Billings, MT Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)
Key Facts
- Charge type
- Monthly, billed with utility bill
- Legal basis
- MCA 7-13-4301, 7-13-4304
- Delinquent at
- 25 days unpaid
- Shutoff at
- 40 days unpaid
- Fund
- Municipal Storm Sewer System Fund
Summary
Billings bills every premises in the city a monthly storm sewer system service charge to fund stormwater infrastructure, under City Code Article 22-800.
A monthly storm sewer system service charge is imposed and made applicable to all premises within the city limits. Stormwater service charges shall be included with the monthly utility billing. All charges shall be assessed to premises within the city upon a methodology and at a rate to be established by council resolution and in accord with MCA 7-13-4304.
All storm sewer system service charges shall be collected as provided in this article and credited to a fund to be known as "The Municipal Storm Sewer System Fund", which shall be at all times segregated and maintained as a separate fund.
(Ord. No. 24-5872, § 1, 3-25-24)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 66 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Every premises within Billings city limits pays a monthly storm sewer system service charge, billed with the regular monthly utility bill. The charge funds construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance and debt service on the city's storm sewer system, which collects and diverts stormwater away from the sewage treatment plant to prevent water-supply pollution. Rates are set by city council resolution under MCA 7-13-4304. Owners who think their charge is unfair can apply to the public works director for adjustment.
Violations & Fines
Bills unpaid 25 days after billing go delinquent; after 40 days unpaid, water service is shut off following written notice, and the city can collect delinquent charges as a tax lien against the property or sue as a debt.
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