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MT Code § 7-2-2514 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 25. Change of Name of County|7-2-2514. Effect of name change on county boundaries

  7-2-2514. Effect of name change on county boundaries. No change of name shall be so construed as to alter or modify the boundaries of the county as the same existed and were established under the former name of the county, but such boundaries shall be and remain the same until changed according to law.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 113, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 4440, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4440, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-714(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2601. Petition to remove county seat

  7-2-2601. Petition to remove county seat. (1) Whenever the inhabitants of any county of this state desire to remove the county seat of a county from the place where it is fixed by law or otherwise to another place, they may present a petition to the board of county commissioners of their county, praying such removal, such place to be named in the petition, and that an election be held to determine whether or not such removal must be made.   (2) The petition to remove the county seat of the county from the place where it is fixed by law to another place must be presented at least 60 days prior to any action thereon being taken by the board of county commissioners. Action on said petition by the board must be had at a regular meeting of said board.   History: En. Sec. 4157, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, p. 145, L. 1901; re-en. Sec. 2851, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 62, L. 1915; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 10, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4369, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3976; re-en. Sec. 4369, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-301(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2602. Filing of petition -- notice and hearing

  7-2-2602. Filing of petition -- notice and hearing. (1) A petition for removal of a county seat must be filed with the county clerk.   (2) The county clerk, immediately upon the filing of the petition, shall publish a notice as provided in 7-1-2121. The notice must state that the petition is open to inspection in the office of the county clerk.   (3) Any other or additional petition than the one originally filed may not be considered by the board.   History: En. Sec. 4157, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, p. 145, L. 1901; re-en. Sec. 2851, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 62, L. 1915; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 10, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4369, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3976; re-en. Sec. 4369, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-301(part); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 354, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-2-2603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2603. Repealed

  7-2-2603. Repealed. Sec. 262, Ch. 49, L. 2015.   History: En. Sec. 4157, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, p. 145, L. 1901; re-en. Sec. 2851, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 62, L. 1915; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 10, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4369, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3976; re-en. Sec. 4369, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-301(part); amd. Sec. 279, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2604. Consideration of petition -- submission to voters -- withdrawal of signatures

  7-2-2604. Consideration of petition -- submission to voters -- withdrawal of signatures. (1) The county election administrator shall verify signatures on the petition within 30 days of when the signed petition is filed.   (2) If the county election administrator determines that the petition is signed by at least 50% of the county's electors who voted in the last general election, the board of county commissioners must submit the question of the removal of the county seat to the electors of the county. The election on the question of removal of the county seat must be held in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4.   (3) If the petition has not been signed by at least 50% of the county's electors who voted in the last general election, the question of the removal of the county seat may not be submitted to electors.   (4) A person who signed the petition may request that the person's signature not be counted by filing a written request with the county clerk before the signatures are validated and counted pursuant to this section.   History: En. Sec. 4158, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 2, p. 146, L. 1901; re-en. Sec. 2852, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 10, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4370, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3977; re-en. Sec. 4370, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 406, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-302; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-2-2605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2605. Repealed

  7-2-2605. Repealed. Sec. 262, Ch. 49, L. 2015.   History: (1)En. Sec. 4159, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2853, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4371, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3979; re-en. Sec. 4371, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-303, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 4160, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2854, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4372, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3980; re-en. Sec. 4372, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-304, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-303, 16-304; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 387, L. 1995.
MT Code § 7-2-2606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2606. Determination and publication of election results

  7-2-2606. Determination and publication of election results. (1) When the returns have been received and compared and the results ascertained by the board, if a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question have voted in favor of any particular place, the board must give notice of the results by posting notices thereof in all the election precincts of the county and by publishing a like notice in a newspaper printed in the county at least once a week for 4 weeks.   (2) In the notice provided for in this section, the place selected to be the county seat of the county must be so declared from a day specified in the notice, not more than 90 days after the election. After the day named in the notice, the place chosen is the county seat of the county.   History: (1)En. Sec. 3, p. 146, L. 1901; re-en. Sec. 2855, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 27, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4373, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3981; re-en. Sec. 4373, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 406, L. 1973; Sec. 16-305, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 4162, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2856, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4374, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3982, re-en. Sec. 4374, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-306, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-305, 16-306.
MT Code § 7-2-2607 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2607. Transmittal of election results

  7-2-2607. Transmittal of election results. Whenever any election has been held as provided for in this part, the statement made by the board of county commissioners showing the result thereof must be deposited in the office of the county clerk. Whenever the board gives the notice prescribed by 7-2-2606(2), they must transmit a certified copy thereof to the secretary of state.   History: En. Sec. 4163, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2857, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4375, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3983; re-en. Sec. 4375, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-307.
MT Code § 7-2-2608 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 26. Removal of County Seat|7-2-2608. Frequency of elections on question of moving county seat

