Montana § 20-9-367 - Eligibility To Receive Guaranteed Tax Base Aid Or State Debt Service Assistance For School Facilities

§ 20-9-367. Eligibility To Receive Guaranteed Tax Base Aid Or State Debt Service Assistance For School Facilities

(Temporary) Eligibility to receive guaranteed tax base aid or state debt service assistance for school facilities. (1) If the district guaranteed tax base ratio of an elementary or high school district is less than the corresponding statewide elementary or high school guaranteed tax base ratio, the district may receive guaranteed tax base aid based on the number of mills levied in the district in support of the district's GTBA budget area. (2) If the county retirement mill value per elementary ANB or the county retirement mill value per high school ANB is less than the corresponding statewide mill value per elementary ANB or high school ANB, the county may receive guaranteed tax base aid based on the number of mills levied in the county in support of the retirement fund budgets of the respective elementary or high school districts in the county. (3) For the purposes of 20-9-370 and 20-9-371 , if the district mill value per elementary ANB or the district mill value per high school ANB is less than the corresponding statewide mill value per elementary ANB or statewide mill value per high school ANB, the district may receive debt service assistance in the form of a state advance or reimbursement for school facilities in support of the debt service fund. (Terminates June 30, 2026--sec. 23, Ch. 658, L. 2025.) 20-9-367 . (Effective July 1, 2026) Eligibility to receive guaranteed tax base aid or state debt service assistance for school facilities. (1) If the county elementary or high school guaranteed tax base ratio is less than the corresponding statewide elementary or high school guaranteed tax base ratio, the county may receive guaranteed tax base aid based on the number of mills levied for the countywide levy for BASE funding support. (2) If the county retirement mill value per elementary ANB or the county retirement mill value per high school ANB is less than the corresponding statewide mill value per elementary ANB or high school ANB, the county may receive guaranteed tax base aid based on the number of mills levied in the county in support of the retirement fund budgets of the respective elementary or high school districts in the county. (3) For the purposes of 20-9-370 and 20-9-371 , if the district mill value per elementary ANB or the district mill value per high school ANB is less than the corresponding statewide mill value per elementary ANB or statewide mill value per high school ANB, the district may receive debt service assistance in the form of a state advance or reimbursement for school facilities in support of the debt service fund.