Montana Code 85-7-2110. Nonirrigable lands not to be taxed
85-7-2110. Nonirrigable lands not to be taxed. A special tax or assessment may not be levied against any 40-acre tract or fractional lot as designated by United States public survey or platted lot, if land is subdivided in lots and blocks (or whenever lands are owned in less than 40-acre tracts or in less than the platted lot, against each such tract) found by the board of commissioners to contain no irrigable land. A lien created after the order of determination may not attach to any nonirrigable tract, nor may the owner or owners of any nonirrigable tract or tracts have any vote or votes in any proceeding or election under the provisions of Chapter 146 of the Laws of 1909 or any amendment thereof or act supplementary thereto, after the making of the order, unless their land or a portion of their land is found by the board to contain an area irrigable from the works or proposed works of the district or subdistrict.
Terms Used In Montana Code 85-7-2110
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- irrigable land: means :
(1)land that can receive irrigation water and is classified as irrigable by the district or the United States government; or
(2)land decreed as taxable acreage under 85-7-1841 through 85-7-1845. See Montana Code 85-7-2205
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201