§ 7-12-2101 Definitions
§ 7-12-2102 Authorization to create rural improvement districts — property owners may petition for creation
§ 7-12-2103 Resolution of intention to create rural improvement district
§ 7-12-2104 Sufficiency of description in resolution of intention
§ 7-12-2105 Notice of resolution of intention to create district — hearing — exception
§ 7-12-2106 Repealed
§ 7-12-2107 Responsibility for posting and publication of notice
§ 7-12-2108 Extension of proposed district
§ 7-12-2109 Right to protest creation or extension of district — exception
§ 7-12-2110 Repealed
§ 7-12-2111 Hearing on protest
§ 7-12-2112 Sufficient protest to bar proceedings — exception
§ 7-12-2113 Resolution creating district — power to order improvements
§ 7-12-2114 Area includable within district
§ 7-12-2115 Adjournment of hearing
§ 7-12-2116 County surveyor as improvement district engineer
§ 7-12-2117 Record of expenses to be kept by engineer
§ 7-12-2118 Role of county clerk
§ 7-12-2119 Manner of making demands for incidental expenses
§ 7-12-2120 Maintenance of improvements
§ 7-12-2121 Administration of multicounty district
§ 7-12-2122 Term of office of multicounty district trustee
§ 7-12-2123 Powers of multicounty district board of trustees
§ 7-12-2124 Dissolution of district
§ 7-12-2125 Right to protest dissolution of district
§ 7-12-2126 Transfer of management and control of district to city or town
§ 7-12-2127 Transfer of operation, control, and ownership of improvement district facilities to a utility
§ 7-12-2128 Transfer of ownership of improvements — petition — hearing — effect of transfer
§ 7-12-2131 Bids for district work — exception
§ 7-12-2132 Advertising for bids
§ 7-12-2133 Competitive bidding not required for purchase of existing improvement
§ 7-12-2134 Opening of bids
§ 7-12-2135 Decision on award of contract
§ 7-12-2136 Procedure if all bids rejected or no bids received
§ 7-12-2137 Procedure for dealing with bid securities
§ 7-12-2138 Contractor’s bond for successful completion of work
§ 7-12-2139 Procedure if person entering contract defaults on work
§ 7-12-2140 Procedure for objection to proceedings
§ 7-12-2141 Protest procedures for property created as condominium
§ 7-12-2151 Assessment of costs
§ 7-12-2152 Exception for owners of water ditches under certain circumstances
§ 7-12-2153 Incidental expenses considered as cost of improvements — costs for bonds or warrants secured by revolving fund — district reserve account
§ 7-12-2154 Payment of damages incurred as result of improvements
§ 7-12-2155 Apportionment of costs between corner lots and inside lots
§ 7-12-2156 Responsibility for costs for improvements close to street railway
§ 7-12-2157 Status of federal property within improvement district
§ 7-12-2158 Resolution for levy and assessment of tax
§ 7-12-2159 Notice of resolution for levy and assessment of tax — protest and hearing
§ 7-12-2160 Hearing on protest
§ 7-12-2161 Payment of maintenance costs — resolution for assessment and for change of boundaries — assessment for administrative costs
§ 7-12-2162 Improvement district maintenance fund
§ 7-12-2163 Collection of district assessments by county treasurer — delinquencies
§ 7-12-2164 Payment of tax under protest — action to recover
§ 7-12-2165 Procedure to correct assessment and relevy and collect tax
§ 7-12-2166 Certain errors not to invalidate assessments or liens
§ 7-12-2167 Term of payment of assessments
§ 7-12-2168 Assessments and certain other charges as liens
§ 7-12-2169 Use of bonds and warrants
§ 7-12-2170 Repealed
§ 7-12-2171 Details relating to rural improvement district bonds and warrants
§ 7-12-2172 Procedure to issue bonds and warrants
§ 7-12-2173 Disposition of bond or warrant proceeds
§ 7-12-2174 Redemption of bonds and warrants
§ 7-12-2175 Investment of maintenance, interest, and sinking fund money
§ 7-12-2176 Interest rate on unpaid assessments
§ 7-12-2181 Creation of rural improvement district revolving fund
§ 7-12-2182 Sources of money for revolving fund
§ 7-12-2183 Loan from revolving fund to meet payments on bonds and warrants or to make emergency repairs
§ 7-12-2184 Lien arising due to loan from revolving fund
§ 7-12-2185 Covenants to use revolving fund — duration of revolving fund obligation — factors to be considered
§ 7-12-2186 Utilization of excess money in revolving fund
§ 7-12-2191 Change in outstanding principal of district — relevy of assessments
§ 7-12-2192 Pooling of bonds of districts in county
§ 7-12-2193 Refunding bonds
§ 7-12-2196 Water user entities exempt from special assessments
§ 7-12-2197 reserved
§ 7-12-2198 Energy performance contracts exempt

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 7 > Chapter 12 > Part 21 - Rural Improvement Districts

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • blocks: means blocks, whether regular or irregular, that are bounded by main streets or partially by a boundary line of the city. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • board of county commissioners: includes any body or board that under the law is the legislative department of the government of the county. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county clerk: as used in this part , include any person or officer who is clerk of the board of county commissioners. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • county treasurer: as used in this part , means and includes any person who, under whatever name or title, is the custodian of the funds of the county. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • engineer: as used in this part , means the person, firm, or corporation designated by the board of county commissioners as the engineer for the improvement. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • 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.
  • Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
    • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
    • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
    • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • improvements: as used in this part , include all work or the securing of property, by purchase or otherwise, mentioned in this part and also the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of any portion of the work. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • incidental expenses: as used in this part , includes:

    (a)the compensation of the engineer for work done;

    (b)the cost of printing and advertising, as provided in this part;

    (c)interest on warrants of the county issued to pay costs of improvements, as provided in this part;

    (d)costs of issuance of the bonds or warrants of the special improvement district, including costs of printing the bonds, bond registration fees, attorney fees and financial consultants' fees, a premium for bond insurance, any price paid by the original purchaser of the bonds that is less than the face amount of the bonds, and interest to accrue on bonds or warrants of the special improvement district before assessments levied by the district are collected in amounts and at times sufficient to pay the interest; and

    (e)a reasonable administrative fee payable to the county for the creation and administration of the district by the county, its officers, and its employees. See Montana Code 7-12-2101

  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • main street: means an actually opened street or streets as bound a block. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Printing: means the act of reproducing a design on a surface by any process. See Montana Code 1-1-203
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Real property: means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • Several: means two or more. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • 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
  • street: as used in this part , includes avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings or intersections, courts, and places that have been dedicated and accepted according to the law or in common and undisputed use by the public for a period of not less than 5 years. See Montana Code 7-12-2101
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203