Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     7-15-4283. Definitions related to tax increment financing. For purposes of 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4292 and 7-15-4297 through 7-15-4299, the following definitions apply unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context:
     (1) "Actual taxable value" means the taxable value of taxable property at any time, as calculated from the assessment roll last equalized.
     (2) "Base taxable value" means the actual taxable value of all taxable property within an urban renewal area or industrial district prior to the effective date of a tax increment financing provision. This value may be adjusted as provided in 7-15-4287 or 7-15-4293.
     (3) "Incremental taxable value" means the amount, if any, by which the actual taxable value at any time exceeds the base taxable value of all property within an urban renewal area or industrial district subject to taxation.
     (4) "Industrial district" means a tax increment financing industrial district created pursuant to 7-15-4299.
     (5) "Industrial infrastructure development project" means a project undertaken within or for an industrial district that consists of any or all of the activities authorized by 7-15-4288.
     (6) "Municipality", for the purpose of an industrial district created pursuant to 7-15-4297 through 7-15-4299 and operating pursuant to 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4293 and part 43 of this chapter, means any incorporated city or town, county, or city-county consolidated local government.
     (7) "Tax increment" means the collections realized from extending the tax levies, expressed in mills, of all taxing bodies in which the urban renewal area or industrial district or a part thereof is located against the incremental taxable value.
     (8) "Tax increment provision" means a provision for the segregation and application of tax increments as authorized by 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4292.
     (9) "Taxes" means all taxes levied by a taxing body against property on an ad valorem basis.
     (10) "Taxing body" means any city, town, county, school district, or other political subdivision or governmental unit of the state, including the state, which levies taxes against property within the urban renewal area or industrial district.

     History: En. 11-3921 by Sec. 1, Ch. 287, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 452, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 532, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3921(2); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 667, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 712, L. 1989.

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