Montana Code Annotated
Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program
76-15-505. Authorization to borrow money -- limitations

76-15-505. Authorization to borrow money -- limitations. (1) If, after the levy of the annual assessments for the current year, the board of supervisors finds that, because of some unusual or unforeseen cause, funds raised through the collection of the assessments and from other sources will not be sufficient for the proper maintenance and operation of the district and the works in the district, the board of supervisors may:
(a) borrow additional funds needed in an amount not to exceed 50 cents per acre for the lands within the district and may pledge the credit of the district for the payment of the funds; or
(b) request the county commissioners to issue and register warrants in anticipation of further collections.
(2) Subject to 15-10-420, the board of supervisors shall include in the levy for the ensuing year the amount required to pay the loan or to retire the warrants. The warrants may not exceed 90% of the assessment for the year.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 291, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 76-220; amd. Sec. 287, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 196, Ch. 574, L. 2001.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 76. Land Resources and Use

Chapter 15. Conservation Districts

Part 5. Financial Aspects of Conservation Districts Loan Program

76-15-501. Financial management

76-15-502. Allocation of state funds among districts

76-15-503. Permissible uses of state money

76-15-504. Repealed

76-15-505. Authorization to borrow money -- limitations

76-15-506. Bonds authorized -- election

76-15-507. Investment of funds

76-15-508. Management of surplus funds

76-15-509. and 76-15-510 reserved

76-15-511. Estimate of money to be raised by assessment

76-15-512. Expenses to be covered by estimate

76-15-513. Division between counties of money to be raised by regular and special assessment

76-15-514. Regular and special assessments

76-15-515. Regular assessment

76-15-516. Levy of regular and special assessments

76-15-517. Repealed

76-15-518. Certification of assessment to department of revenue -- entry on property tax record

76-15-519. Application of general law on levy and collection

76-15-520. Liability of county officers

76-15-521. Principal county defined

76-15-522. Settlements by county treasurers other than of principal county

76-15-523. Depository of district funds

76-15-524. Receipt and crediting of district funds -- responsibility on bond

76-15-525. Payment of district money -- warrants

76-15-526. Treasurer's reports

76-15-527. Purpose of expenditures

76-15-528. Lien for special assessments

76-15-529. Assessments unaffected by misnomers and mistakes relating to ownership

76-15-530. Conservation district appropriations -- administration

76-15-531. Special administrative assessment permitted -- voter approval

76-15-532. Limitations -- reduction or repeal of special administrative assessment

76-15-533. through 76-15-540 reserved

76-15-541. Conservation practice loan program -- definition

76-15-542. Conservation practice loan account

76-15-543. Application for loan

76-15-544. Eligibility for loan

76-15-545. Criteria for evaluation of loan applicants -- preferences

76-15-546. Terms and conditions of loan

76-15-547. Rules for loan program