Montana § 85-8-368 - Annual Report -- Objections

§ 85-8-368. Annual Report -- Objections

Annual report -- objections. (1) The commissioners shall, on or before the first Tuesday of March of each year, file with the clerk of court having jurisdiction a report in which they shall specify in detail: (a) the emergency repairs which they have made during the preceding year; (b) the labor and repairs then necessary to the preservation and protection of the work under their control; (c) the places where such labor and repairs are especially needed; (d) the amount of the outstanding indebtedness of the district; and (e) the sum to be assessed against each tract, lot, easement, or corporation to pay all emergency repairs theretofore done, necessary labor and repairs to be done during the ensuing year, maintenance, incidental expenses, and interest on and principal of all outstanding indebtedness. (2) No notice of the filing of such report shall be necessary. All such assessments shall be apportioned on the last assessment roll of drain districts or on the last assessments in drainage districts confirmed by the court having jurisdiction thereof. (3) Within 30 days after filing such annual report, at a time and place to be fixed by the court or presiding judge, the court or presiding judge shall examine said report, hear all objections to the same, fix and determine the amount of such assessments, and cause such adjudication to be entered of record in said court and a certified copy of the same to be delivered to said commissioners.