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MT Code § 7-2-2802 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2802. Affidavits to be attached to petition -- verification of signatures

  7-2-2802. Affidavits to be attached to petition -- verification of signatures. (1) There must be attached and filed with each sheet or section for a petition to alter county boundaries an affidavit of the person who circulated the petition, stating that it is the person's belief that:   (a) the petition is signed by at least 25 or a majority of the qualified petitioners, whichever is less;   (b) the signatures are genuine; and   (c) each person signing was, at the date of signing, a qualified petitioner.   (2) Upon receipt of the petition, the clerk of the county in which the qualified petitioners' property is located shall verify, using property records filed with the county and any other information that may be necessary, that the signatories are qualified petitioners.   (3) Within 30 days of receipt of the petition, the clerk shall:   (a) certify that the petition is sufficient under the provisions of subsection (2) and present the petition to the governing body at its next meeting; or   (b) reject the petition if it is insufficient under the provisions of subsection (2).   (4) The clerk shall notify the adjoining county where the proposed boundary change will occur of the clerk's action under subsection (3).   (5) A defect in the contents of the petition or in its title, form of notice, or signatures may not invalidate the petition and subsequent proceedings as long as the petition has a sufficient number of qualified signatures attached.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-2803 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2803. County commissioners to accept, amend, or reject petition -- public hearing -- interlocal agreement

  7-2-2803. County commissioners to accept, amend, or reject petition -- public hearing -- interlocal agreement. (1) Upon receipt of a petition submitted as provided in 7-2-2801 and 7-2-2802, the boards of county commissioners in the adjoining counties for which boundary changes are proposed shall, after providing public notice pursuant to 7-1-2121 in the county seat of each adjoining county, hold a public hearing in the area proposed to be moved from one county to another. After the public hearing, the boards of county commissioners shall either accept, reject, or amend the boundary changes as proposed in the petition.   (2) An interlocal agreement must be entered into by the adjoining counties and must state:   (a) the proposed boundary change as accepted or amended by the boards, including the legal description of the proposed boundary change;   (b) the procedure each board intends to follow in complying with this part;   (c) subject to subsection (4), the costs to be incurred by each county in complying with 7-2-2807; and   (d) any other elements to which the boards agree regarding provision of services or county operations upon the relocation of the boundary.   (3) If the boards of county commissioners do not agree on the proposed boundary changes, either as presented in the petition or as amended, or if one or both boards reject the proposal, the process for changing the boundaries must cease and may not be initiated again for a period of 1 year.   (4) The adjoining counties shall negotiate the fees to be charged for compliance with 7-2-2807, and the provisions of 7-2-2412, 7-4-2631, 7-4-2632, and 7-4-2637 regarding fees charged by county clerks do not apply to the processes required in 7-2-2807.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-2804 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2804. Order for election -- registered electors entitled to vote

  7-2-2804. Order for election -- registered electors entitled to vote. (1) Upon execution of an interlocal agreement under 7-2-2803(2), the boards of county commissioners in the adjoining counties for which boundary changes are proposed shall, after providing public notice pursuant to 7-1-2121 in the county seat of each adjoining county, hold a public hearing in the area proposed to be moved from one county to another in order to accept comment on the proposed cost of compliance with 7-2-2807 as stated in the interlocal agreement pursuant to 7-2-2803(2). After the public hearing, the boards of county commissioners shall order and give notice of an election to be held for the purpose of determining whether or not to change the boundaries of the adjoining counties.   (2) All registered electors of the adjoining counties are entitled to vote at the election.   (3) The notice must require that the ballot contain the legal description of the proposed boundary change, together with any descriptive name or names for the property that may be in common use.   (4) The election must be conducted in conformance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 347, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-2-2805 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2805. Form of ballot

  7-2-2805. Form of ballot. (1) The ballot containing the question of whether or not to change the boundaries of adjoining counties must include the legal description of the proposed boundary change, together with any descriptive name or names for the property that may be in common use.   (2) The question must be in a form similar to the following:   ☐ FOR changing the boundary between ....... (County) and ....... (County) by moving the boundary and the property described from ....... (County) to ....... (County).   ☐ AGAINST changing the boundary between ....... (County) and ....... (County) by moving the boundary and the property described from ....... (County) to ....... (County).   (3) The language on the ballot must be the same in each adjoining county in which the election is held.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-2806 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2806. Effect of election -- resolution by boards of county commissioners

