6-4034. Determination of fund requirements -- property tax levy

7-6-4035. Tax levies for boards and commissions -- bond exemption

7-6-4036. Fixing tax levy

7-6-4037. Cause of action -- failure to adopt or submit an annual operating budget

7-6-4038. Filing of claims against local government entity -- disposition by department as prerequisite