Montana Code 7-6-102. Authorization to request in-lieu payments for taxes from United States
7-6-102. Authorization to request in-lieu payments for taxes from United States. (1) The board of county commissioners of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered:
Terms Used In Montana Code 7-6-102
- Agreement: shall mean contract and shall include renewals and alterations of a contract. See Montana Code 7-6-101
- Board: shall mean the board of county commissioners of any county in this state. See Montana Code 7-6-101
- Project: shall mean any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States or any other lands formerly upon the tax rolls and purchased by the United States and used for resettlement, rehabilitation, or grazing purposes, located within this state or any political subdivision thereof, and shall include the persons inhabiting, occupying, or using any lands so owned or acquired by the United States. See Montana Code 7-6-101
- Services: shall mean such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in and persons residing within a political subdivision. See Montana Code 7-6-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- United States: shall mean the United States of America. See Montana Code 7-6-101
(a)to make requests of the United States, for and on behalf of the county and the political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay; and
(b)to enter into agreements with the United States, in the name of the county, for the performance of services by the county and such political subdivisions for the benefit of the project and for the payment by the United States to the county, in one or more installments, of such sums in lieu of taxes.
(2)Each agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (1) shall contain the names of the political subdivisions with respect to which it is consummated and a statement of the proportionate share of the payment by the United States to which each such subdivision shall be entitled.