1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 7
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 13
  5. 7-3-1310 Limitation on tax levy

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued

Limitation On Tax Levy

7-3-1310. Limitation on tax levy. (1) An ordinance, conforming to 15-10-420, making the annual tax levy must be passed fixing the rate to be levied upon all property within the municipality to defray current expenses.

(2) Subject to 15-10-420, taxes required to be levied on account of the debt of the municipality or any district are not affected by the limits.

History: (1)En. Sec. 55, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.55, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 81, L. 1967; Sec. 11-3455, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 56, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.56, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3456, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3455, 11-3456; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 574, L. 2001.