Montana Title 85. Water Use § 85-8-615. Procedure to levy additional assessments

Subject to 15-10-420, if in the first assessment for construction the commissioners reported to the court a smaller sum than is needed to complete the work of construction or if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the lawful indebtedness of the drainage district, further or additional assessments on the land (including improvements where benefited) and corporations benefited, proportioned on the last assessment of benefits that has been approved by the court, must be made by the commissioners of the drainage district under the order of the court. However, the total assessments for original construction and any additional assessments, other than for maintenance, incidental expense, and interest on bonds, may not exceed the total assessments of benefits as provided in 85-8-342. Notice of the hearing of the application for the additional assessment must be published at least once each week for 3 consecutive weeks in one newspaper published in each county in which the lands, or any part of the lands, within the district are situated. The further or additional assessment may be made payable in installments as specified in 85-8-611 and must be treated and collected in the same manner as the original assessments for construction confirmed by the court in the drainage district.