Title 7, Title 7

The governing body may, subject to the provisions of Title 69, chapter 7, by resolution and after public hearing: (1) establish the rates, charges, and rentals in amounts sufficient in each year to provide income and revenue adequate for the payment of the reasonable expense of o…

(1) Not less than 30 days prior to the date of making the levy for operation and maintenance of the system, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the resolution. (2) Notice clearly setting forth the subject matter of the hearing must be given by the governing body by …

(1) Not less than 30 days prior to the date of the public hearing on the resolution, the governing body shall prepare and file in the office of the clerk of the local government in which the district is located and in the office of the governing body a complete, detailed budget f…

The governing body may apply for and receive from the federal government, on behalf of the district, any money that may be appropriated by congress for aiding in local public works projects. The governing body may borrow from the federal government any funds available for assisti…

Notwithstanding any other section of this part or a limitation imposed in this part, when the governing body has applied for funds pursuant to 7-13-3031, the governing body may adopt a system of charges and rates to require that each recipient of services pays its proportionate s…

The governing body may, in order to secure prompt payment of any district bonds issued in payment of the cost of improvements for the district and the interest on the bonds as it becomes due, create, establish, and maintain by resolution a fund, to be designated as the "reserve f…

(1) For the purpose of providing money for the reserve fund, the governing body may in its discretion, from time to time, transfer to the reserve fund from the operation and maintenance fund of the district an amount as may be considered necessary or as may be agreed upon with th…

The amount or amounts transferred under 7-13-3035 must be considered as loans from the operation and maintenance fund to the reserve fund.

(1) Whenever a loan is made to the bond fund from the reserve fund, the reserve fund has a lien for the amount of the loan on: (a) the land within the district that is delinquent in the payment of its assessments; (b) unpaid assessments and installments of assessments on the dist…

Nothing in 7-13-3034 through 7-13-3039 permits the repayment of a loan to the reserve fund at any time unless all interest accrued on the bonds has been fully paid and all principal agreed to be paid in accordance with the redemption schedule as may be provided in the resolution …

(1) In connection with the issuance of district bonds, the governing body may undertake and agree: (a) to issue orders annually authorizing loans or advances from the reserve fund to the fund maintained for the payment of the bonds in amounts sufficient to make good any deficienc…

(1) If a franchise has been granted to or a contract made with any person or corporation and the person or corporation has established or maintained a system of water supply or has valuable water rights or a supply of water desired by the district for supplying the district with …

The provisions of 7-12-2101, 7-12-2107, 7-12-2115 through 7-12-2120, 7-12-2131 through 7-12-2140, 7-12-2153, 7-12-2154, 7-12-2161 through 7-12-2165, 7-12-2166(2), 7-12-2168(2), 7-12-2169, and 7-12-2171 through 7-12-2174 pertaining to rural improvement districts apply to this part…

(1) The city or town council has power to permit the use of the streets and alleys, other property, rights-of-way, utility corridors, or easements of the city or town for the purpose of laying down gas, water, and other mains and broadband infrastructure, but excavations may not …

(1) The city or town council has power to contract an indebtedness of a city or town upon the credit thereof by borrowing money or issuing bonds for the construction, purchase, or development of an adequate supply of natural gas and to construct or purchase a system of gaslines f…

The total amount of indebtedness authorized to be contracted in any form, including the then-existing indebtedness, may not at any time exceed 0.92% of the total assessed value of taxable property, determined as provided in 15-8-111, within the city or town, as ascertained by the…

The council of any incorporated city or town shall have power by ordinance to provide for and regulate the inspection and the measurement of gas, light, and electric or other power sold within its limits or brought into or carried through any such city or town.

The city or town council has power to regulate the construction, use, and repair of vaults, cisterns, hydrants, pumps, sewers, and gutters.

The city or town council has power to regulate or suppress the erection of poles and the stringing of wires, rods, or cables in the streets or alleys or within the limits of any city or town.

A municipality, as of January 1, 1979, that receives garbage and solid waste disposal services from a private motor carrier authorized by the public service commission to provide that service may not, by ordinance or otherwise, elect to provide exclusive garbage and solid waste s…

(1) The governing body of a municipality operating a solid waste management system pursuant to 75-10-112 may charge its solid waste customers for services rendered either by rates, rentals, and charges or by levy pursuant to 75-10-112. The governing body may fix, establish, and a…

A sewer system may be established in a city or town, which system may be divided into public, district, and private sewers.

