Montana Code Annotated 2011

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     7-15-4283. Definitions related to tax increment financing. For purposes of 7-15-4282 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 last equalized assessment roll.
     (2) "Aerospace transportation and technology district" means a tax increment financing aerospace transportation and technology district created pursuant to 7-15-4296.
     (3) "Aerospace transportation and technology infrastructure development project" means a project undertaken within or for an aerospace transportation and technology district that consists of any of the activities authorized by 7-15-4288.
     (4) "Base taxable value" means the actual taxable value of all taxable property within an urban renewal area, industrial district, technology district, or aerospace transportation and technology 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.
     (5) "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, industrial district, technology district, or aerospace transportation and technology district subject to taxation.
     (6) "Industrial district" means a tax increment financing industrial district created pursuant to 7-15-4297 through 7-15-4299.
     (7) "Industrial infrastructure development project" means a project undertaken within or for an industrial district that consists of any of the activities authorized by 7-15-4288.
     (8) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town, county, or city-county consolidated local government for the purposes of:
     (a) an industrial district operating pursuant to 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4294 and Title 7, chapter 15, part 43;
     (b) a technology district operating pursuant to 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4294 and Title 7, chapter 15, part 43; or
     (c) an aerospace transportation and technology district operating pursuant to 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4294 and Title 7, chapter 15, part 43.
     (9) "Tax increment" means the collections realized from extending the tax levies, expressed in mills, of all taxing bodies in which the urban renewal area, industrial district, technology district, aerospace transportation and technology district, or a part of an area or district is located against the incremental taxable value.
     (10) "Tax increment provision" means a provision for the segregation and application of tax increments as authorized by 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4299.
     (11) "Taxes" means all taxes levied by a taxing body against property on an ad valorem basis.
     (12) "Taxing body" means any incorporated city or town, county, city-county consolidated local government, school district, or other political subdivision or governmental unit of the state, including the state, that levies taxes against property within the urban renewal area, industrial district, technology district, or an aerospace transportation and technology district.
     (13) "Technology district" means a tax increment financing district created pursuant to 7-15-4295.
     (14) "Technology infrastructure development project" means a project undertaken within or for a technology district that consists of any of the activities authorized by 7-15-4288.

     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; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 269, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 114, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 566, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 394, L. 2009.

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