Montana § 7-7-4265 - Tax Levy For Payment Of Bonds

§ 7-7-4265. Tax Levy For Payment Of Bonds

Tax levy for payment of bonds. (1) The city or town council, at the time of making the levy of taxes for general city or town purposes, must levy a separate and special tax upon all taxable property in the city or town for the payment of interest and principal for each series or issue of bonds outstanding. The tax levy for any one series or issue of bonds must be entirely separate and distinct from the levy for any other issue or series of bonds. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the levy made for the purpose of paying interest on and principal of each series or issue of bonds must be high enough to raise an amount sufficient to pay all interest on and so much of the principal, if any, of the bonds as will become due and payable during the then-current fiscal year or within 90 days thereafter, as such amount is shown by the treasurer's statement provided for by 7-7-4264 . If no part of the principal of such bonds will become due and payable within such time, then such tax levy must be high enough to raise an amount sufficient to pay all interest which will become due and payable during the current fiscal year or within 90 days thereafter and to also place in the sinking fund for such issue or series of bonds, for the payment of the principal when the same becomes due, an amount not less than a sum produced by dividing the whole amount for which the series or issue of bonds were originally issued by the number of years for which such series or issue of bonds were originally issued to run, as such amounts are shown by the treasurer's statement provided for by 7-7-4264 . (3) The annual levies made for the purpose of paying off bonds that provide for no periodic interest payments but rather are sold at a discount from their face value, as provided in 7-7-4211 through 7-7-4214 , must be actuarially sufficient so that at the time for redemption there is an amount in the sinking fund sufficient to redeem the bonds.