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Code · Montana · Title 7 — Local Government · Chapter 12 · Part 22

7-12-2202. Apportionment of costs of maintaining lighting system.

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7-12-2202 . Apportionment of costs of maintaining lighting system.
(1)The cost of the maintenance and operating service to a lighting rural improvement district may be apportioned among the various tracts of land within the district:
(a)in proportion to the assessed value of the lands within the district, as determined by the board of county commissioners;
(b)by assessing the cost equally against each of the lots or parcels located within the district;
(c)at the option of the board and as determined by the board, in proportion to the lineal front footage of each tract, any part of which is in the district and abuts the street or roadway along which the lighting system is to be maintained; or
(d)in proportion to the area, as determined by the board, of that portion of each tract included in the district.
(a)By the later of the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in September or 30 days after receiving certified taxable values, the board shall pass and finally adopt a resolution levying and assessing upon all the property within the district an amount equal to the whole cost of maintaining the lighting system. The levy and assessment must be proportioned against the tracts of land in the district as provided in this part.
(b)The resolution levying assessments to defray the cost of maintenance must be prepared and certified to in the same manner as a resolution levying assessments for making, constructing, and installing improvements in the district.
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