7-12-4110. Protest against proposed work or district. - Montana Statutes

     7-12-4110. Protest against proposed work or district. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsections (1)(b) and (2), at any time within 15 days after the date of the first publication of the notice of the passage of the resolution of intention, any owner of property liable to be assessed for the work may make written protest against the proposed work or against the extent or creation of the district to be assessed, or both.
     (b) If the period described in subsection (1)(a) includes a holiday as enumerated in 1-1-216, other than a Sunday, the period must be extended for an additional 2 days.
     (2) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to a district created under 7-12-4114 as a result of a petition submitted as provided in 7-12-4102(3).
     (3) A protest must be in writing, identify the property in the district owned by the protestor, and be signed by all the owners of the property. The protest must be delivered to the clerk of the city or town council or commission not later than 5 p.m. of the last day within the protest period. The clerk shall endorse on the protest document the date and hour of its receipt by the clerk.
     (4) (a) For purposes of this section, "owner" means, as of the date a protest is filed, the record owner of fee simple title to the property.
     (b) The term does not include a tenant of or other holder of a leasehold interest in the property.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 142, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5229, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 36, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2206(1); amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 277, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 93, L. 2007.