Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 6. FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND TAXATION

Part 1. In-Lieu Payments for Taxes

Authorization To Request In-Lieu Payments For Taxes From United States

7-6-102. Authorization to request in-lieu payments for taxes from United States. (1) The board of county commissioners of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered:

(a) to make requests of the United States, for and on behalf of the county and the political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay; and

(b) to enter into agreements with the United States, in the name of the county, for the performance of services by the county and such political subdivisions for the benefit of the project and for the payment by the United States to the county, in one or more installments, of such sums in lieu of taxes.

(2) Each agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (1) shall contain the names of the political subdivisions with respect to which it is consummated and a statement of the proportionate share of the payment by the United States to which each such subdivision shall be entitled.

History: (1)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 59, L. 1939; Sec. 84-5507, R.C.M. 1947 (2)En. Sec. 4, Ch. 59, L. 1939; Sec. 84-5509, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5507, 84-5509.