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MT Code § 7-15-4435 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4435. Control of conflict of interest

  7-15-4435. Control of conflict of interest. (1) A commissioner or employee of an authority may not acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in a housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in a project. A commissioner may not have any interest, direct or indirect, in a contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with a housing project.   (2) (a) If a commissioner or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in a housing project, the commissioner shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the authority, and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the authority.   (b) Failure to disclose an interest constitutes misconduct in office.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.7, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-107; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 514, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 197, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-15-4436 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4436. Removal of commissioners

  7-15-4436. Removal of commissioners. The mayor may remove a commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges, which may be made by the mayor, at least 10 days prior to the hearing on the charges and has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.8, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-108(part); amd. Sec. 622, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-15-4437 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4437. Right of obligee of authority to request removal of commissioner

  7-15-4437. Right of obligee of authority to request removal of commissioner. (1) An obligee of the authority may file with the mayor written charges that the authority is willfully violating any law of the state or any term, provision, or covenant in any contract to which the authority is a party. The mayor shall give each of the commissioners a copy of the charges at least 10 days prior to the hearing on the charges and shall provide an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. The mayor shall within 15 days after receipt of the charges remove a commissioner of the authority who is found to have acquiesced in any willful violation.   (2) A commissioner is considered to have acquiesced in a willful violation by the authority of a law of this state or of any term, provision, or covenant contained in a contract to which the authority is a party if, before a hearing is held on the charges, the commissioner does not file a written statement with the authority of objections to or lack of participation in the violation.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.8, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-108(part); amd. Sec. 623, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-15-4438 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4438. Record of removal proceedings

  7-15-4438. Record of removal proceedings. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, the mayor shall file in the office of the city clerk a record of the proceedings, together with the charges made against the commissioners and the findings thereon.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.8, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-108(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4439 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4439. Conduct of business

  7-15-4439. Conduct of business. (1) A simple majority of commissioners constitutes a quorum.   (2) When the office of the first presiding officer of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a presiding officer from among its members. An authority shall select from among its members a vice presiding officer.   (3) An authority may:   (a) employ a secretary who is the executive director, technical experts, and other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, that it may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation;   (b) call upon the corporation counsel or chief law officer of the city for legal services that it may require or employ its own counsel and legal staff;   (c) delegate to one or more of its agents or employees powers or duties that it may consider proper.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-105(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 514, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 624, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-15-4440 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4440. Certain laws controlling

  7-15-4440. Certain laws controlling. (1) Insofar as the provisions of Chapter 140, Laws of 1935, are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of Chapter 140, Laws of 1935, shall be controlling.   (2) Insofar as the provisions of Chapter 193, Laws of 1957, are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of Chapter 193, Laws of 1957, shall be controlling.   History: (1)En. Sec. 28, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.27, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 35-127, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 9, Ch. 193, L. 1957; Sec. 35-125.2, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 35-125.2, 35-127.
MT Code § 7-15-4441 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4441. through 7-15-4450 reserved

  7-15-4441 through 7-15-4450 reserved.
MT Code § 7-15-4451 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4451. General powers of housing authority

  7-15-4451. General powers of housing authority. (1) An authority shall exercise public powers and have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part and part 45, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted.   (2) An authority shall have power to:   (a) sue and be sued;   (b) have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;   (c) have perpetual succession;   (d) make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority;   (e) make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with this part and part 45, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.   (3) In addition to all of the other powers herein conferred upon it, an authority may do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this part and part 45.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4452 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4452. Exercise of powers

  7-15-4452. Exercise of powers. (1) An authority may exercise any or all of the powers herein conferred upon it, either generally or with respect to any specific housing project or projects, through or by an agent or agents which it may designate, including any corporation or corporations which are or shall be formed under the laws of this state, and for such purposes an authority may cause one or more corporations to be formed under the laws of this state or may acquire the capital stock of any corporation or corporations.   (2) Any corporate agent, all of the stock of which shall be owned by the authority or its nominee or nominees, may to the extent permitted by law exercise any of the powers conferred upon the authority herein.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4453 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4453. Strict compliance with laws and contracts required

