15-16-605. Payment of refunds -- exception. - Montana Statutes

     15-16-605. Payment of refunds -- exception. (1) In the order to refund a tax, penalty, interest, or cost under 15-16-603, the board of county commissioners shall determine the method of payment. The board may refund the amount due the taxpayer in installments over a period not to exceed 10 years. If the refund is made in installments, the taxpayer is entitled to interest on the unpaid balance at the interest rate received on public money invested by the county as provided in Title 7, chapter 6, part 2; Title 7, chapter 6, part 27; or 17-6-204.
     (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a refund of a tax, penalty, interest, or cost under 15-16-603 must be paid by the county treasurer out of the general fund of the county. The county treasurer shall transfer money from other funds of the county and of the state, school district, or other taxing jurisdictions that are proratably responsible for the refunds as may be necessary to reimburse the county general fund for the refund.
     (3) If the board of county commissioners revises an assessment of property taxes that would result in a refund of $5 or less, then a refund is not owed to the taxpayer.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 539, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 448, L. 1999.