Montana Code Annotated
Part 20. Indebtedness, Bonds, and Bankruptcy
85-7-2045. Right to protest levy of special taxes or assessments

85-7-2045. Right to protest levy of special taxes or assessments. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), within 30 days after the first publication date of a notice of a resolution of intention, a property owner liable to be assessed for the costs of improvements proposed in the resolution of intention pursuant to 85-7-2043 may make a written protest against the proposed issuance of the bonds or proposed levy of special taxes or assessments, or both. The protest must be in writing, identify the property owned by the protestor, and be signed by all owners of the property. The protest must be delivered to the commission secretary, who shall endorse the date of the receipt of the protest document.
(2) If the 30-day period described in subsection (1) concludes on a holiday pursuant to 1-1-216 or a Saturday or a Sunday, the period of protest is extended to the day immediately following the holiday, Saturday, or Sunday.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "owner" means, as of the date a protest is filed, the record owner of fee simple title to the irrigable acres to be assessed. The term does not include a tenant or other holder of a leasehold interest in the irrigable acres.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 495, L. 2021.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 85. Water Use

Chapter 7. Irrigation Districts

Part 20. Indebtedness, Bonds, and Bankruptcy

85-7-2001. Limitations on debt-incurring power

85-7-2002. through 85-7-2010 reserved

85-7-2011. Exemption of irrigation district property

85-7-2012. Purposes for which bonds may be issued

85-7-2013. Majority vote, petition, and protest requirements

85-7-2014. Procedure after election, petition, or resolution filed

85-7-2015. Effect of contracting with United States

85-7-2016. Repealed

85-7-2017. Repealed

85-7-2018. Repealed

85-7-2019. Refunding bonds

85-7-2020. Details relating to bonds

85-7-2021. Liens of bonds

85-7-2022. Sale of bonds

85-7-2023. Notice of sale of bonds

85-7-2024. Issuance of bonds for direct contract payments

85-7-2025. Cancellation of unused bonds

85-7-2026. Delivery of bonds

85-7-2027. Disposition of bond proceeds

85-7-2028. through 85-7-2030 reserved

85-7-2031. Amending or supplementing United States contracts -- effect on indebtedness

85-7-2032. Amending or supplementing United States contracts -- petition, election, or resolution not necessary

85-7-2033. Private sale of bonds

85-7-2034. through 85-7-2040 reserved

85-7-2041. Bankruptcy proceedings by irrigation districts

85-7-2042. Levy of special taxes or assessments by resolution

85-7-2043. Resolution of intent to levy special taxes or assessments -- determination of irrigable acres

85-7-2044. Notice of resolution of intention for levy of special taxes or assessments -- hearing -- exception

85-7-2045. Right to protest levy of special taxes or assessments

85-7-2046. Hearing on protest

85-7-2047. Sufficient protest to bar issuance of bonds and to postpone further special tax or assessment proceedings

85-7-2048. Resolution authorizing special taxes or assessments

85-7-2049. Adjournment of hearings on resolutions for special taxes or assessments

85-7-2050. Collection of special taxes or assessments by county treasurer -- delinquencies