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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-12-2120 (2026)

Maintenance Of Improvements

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TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 12. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts

Maintenance Of Improvements

7-12-2120. Maintenance of improvements. (1) Whenever sanitary or storm sewers, lights or light systems, waterworks plants, water systems, sidewalks, or any other special improvements petitioned for or created by the state or federal government have been made, built, constructed, erected, or accomplished as provided in this part, the board of county commissioners under whose jurisdiction the district was created or supervised or directed shall adequately and suitably maintain and preserve the improvements and keep those improvements in proper repair and operation, by contract or otherwise.

(2) The whole cost of maintaining, preserving, and repairing improvements in any improvement district may, in the discretion of the board, be paid by assessing the entire district in the method provided for by 7-12-2108.

History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 19, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4592, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 133, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 104, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 4592, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1619(1); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 277, L. 2003.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1988–1998 · leading case: Seypar, Inc. v. Water & Sewer Dist. No. 363, 1998 MT 149, 960 P.2d 311.
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Seypar, Inc. v. Water & Sewer Dist. No. 363, 1998 MT 149, 960 P.2d 311. · cites it 35× “Seypar contends that the whole cost of maintaining, preserving or repairing improvements should have been assessed to the entire District and paid by the property owners through taxes, under § 7-12-2120, MCA, or, alternatively, paid by an improvement district maintenance fund…”
Miller v. Yellowstone Cnty., 761 P.2d 829 (Mont. 1988). · cites it 5× “In this case, the County Commissioners apparently decided to proceed under Section 7-12-2120, MCA, to replace the water line, and to charge the district property owners the cost of replacement as maintenance, preservation and repair of the water line, spread over five years.”
Mont. Code Ann. § 7-12-2120(1): 1 case
Seypar, Inc. v. Water & Sewer Dist. No. 363, 1998 MT 149, 960 P.2d 311. “Seypar contends that the whole cost of maintaining, preserving or repairing improvements should have been assessed to the entire District and paid by the property owners through taxes, under § 7-12-2120, MCA, or, alternatively, paid by an improvement district maintenance fund…”
Mont. Code Ann. § 7-12-2120(2): 1 case
Seypar, Inc. v. Water & Sewer Dist. No. 363, 1998 MT 149, 960 P.2d 311. “Seypar contends that the whole cost of maintaining, preserving or repairing improvements should have been assessed to the entire District and paid by the property owners through taxes, under § 7-12-2120, MCA, or, alternatively, paid by an improvement district maintenance fund…”
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