Public sewers may be established and constructed along the principal course of drainage at such times, to such an extent, of such dimensions and materials, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the council. There may be constructed such branches and extensions of sew…

(1) To defray the cost of such public sewers, the city or town council may appropriate moneys therefor from the general or sewer fund or by availing itself of money derived from a bond issue authorized by the constitution and laws of the state. (2) It is further provided that whe…

(1) Upon being petitioned by 5% of the registered electors who are residents of the city or town, the city or town council shall conduct an election in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 5, on the question of whether or not the city or town council may establish and collec…

(1) The total revenue to be collected from all of the above sources in a given year shall be provided for by the council in such a manner as to provide funds for the payment of all bond issues and interest thereon, as well as for all necessary expenses of the operation, maintenan…

Said rentals shall be collected or taxed against the property in like manner as water rentals are collected and taxed or by such procedure as may be prescribed by the city or town council.

(1) The funds received from the collection of sewer rentals shall be kept as a separate and distinct fund by the city treasurer, subject only to disbursement by order of the council. (2) This fund shall be used for: (a) the payment of the cost of management, maintenance, operatio…

Any city or town may: (1) establish, build, construct, reconstruct, or extend: (a) a storm or sanitary sewerage system; (b) a plant or plants for treatment or disposal of sewage from the city or town; (c) a water supply or distribution system; or (d) any combination of systems; a…

(1) The governing body of a municipality operating a municipal water or sewer system shall fix and establish, by ordinance or resolution, and collect rates, rentals, and charges for the services, facilities, and benefits directly or indirectly afforded by the system, taking into …

(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall be permitted to use said system unless they pay the full and established rate for said service. (2) No person may have service reestablished after it is discontinued pursuant to 7-13-4306 unless they have paid the full amount past due, an…

In the event of nonpayment of charges for either water or sewer service and benefits to any premises, the governing body may direct the supply of water or provision of sewer service to such premises to be discontinued until such charges are paid.

The rates and charges established for the services and facilities afforded by this system must be sufficient in each year to provide income and revenue adequate for the: (1) payment of the reasonable expense of operation and maintenance; (2) payment of the sums required to be pai…

The governing body shall have the right to change and readjust from time to time the rates and charges so fixed and established, provided the aggregate of such rates and charges shall always be sufficient to meet the requirements mentioned in 7-13-4307.

(1) Sewer or water charges must be collected by the treasurer. (2) On or before July 7 of each year, notice must be given by the city treasurer or town clerk to the owners of all lots or parcels of real estate to which sewer or water service has been furnished prior to July 1 by …

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the city or town council of any city or town within Montana that owns and operates a municipal water system, a municipal sewage system, or both, to furnish water services, sewage services, or both, to the inhabitants of the city or…

A city council that owns and operates a municipal water system, a municipal sewer system, or both, to furnish water and sewer services to the inhabitants of a city as a public utility may furnish water from the water system and sewage services from the sewer system to the inhabit…

Any person, firm, or corporation residing either inside or outside of the corporate limits of a city owning a municipal water system and/or a municipal sewer system which furnishes water or sewer services as a public utility who shall willfully turn on the waterline or sewerline …

Any person, firm, or corporation receiving water or sewer service outside of incorporated city limits may be required by the city or town, as a condition to initiate such service, to consent to annexation of the tract of property served by the city or town. The consent to annexat…

A municipal water or sewer system shall supply water and sewer services to a subdivision proposed for review under Title 76, chapter 3 or 4, if: (1) the proposed subdivision requests the connection; (2) a boundary of the subdivision is within 501 to 1,000 feet of any component of…

The city or town council has power to provide for the cleaning of waters, watercourses, and streams within the city or to alter, straighten, or widen the same and to provide for the draining and filling in of ponds, wells, or shafts on private property when necessary to the publi…

The city or town council has power to adopt, enter into, and carry out means for securing a supply of water for the use of a city or town or its inhabitants.

(1) It is provided that whenever a franchise has been granted to or a contract made with any person or persons, corporation, or corporations and such person or persons, corporation, or corporations, in pursuance thereof or otherwise, have established or maintained a system of wat…

(1) If agreement is not reached pursuant to 7-13-4403, then the city or town shall proceed to acquire the plant or water supply under Title 70, chapter 30. (2) A city or town acquiring property under Title 70, chapter 30, shall pay the amount of compensation to the owner of the p…

For the purpose of providing the city or town with an adequate water supply for municipal and domestic purposes, the city or town council shall procure appropriate water rights and the necessary real and personal property to make an adequate water supply available. The water righ…

(1) Cities and towns have jurisdiction and control: (a) over the territory occupied by their public works; (b) over and along the line of reservoirs, streams, trenches, pipes, drains, and other appurtenances used in the construction and operation of the public works; and (c) over…