Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     7-15-4290. Use of property taxes and other revenues for payment of bonds. (1) The tax increment derived from an urban renewal area may be pledged for the payment of revenue bonds issued for urban renewal projects or of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or special assessment bonds issued to pay urban renewal costs described in 7-15-4288 and 7-15-4289. The tax increment derived from an industrial district may be pledged for the payment of revenue bonds issued for industrial infrastructure development projects or of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or special assessment bonds issued to pay industrial district costs described in 7-15-4288 and 7-15-4289. Any municipality issuing such bonds may, by resolution of its governing body, enter into a covenant for the security of the bondholders, detailing the calculation and adjustment of the tax increment and the taxable value on which it is based and, after a public hearing, pledging or appropriating other revenues of the municipality, except property taxes prohibited by subsection (2), to the payment of such bonds if collections of the tax increment are insufficient.
     (2) No property taxes, except the tax increment derived from property within the urban renewal area or industrial district and tax collections used to pay for services provided to the municipality by an urban renewal project or an industrial infrastructure development project, may be applied to the payment of bonds issued pursuant to 7-15-4301 for which a tax increment has been pledged.

     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(part); amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 667, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 615, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 712, L. 1989.

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