  7-15-4453. Strict compliance with laws and contracts required. The authority and its commissioners shall be under a statutory duty to comply or to cause compliance strictly with all provisions of this part and part 45 and the laws of the state and, in addition thereto, with each and every term, provision, and covenant in any contract of the authority to be kept or performed on its part.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.6, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-106.
MT Code § 7-15-4454 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4454. General powers related to housing programs

  7-15-4454. General powers related to housing programs. An authority shall have power to:   (1) determine where unsafe or unsanitary dwelling or housing conditions exist;   (2) study and make recommendations concerning the plan of any city or municipality located within its boundaries in relation to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstruction of areas in which unsafe or unsanitary dwelling or housing conditions exist and the providing of dwelling accommodations for persons of low income and to cooperate with any city, municipal, or regional planning agency;   (3) prepare, carry out, and operate housing projects;   (4) provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any housing project or any part thereof;   (5) take over by purchase, lease, or otherwise any housing project located within its boundaries undertaken by any government;   (6) act as agent for the federal government in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, and/or management of a housing project or any part thereof;   (7) arrange with any city or municipality located in whole or in part within its boundaries or with a government for the furnishing, planning, replanning, installing, opening, or closing of streets, options, or property rights or for the furnishing of property or services in connection with a project;   (8) lease or rent any of the dwelling or other accommodations or any of the lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project and to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4455 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4455. Housing projects subject to planning, zoning, and building laws

  7-15-4455. Housing projects subject to planning, zoning, and building laws. All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.13, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-113.
MT Code § 7-15-4456 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4456. Low-rent housing for the elderly

  7-15-4456. Low-rent housing for the elderly. (1) For the purpose of increasing the supply of low-rent housing for elderly families, an authority may develop, construct, and operate new housing or acquire, remodel, and operate existing housing in order to provide accommodations designed specifically for such elderly families.   (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other law, an authority, in respect to dwelling units suitable to the needs of elderly families, may extend a prior preference in occupancy to such elderly families.   History: En. 35-103.1 by Sec. 2, Ch. 193, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 35-103.1(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4457 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4457. Federal financial assistance for low-rent housing for the elderly

  7-15-4457. Federal financial assistance for low-rent housing for the elderly. (1) Any application of the authority for federal financial assistance for such housing for elderly families shall first be approved by the council by resolution duly adopted.   (2) An authority may agree to conditions as to tenant eligibility or preference required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority.   History: En. 35-103.1 by Sec. 2, Ch. 193, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 35-103.1(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4458 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4458. Investigatory powers of housing authority

  7-15-4458. Investigatory powers of housing authority. (1) An authority shall have power to:   (a) investigate into living, dwelling, and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving such conditions;   (b) enter upon any building or property in order to conduct investigations or to make surveys or soundings;   (c) conduct examinations and investigations and hear testimony and take proof under oath at public or private hearings on any matter material for its information;   (d) issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of books and papers and issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend before the authority or excused from attendance.   (2) Any of the investigations or examinations provided for in this part and part 45 may be conducted by the authority, by a committee appointed by it and consisting of one or more commissioners, by counsel, or by an officer or employee specially authorized by the authority to conduct it. Any commissioner, counsel for the authority, or any person designated by it to conduct an investigation or examination shall have power to administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue subpoenas or commissions.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4459 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4459. Availability of housing authority findings and determinations

  7-15-4459. Availability of housing authority findings and determinations. An authority shall have power to make available to such agencies, boards, or commissions as are charged with the duty of abating or requiring the correction of nuisances or like conditions or of demolishing unsafe or unsanitary structures within its territorial limits, its findings and recommendations with regard to any building or property where conditions exist which are dangerous to the public health, morals, safety, or welfare.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4460 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4460. Powers of housing authority relating to acquisition and disposition of property

