SENATE BILL NO. 303
INTRODUCED BY D. HARGROVE
AN ACT REVISING THE MANNER OF DETERMINING PROPERTY TAXES IMPOSED ON AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND FOREST LAND FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON BONDS ISSUED BY A PUBLIC BODY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE; AMENDING SECTION 76-6-109, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 76-6-109, MCA, is amended to read:
"76-6-109. Powers of public bodies. (1) A public body has all the
powers necessary or convenient power to carry out the purposes and
provisions of this chapter, including the following powers in addition to
others granted by this chapter:
(a) to borrow funds and make expenditures necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(b) to advance or accept advances of public funds;
(c) to apply for and accept and utilize use grants and any other assistance
from the federal government and any other public or private sources, to give
security as may be required, to enter into and carry out contracts or
agreements in connection with the assistance, and to include in any contract
for assistance from the federal government conditions imposed pursuant to
federal laws as the public body may consider reasonable and appropriate and
that are not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter;
(d) to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this chapter;
(e) in connection with the real property acquired or designated for the purposes of this chapter, to provide or to arrange or contract for the provision, construction, maintenance, operation, or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities or structures that may be necessary to the provision, preservation, maintenance, and management of the property as open-space land;
(f) to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the public body against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on the insurance;
(g) to demolish or dispose of any structures or facilities that may be detrimental to or inconsistent with the use of real property as open-space land; and
(h) to exercise any or all of its functions and powers under this chapter
jointly or cooperatively with public bodies of one or more states, if they are
authorized by state law, and with one or more public bodies of this state and
to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative action.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter, the state or a city, town, other municipality, or county may:
(a) appropriate funds;
(b) subject to 15-10-420, levy taxes and assessments according to existing codes and statutes not to exceed 1 mill;
(c) issue and sell its general obligation bonds in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the applicable laws of the state, subject to subsection (3); and
(d) exercise its powers under this chapter through a board or commission or through the office or officers that its governing body by resolution determines or as the governor determines in the case of the state.
(3) Property taxes levied to pay the principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued by a city, town, other municipality, or county pursuant to this chapter may not be levied against the following property:
(a) agricultural land eligible for valuation, assessment, and taxation as agricultural land under 15-7-202;
(b) forest land as defined in 15-44-102;
(c) all agricultural improvements on agricultural land referred to in subsection (3)(a);
(d) all noncommercial improvements on forest land referred to in subsection (3)(b);
(e) agricultural implements and equipment described in 15-6-138(1)(a); and
(f) livestock described in 15-6-136(1)(a)."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
Section 3. Applicability. [This act] applies to mill levies assessed against property for the payment of interest and principal on open-space bonds issued after [the effective date of this act].
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