8.101.307    WATER AND/OR SEWER SYSTEMS PROVIDED BY DISTRICTS

(1) Improvement districts and county water and sewer districts are eligible for grants to provide for the construction, reconstruction, expansion, and maintenance of a water and/or sewer system that serves:

(a) a new townsite which is needed as a direct consequence of coal development;

(b) a new residential development which is needed as a direct consequence of coal development; or

(c) an existing residential area where it can be demonstrated by the applicant that existing facilities are inadequate as a result of population growth which is a direct consequence of coal development.

(2) Counties may apply for and receive grants to pay for the expenses of rural improvement districts.

(3) Cities, towns, and consolidated units of local government may apply for and receive grants to pay for the expenses of special improvement districts.

History: 90-6-205, MCA; IMP, 90-6-205, MCA; NEW, 1981 MAR p. 358, Eff. 4/17/81; TRANS, from Dept. of Comm. Affairs, Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1983 MAR p. 1826, Eff. 12/16/83; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1378, Eff. 6/2/06.