Montana Code 7-6-107. Procedure for subdivisions other than county to deal directly with United States
7-6-107. Procedure for subdivisions other than county to deal directly with United States. (1) If the United States declines to deal with a board with respect to any political subdivision whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county or in the event the jurisdictional limits of a political subdivision lie in more than one county, that subdivision is hereby:
Terms Used In Montana Code 7-6-107
- 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
- Governing body: shall mean the commission, board, body, or persons in which the powers of a subdivision as a body corporate or otherwise are vested. See Montana Code 7-6-101
- Political subdivision: shall mean any agency or unit of this state which now is or hereafter shall be authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied. 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
- United States: shall mean the United States of America. See Montana Code 7-6-101
(a)authorized to make request of the United States for payments of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay; and
(b)empowered to enter into agreements with the United States for the performance by the subdivision of services for the benefit of a project and for the payment by the United States to the subdivision, in one or more installments, of such sums in lieu of taxes.
(2)The amount of such payment may be based upon the cost of performing such services during the period of the agreement, after taking into consideration the benefits to be derived by the subdivision from the project, but shall not be in excess of the taxes which would result to the political subdivision for the period if the real property of the project within the political subdivision were taxable. Whenever any payment is received by a subdivision under an agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the governing body of such subdivision shall issue a receipt for such payment.