  7-2-2806. Effect of election -- resolution by boards of county commissioners. If, upon the canvass of votes cast at the election, more than 50% of the votes cast in each adjoining county approve the proposed boundary change, then the boards of county commissioners in the adjoining counties shall, by resolution, declare the boundary to be changed as of January 1 of the year that begins at least 13 months after the date the election is held and shall direct the transfer of all certified copies of property records and other records to the appropriate county to be completed by the date the boundary change becomes effective. The resolution must include the legal description of the new boundaries of each county.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-2807 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2807. Transfer of certified copies -- costs to be reimbursed -- tax levy authorized

  7-2-2807. Transfer of certified copies -- costs to be reimbursed -- tax levy authorized. (1) Upon a resolution adopted as provided in 7-2-2806, the county clerk in the county from which property will be transferred shall prepare certified copies of the indexes to recorded documents maintained by the county clerk pursuant to 7-4-2619.   (2) (a) The clerk shall contract with a land title company that maintains a geographical tract index of the recorded documents in the county to prepare an abstract of the property to be transferred. The abstract must include deeds, mortgages, assignments of mortgages, leases, mining claims, and any other documents recorded from the date that the county was created to the date of the boundary change implementation as provided in 7-2-2806.   (b) The land title company with which the clerk contracts must be a member in good standing of the Montana land title association.   (3) The clerk shall certify each copy of the recorded documents included in the abstract and shall transfer all copies of indexes and recorded documents certified pursuant to this section to the county clerk of the county to which the property will be transferred. The clerk of the county to which the property will be transferred shall record the documents pursuant to 7-4-2617 and shall maintain an index of the documents pursuant to 7-4-2619.   (4) Actual or customary costs incurred by a county in complying with subsections (1) through (3) must be reimbursed to the county from which certified copies are transferred. Subject to 15-10-420, the county to which records are transferred may levy a property tax against the property that has been transferred in the amount necessary to reimburse the county that incurred the costs. The property tax levied as provided in this subsection may be collected over a period of up to 5 years.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-2808 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2808. Notification of boundary change -- certification of taxable value -- indebtedness

  7-2-2808. Notification of boundary change -- certification of taxable value -- indebtedness. (1) Upon implementation of a boundary change under this part, the county clerk and recorders in the adjoining counties where the boundary was changed shall notify the department of administration, the department of revenue, and the secretary of state of the boundary change.   (2) The department of revenue shall certify to each adjoining county the total taxable value within each county for the year following implementation of the boundary change accounting for the transfer of the property.   (3) The provisions of 7-2-102 apply to a boundary change implemented as provided in this part.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-2809 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 28. Alteration of County Boundaries for Public Safety|7-2-2809. Effect on school districts

  7-2-2809. Effect on school districts. Relocation of property from one county to another under this part does not affect school district boundaries, the operation of a school district, or the county in which the district was located before the boundary was changed.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-4101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4101. Petition to organize city or town

  7-2-4101. Petition to organize city or town. (1) Whenever the inhabitants of any part of a county desire to organize as a city or town, the inhabitants may apply by petition, signed by not less than 300 registered electors or two-thirds of the registered electors, whichever is less, who are residents of the state and residing within the limits of the proposed city or town, to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed area is situated.   (2) (a) The petition must describe the limits of the proposed city or town and wards of the proposed city or town. A proposed ward must contain 50 or more registered electors and must have at least 200 inhabitants for each square mile of land area.   (b) The proposed city or town must contain a post office, contract postal unit, or other similar unit operated by or under contract with the United States postal service within the proposed area of the city or town.   (c) Land used for production agriculture in tracts larger than 160 acres and land and facilities used for electric power generation, refining, or smelting may not be included in a proposed city or town without the written consent of the owners of the land.   (d) The petitioners shall attach to the petition a map of the proposed area to be incorporated and state the name of the proposed city or town.   (3) The petition and map must be filed in the office of the election administrator.   History: En. Sec. 315, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4720, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3208, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 56, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 515, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-203(part); amd. Sec. 289, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 255, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 274, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 90, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 177, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-2-4102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4102. Census of proposed municipality

  7-2-4102. Census of proposed municipality. Upon filing the petition, the board of county commissioners, at its next regular or special meeting, must appoint some suitable person to take a house-to-house census of the residents of the territory to be incorporated. After taking the census, the person appointed to take the same must return the list to the board, and the same must be filed by it in the county clerk's office.   History: En. Sec. 315, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4720, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3208, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 56, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 515, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-203(part).
MT Code § 7-2-4103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4103. Prerequisites to organization of municipality

