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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-12-2162 (2026)

Improvement District Maintenance Fund

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TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 12. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Part 21. Rural Improvement Districts

Improvement District Maintenance Fund

7-12-2162. Improvement district maintenance fund. The money collected from the assessment provided for in 7-12-2161 shall be paid into a fund known as the special improvement district No. .... maintenance fund, the number of which shall correspond with the number of the special improvement district in which the improvements so maintained are situated. Such fund shall be used to defray the expense of maintenance, preservation, or repair of said improvements and for no other purpose.

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 Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 19, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en.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(part).

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 4× “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 3× “The other option for the county commissioners to pay maintenance costs is to create an improvement district maintenance fund under Section 7-12-2162, MCA. Under this provision it is the duty of the county commissioners, before the first Monday in September of each year, to adopt…”
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