Montana Code 20-9-116. Resolution of intent to increase nonvoted levy — notice
20-9-116. (Temporary) Resolution of intent to increase nonvoted levy — notice. (1) The trustees of a school district shall adopt a resolution no later than March 31 of each fiscal year and provide notice pursuant to subsection (2) whenever the trustees intend to impose an increase in a nonvoted levy in the ensuing school fiscal year for the purposes of funding any of the funds listed below:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-9-116
- Adult education: means the instruction of persons 16 years of age or older who are not regularly enrolled, full-time pupils for the purposes of ANB computation and the provision of advanced opportunities to qualified pupils pursuant to Title 20, chapter 7, part 15. See Montana Code 20-7-701
- district: means the territory, regardless of county boundaries, organized under the provisions of this title to provide public educational services under the jurisdiction of the trustees prescribed by this title. See Montana Code 20-6-101
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- fund: means a separate detailed account of receipts and expenditures for a specific purpose as authorized by law or by the superintendent of public instruction under the provisions of subsection (2). See Montana Code 20-9-201
- school: means an institution for the teaching of children that is established and maintained under the laws of the state of Montana at public expense. See Montana Code 20-6-501
- Transportation: means :
(a)a district's conveyance of a pupil by a school bus between the pupil's legal residence or an officially designated bus stop and the school designated by the trustees for the pupil's attendance; or
(b)individual transportation. See Montana Code 20-10-101
- Trustees: means the governing board of a district. See Montana Code 20-1-101
(a)the tuition fund under 20-5-324;
(b)the adult education fund under 20-7-705;
(c)the transportation fund under 20-10-143 and 20-10-144;
(d)the bus depreciation reserve fund under 20-10-147; and
(e)the flexibility fund established in 20-9-543 for the purposes in 20-7-1602.
(2)The trustees shall provide notice of intent to impose an increase in a nonvoted levy for the ensuing school fiscal year by:
(a)adopting a resolution of intent to impose an increase in a nonvoted levy that includes, at a minimum, the estimated number of increased or decreased mills to be imposed and the estimated increased or decreased revenue to be raised compared to nonvoted levies under subsections (1)(a) through (1)(e) imposed in the current school fiscal year and, based on the district’s taxable valuation most recently certified by the department of revenue under 15-10-202, the estimated impacts of the increase or decrease on a home valued at $100,000 and a home valued at $200,000; and
(b)publishing in a newspaper that will give notice to the largest number of people of the district as determined by the trustees and posting to the school district’s website:
(i)the resolution under subsection (2)(a); and
(ii)the resolution under 20-9-502(3)(a)(i) if adopted by the trustees. (Terminates June 30, 2027–sec. 7, Ch. 402, L. 2019.)