  7-2-4103. Prerequisites to organization of municipality. No municipal corporation may be formed unless:   (1) (a) the number of inhabitants is 300 or upwards; or   (b) the community was a townsite owned and built by the U.S. government prior to April 3, 1981; and   (2) the boundary of the proposed territory to be incorporated is more than 3 miles from the boundary, measured from the nearest point between the two, of any presently incorporated city or town or there is presented to the board appropriate evidence that any presently incorporated city or town within 3 miles which legally could annex has refused to annex the proposed territory.   History: En. Sec. 315, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4720, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3208, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 56, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4961, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 515, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-203(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 255, L. 1981.
MT Code § 7-2-4104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4104. Election on question of organization

  7-2-4104. Election on question of organization. (1) After filing the petition and census, if there is the requisite number of inhabitants for the formation of a municipal corporation as required in 7-2-4103, the county commissioners shall call an election for all the registered electors residing in the territory described in the petition.   (2) The election must be held at a convenient place within the territory described in the petition, to be designated by the board. The election must be conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4.   (3) The ballots used at the election must contain the words "For incorporation" or "Against incorporation".   History: En. Sec. 316, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 2, p. 178, L. 1889; re-en. Sec. 4721, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3209, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4962, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4962, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-204(part); amd. Sec. 290, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-2-4105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4105. Repealed

  7-2-4105. Repealed. Sec. 262, Ch. 49, L. 2015.   History: En. Sec. 316, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 2, p. 178, L. 1889; re-en. Sec. 4721, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3209, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4962, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4962, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-204(part); amd. Sec. 291, Ch. 571, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-2-4106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4106. Election for officers -- special provisions for first election of officers

  7-2-4106. Election for officers -- special provisions for first election of officers. (1) When the incorporation of a city or town is completed, the board of county commissioners shall give notice as prescribed in 13-1-108 of an election of officers.   (2) For the first election of officers, a primary election may not be held. The election must be conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4. For each subsequent election of officers, the election must be conducted in accordance with Title 13 provisions applicable to primary and general elections.   (3) At an election for officers, all of the electors qualified by the general election laws of the state who have resided within the limits of the city or town for 6 months and within the limits of the ward for 30 days preceding the election are qualified electors and may choose officers for the city or town, to hold office as prescribed in 7-2-4107.   (4) The offices filled in the first election for officers may be occupied only until the next general election for those offices.   History: En. Sec. 318, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 2, p. 178, L. 1889; re-en. Secs. 4722, 4723, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Secs. 3210, 3211, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 4963, 4964, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Secs. 4963, 4964, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-205, 11-206(part); amd. Sec. 292, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-2-4107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4107. Officers elected at first election

  7-2-4107. Officers elected at first election. (1) At the election provided for in 7-2-4106, there must be elected:   (a) in a city of the first class, a mayor, a city judge, a city attorney, a city treasurer, a city marshal, and two city council members from each ward into which the city is divided;   (b) in a city of the second class, a mayor, a city judge, a city treasurer, a city marshal, and two city council members from each ward;   (c) in a town, a mayor and two city council members from each ward.   (2) Those elected hold office until the first Monday of January after the first annual election and until their successors are elected and qualified. The persons elected shall qualify in the manner prescribed by law for county officers.   History: En. Sec. 318, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 2, p. 178, L. 1889; re-en. Sec. 4723, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3211, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4964, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4964, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-206(part); amd. Sec. 380, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 288, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-4108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4108. through 7-2-4110 reserved

  7-2-4108 through 7-2-4110 reserved.
MT Code § 7-2-4111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 41. Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities|7-2-4111. Tax base -- maintenance agreements

  7-2-4111. Tax base -- maintenance agreements. When a city or town is incorporated, a county may, subject to 15-10-420, retain the property within the city or town as a part of the tax base of the county for purposes of levying taxes against the property for the maintenance of property within the city or town until the city or town imposes and collects a levy for maintenance of the property for which the county mill levy is imposed. The city or town and the county may enter into an agreement for maintenance of property pending an election on a city or town levy.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 353, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-2-4201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 42. Addition to Municipalities|7-2-4201. Additions to municipalities

  7-2-4201. Additions to municipalities. Whenever territory adjoining any incorporated city or town is surveyed and laid off into streets or blocks as an addition thereto, said territory may become a part of such city or town:   (1) upon filing the map or plat thereof in the office of the county clerk; and   (2) upon the approval of the mayor and a majority of the council endorsed thereon.   History: En. Sec. 4724, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3212, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4976, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4976, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-401.
MT Code § 7-2-4202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 42. Addition to Municipalities|7-2-4202. Control of additions

  7-2-4202. Control of additions. The council has control of all such additions.   History: En. Sec. 4725, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3213, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4977, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4977, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-402(part).