  7-15-4460. Powers of housing authority relating to acquisition and disposition of property. (1) An authority may:   (a) purchase, lease, obtain options upon, or acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest in property from any person, firm, corporation, city, municipality, or government;   (b) acquire by eminent domain, as provided in Title 70, chapter 30, any real property, including improvements and fixtures on the real property;   (c) sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or pledge any real or personal property or any interest in property to any person, firm, corporation, municipality, city, or government;   (d) own, hold, clear, and improve property;   (e) insure or provide for the insurance of the property or operations of the authority against risks that the authority considers advisable;   (f) procure insurance or guarantees from the federal government of the payment of any debts or parts of debt secured by mortgages made or held by the authority on any property included in a housing project.   (2) Statutes with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies are not applicable to an authority unless the legislature specifically declares that the provisions are applicable.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part); amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 125, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-15-4461 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4461. Acquisition of property by authority for government housing project

  7-15-4461. Acquisition of property by authority for government housing project. The authority may acquire, by purchase or by the exercise of its power of eminent domain as provided in 7-15-4462, any real or personal property for any housing project being constructed or operated by a government. The authority, upon such terms and conditions, with or without consideration, as it shall determine, may convey title or deliver possession of such property so acquired or purchased to such government for use in connection with such housing project.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.12, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-112.
MT Code § 7-15-4462 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4462. Exercise of power of eminent domain

  7-15-4462. Exercise of power of eminent domain. (1) After the adoption by the authority of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described in the resolution is in the public interest and necessary for public use, the authority may acquire by eminent domain any real property, including fixtures and improvements, that it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of part 45 and this part.   (2) The authority shall exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of Title 70, chapter 30.   (3) Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired, provided that:   (a) property belonging to any city or municipality within the boundaries of the authority or belonging to any government may not be acquired without the government's consent; and   (b) property belonging to a public utility corporation may not be acquired without the approval of the commission or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over the corporation if the utility is subject to regulatory power.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.11, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-111; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 125, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-15-4463 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4463. Title to property acquired from housing authority subject to agreements with governments

  7-15-4463. Title to property acquired from housing authority subject to agreements with governments. Notwithstanding anything in this part or part 45 to the contrary, any purchaser or purchasers at a sale of real or personal property of the authority, whether pursuant to any foreclosure of a mortgage or pursuant to judicial process or otherwise, shall obtain title subject to any contract between the authority and a government relating to the supervision by a government of the operation and maintenance of such property and the construction of improvements thereon.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.22, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-122.
MT Code § 7-15-4464 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4464. Authorization for payment of rentals in lieu of taxes

  7-15-4464. Authorization for payment of rentals in lieu of taxes. (1) Any housing authority established pursuant to this part and/or the federal government may pay annual sums from rentals in lieu of taxes to any state and/or political subdivision thereof with respect to any real property, including improvements thereon, owned or held by either such housing authority or the federal government.   (2) The amount so paid for any year upon such property shall not exceed the taxes which would be paid to the state and/or subdivision thereof, as the case may be, upon such property if it were not exempt from taxation, with such allowances as may be considered to be appropriate for expenditures by the government for streets, utilities, or other public services to serve such property.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 215, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 35-304.
MT Code § 7-15-4465 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4465. Payments by housing authorities to local and state bodies

  7-15-4465. Payments by housing authorities to local and state bodies. Notwithstanding any limitations in this or any other law, any housing authority may agree to make such payments to the county, city, or municipality, the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof (which payments such bodies are hereby authorized to accept) as the authority finds consistent with the maintenance of the low-rent character of housing projects or the achievement of the purposes of this housing authorities law.   History: En. Sec. 35-125.1 by Sec. 7, Ch. 193, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 35-125.1.
MT Code § 7-15-4467 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities|7-15-4467. Reports by authority to municipality

  7-15-4467. Reports by authority to municipality. The authority shall, at least once a year, file with the mayor of the city a report of its activities for the preceding year and shall make any recommendations with reference to any additional legislation or other action that may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this part and part 45.   History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.26, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-126.