  7-2-2608. Frequency of elections on question of moving county seat. (1) When an election has been held and a majority of the votes are not cast for some place other than that fixed by law as the existing county seat, no second election for the removal thereof may be held within 4 years thereafter.   (2) When the county seat of a county has been once removed by a popular vote of the people of the county, it may be again removed from time to time in the manner provided by this part.   History: (1)En. Sec. 4164, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2858, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4376, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3984; re-en. Sec. 4376, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-308, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 4, Ch. 146, L. 1901; re-en. Sec. 2859, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4377, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3985; re-en. Sec. 4377, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-309, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-308, 16-309; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 250, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-2-2701 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2701. Abandonment and consolidation of counties

  7-2-2701. Abandonment and consolidation of counties. The organization and corporate existence of any county organized under the laws of this state may be abandoned and abolished and the territory within its boundaries may be attached to and made a part of some adjoining county in the manner provided by this part.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4001.
MT Code § 7-2-2702 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2702. Petition for abandonment of county

  7-2-2702. Petition for abandonment of county. (1) A petition may be filed with the county clerk of a county asking that the question of abandoning and abolishing the organization and corporate existence of the county and attaching its territory to and making the territory a part of some adjoining county be submitted to the qualified electors of the county at an election. The petition must state the name of the adjoining county to which the territory of the county to be abandoned and abolished will be attached and made a part.   (2) The petition must be signed by not less than 35% of the qualified electors of the county whose names appear upon the registration records of the county, must contain the post-office address and voting precinct of each individual signing it, and must state the name and address of three individuals to whom notice of the insufficiency of the petition must be sent if the petition does not have the required number of signatures of registered electors. A person, after signing the petition, may not be allowed or permitted to withdraw the person's signature or name from the petition.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4002(part); amd. Sec. 280, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 280, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2703 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2703. Processing of petition -- certification to county commissioners

  7-2-2703. Processing of petition -- certification to county commissioners. (1) It is the duty of the election administrator, within 30 days after the filing of the petition, to examine it and to ascertain and determine from the registration records of the county whether the petition is signed by the required number of registered electors. The election administrator may be authorized by the board of county commissioners to employ additional help in the administrator's office to assist in the work of examining the petition, and the board shall provide for their compensation.   (2) When the examination is completed, the election administrator shall attach to the petition the administrator's certificate, properly dated and signed, showing the result of the examination. If the certificate shows that the petition is signed by the required number of registered electors, the election administrator shall present the petition to the board at its first regular meeting after the date of the certificate.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4002(part); amd. Sec. 281, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 281, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2704 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2704. Hearing on petition by county commissioners -- notice

  7-2-2704. Hearing on petition by county commissioners -- notice. (1) Whenever any such petition is presented to the board of county commissioners of a county with a certificate of the election administrator attached thereto and showing that the petition has been signed by not less than 35% of the registered electors of the county whose names appear upon the registration records of the county, as provided in 7-2-2702 and 7-2-2703, the board shall, immediately upon presentation of the petition, make and enter an order in its minutes fixing a day for considering and taking final action on the petition. The date for final action shall be not less than 30 or more than 35 days after the date when the order is made.   (2) The board shall cause a notice to be published as provided in 7-1-2121 to the effect that the petition has been presented to the board asking for the abandonment and abolishment of the county and that any registered electors of the county interested therein may appear and be heard thereon.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4003(1); amd. Sec. 282, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 349, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-2-2705 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2705. Petition to amend proposed consolidation

  7-2-2705. Petition to amend proposed consolidation. (1) At any time prior to 5 days before the date fixed for consideration and final action on the petition, 50% of the registered electors residing within a particular part or portion of the county may file with the county clerk of the county a petition in writing, signed by them, asking that the part or portion of the county within which the petitioners reside not be attached to the county designated in the petition for abandonment but be attached to some other adjoining county. A person, after signing the petition, may withdraw the person's signature or name from the petition in the same manner as provided in 7-2-2604(4).   (2) The petition authorized by subsection (1) must definitely, particularly, and accurately describe the boundaries of the part or portion of the county that the petitioners desire to be attached to the other adjoining county and must specify and name the other adjoining county to which the part or portion is to be attached if the county is abandoned and abolished.   (3) Separate and independent petitions may be filed by registered electors residing within the boundaries of separate and distinct and different parts or portions of the county, asking that, if the county is abandoned, the territory embraced within the boundaries described in the petition be attached to and become parts of the same or different adjoining counties other than the county named and designated in the petition for abandonment.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4003(part); amd. Sec. 282, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-2-2706 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2706. Processing of petition to amend proposed consolidation -- certification to county commissioners

