77-1-911. Notice and payment of assessments. - Montana Statutes

     77-1-911. Notice and payment of assessments. (1) The lessee of a commercial lease on state trust land shall furnish to the department:
     (a) officially certified descriptions of all state trust land included within the boundaries of a city or county improvement district that is the subject of the commercial lease; and
     (b) a description and listing of the amount of assessments and charges of every character made against the leasehold interest of the lessee and the leasehold interest of the state, as soon as the assessments or charges are levied.
     (2) A promise by the lessee to make timely payment of all assessment charges and an acknowledgment of the assessment must be inserted in any lease for state trust land.
     (3) If assessments have been levied against any state trust land prior to commercial lease, the board shall require that all unpaid installments on assessments be paid to the improvement district before executing a lease.
     (4) If an installment on an assessment or charge against the leasehold interest of the lessee of land subject to a commercial lease is not paid when due, the nonpayment constitutes a breach of the lease.

     History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 404, L. 2003.