§ 8.04.270. Tax liability for payment of weed control costs.

A.

The expenses incurred by the board for noxious weed control undertaken pursuant to Section 8.04.170 must be paid by the county out of the noxious weed fund.

B.

If the sum to be repaid by the landowner billed under Section 8.04.170 is not repaid on or before the date due, the county clerk shall certify the amount due, with the description of the land to be charged, and shall enter the amount on the assessment list of the county as a special tax on the land. If the land is exempt from general taxation for any reason, the amount due and to be repaid may be recovered by direct claim against the landowner and collected in the same manner as personal taxes.

C.

In determining what lands are included as land covered by the special tax and are described in the certificate of the county clerk, it is presumed that all work done upon any of the land of any one landowner is for the benefit of all the land within the district belonging to such owner which was contiguous to or joined the parcel upon which the work was done at the time the work was done, together with the parcel on which the work was done, and the amount certified becomes a tax upon the whole thereof. (7-22-2148 MCA).

D.

All amounts collected pursuant to subsection B must be deposited in the noxious weed fund.

(Ord. 268 § 1 (part), 1986)

( Ord. No. 13-14, § 9, 1-4-2014 )