  7-2-2706. Processing of petition to amend proposed consolidation -- certification to county commissioners. Whenever any petition is filed under 7-2-2705, the election administrator shall immediately examine the petition and determine from the registration records of the county whether the petition has been signed by the required number of registered electors and shall attach to the petition the administrator's certificate showing the total number of registered electors residing within the boundaries described in the petition and the number of registered electors whose names appear on the petition and shall deliver the petition, with the certificate attached, to the board of county commissioners when the board meets to consider and take final action on the petition for abandonment.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4003(part); amd. Sec. 283, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 283, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2707 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2707. Action on petitions -- resolution

  7-2-2707. Action on petitions -- resolution. (1) On the day fixed by the board for consideration and final action on such petition for abandonment, the board shall meet and examine and consider all petitions which may have been filed praying that particular parts or portions of said county, if abandoned, be attached to an adjoining county or counties other than the county named in such petition for abandonment and shall determine the sufficiency of each such petition filed and shall enter its findings with regard thereto in its minutes. Said board shall thereupon adopt a resolution, which shall be in writing and also entered in full in its minutes.   (2) Said resolution must be signed by the members of the board, and the county clerk must, within 5 days thereafter, make the certified copies of said resolution, with copy of petition or petitions attached, and transmit one copy to the governor of Montana and one copy to the county clerk of each county to which any part or portion of said county is to be attached if abandoned.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4004(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2708 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2708. Form of resolution

  7-2-2708. Form of resolution. The resolution authorized by 7-2-2707 shall be in substantially the following form:   Whereas, there has been filed with the election administrator of (name) county, Montana, a petition asking that the organization and corporate existence of the county be abandoned and abolished and its territory attached to and made a part of an adjoining county, the county of (name), Montana; and   Whereas, the petition has been presented to the board of county commissioners of (name) County, with a certificate of the election administrator of the county attached thereto showing that the petition has been signed by not less than 35% of the registered electors of the county; and   (If a petition for attaching any part or portion of the county, in case of abandonment, to an adjoining county or counties other than the county named in the petition for abandonment and found to have been signed by the required number of registered electors, insert the following for each petition:)   Whereas, there has been filed a petition signed by not less than 50% of the registered electors residing within that part or portion of the county described as (give description as contained in petition), praying that the part or portion of the county within the boundaries be attached to and made a part of the county of (name of county given in petition) if the county is abandoned.   Now, therefore, be it resolved that if (name) County shall be abandoned and abolished, the territory embraced within its boundaries shall be attached to and become part of the following: (if all to be attached to one adjoining county so state, but if parts or portions to any other county or counties, then describe the part or portion to go to each adjoining county as well as to the county named in the petition for abandonment).   Be it further resolved that the county clerk of (name) County, Montana, make copies of this resolution, each with a copy of said petition for abandonment with the signatures omitted therefrom (and copies of petitions for attaching parts or portions of said county to adjoining county or counties other than the county named in the petition for abandonment, if any were filed and found sufficient, with signatures omitted), and certify to the same and affix the seal of the county thereto and transmit one of the copies to the governor of Montana and one of the copies to the clerk of each county to which any part of the county is to be attached if abandoned.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4004(part); amd. Sec. 284, Ch. 571, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-2-2709 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2709. Election on question of abandonment and consolidation

  7-2-2709. Election on question of abandonment and consolidation. (1) (a) Within 14 days after transmittal of the resolution provided for in 7-2-2707, the boards of county commissioners of the county in which the petition referred to in the resolution was filed and of each county designated in the resolution as a county to which any of the territory of the county, if abandoned and abolished, would be attached and made a part shall, in a joint meeting and by joint resolution of the boards, call an election in all affected counties. The election must be conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4.   (b) The joint resolution must be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and copies of the resolution must be transmitted to the election administrator of each of the counties in which the election is to be held.   (2) At the election there must be submitted:   (a) to the registered electors of the county in which the petition was filed, the question of whether or not the county is to be abandoned and abolished and its territory attached to and made a part of the county designated and named for the purpose in the petition; and   (b) to the registered electors of each county named and designated in the resolution as a county to which a part of the territory of the county proposed to be abandoned and abolished is to be attached and made a part if the county is abandoned and abolished, the question of whether or not the part of the territory of the county, if abandoned and abolished, described in the resolution must be attached to and become a part of the county.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4005; amd. Sec. 285, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 79, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-2-2710 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2710. Repealed

  7-2-2710. Repealed. Sec. 262, Ch. 49, L. 2015.   History: En. Secs. 6, 7, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4006, 16-4007(part); amd. Sec. 286, Ch. 571, L. 1979.