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MT Code § 7-14-4502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 45. Municipal Parking|7-14-4502. Bond issue to finance parking areas

  7-14-4502. Bond issue to finance parking areas. A city or town council shall have power to:   (1) issue bonds or other securities for the payment of the lots or lands and facilities referred to in 7-14-4501, payable in whole or in part from the revenues of any such parking lots or areas or parking facilities or from other sources; and   (2) pledge, place a charge upon, or otherwise make available as additional security for the payment of such bonds or securities any or all revenues from any or all street parking meters owned or to be owned and controlled by said city or town.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 96, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1018(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 45. Municipal Parking|7-14-4503. through 7-14-4510 reserved

  7-14-4503 through 7-14-4510 reserved.
MT Code § 7-14-4511 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 45. Municipal Parking|7-14-4511. Provision of parking meters in smaller municipalities -- ordinance required

  7-14-4511. Provision of parking meters in smaller municipalities -- ordinance required. The city or town council of any incorporated city or town of 2,500 population or less is hereby empowered to enact an ordinance or ordinances:   (1) to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise acquire coin-operating parking meters or other devices or instruments used for the purpose of measuring the duration of time an automobile or other vehicle is parked;   (2) to install, maintain, and operate said meters, devices, or instruments at or near any public street, highway, avenue, or other public place within the corporate limits of such city or town;   (3) to provide for such regulations as necessary to govern the use of its public streets, highways, avenues, or other public places for the purpose of parking automobiles or other vehicles and the use of said meters, devices, or instruments in conjunction therewith, including the establishment and designation of zones or areas where said meters, devices, or instruments are to be used.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 1949; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1015.
MT Code § 7-14-4512 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 45. Municipal Parking|7-14-4512. Referendum on parking meters prior to enacting ordinance

  7-14-4512. Referendum on parking meters prior to enacting ordinance. An ordinance providing for purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring or installing, maintaining, operating, or using parking meters, devices, or instruments may not be enacted unless the question of whether or not the ordinance may be enacted has been submitted to the qualified electors of the city or town at an election conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4. An ordinance may not be enacted unless a majority of the votes cast are in favor of enacting the ordinance.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 91, L. 1949; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1016; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 157, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-14-4601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4601. Findings and purpose

  7-14-4601. Findings and purpose. (1) It is hereby determined and declared that excessive curb parking of motor vehicles in urban and metropolitan areas and the lack of adequate offstreet parking facilities in some cities is against the public interest.   (2) The purpose of this part is to provide means whereby cities in which additional offstreet parking facilities are considered necessary may obtain and provide same and whereby such cities may regulate onstreet and offstreet parking in a coordinated manner.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3701.
MT Code § 7-14-4602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4602. Definitions

  7-14-4602. Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this part, shall have the following respective meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:   (1) "City" shall mean the particular city for which a particular commission may be created or which may act as such a commission pursuant to resolution of its legislative body.   (2) "Clause" includes article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, or provision.   (3) "Clerk" shall mean the clerk of the city or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on such clerk.   (4) "Commission" or "parking commission" shall mean any of the public corporations which may be created by a city and any city which may exercise the powers of a parking commission pursuant to resolution adopted by its legislative body under the provisions of 7-14-4603 through 7-14-4608.   (5) "Indenture" means ordinance, resolution, or indenture which may be passed, adopted, or entered into by a commission or by the legislative body of a city.   (6) "Legislative body" shall mean the city council or other body in which the general legislative powers of the city are vested.   (7) "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city or the officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or executive head of the city.   (8) "Obligee of the commission" or "obligee" shall be any bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the commission property used in connection with a parking facility or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof and the state or the United States or any agency of either when a party to any contract with a commission by which aid or a loan is given or made to the commission.   (9) "Project" shall mean any acquisition, improvement, construction, or undertaking of any kind authorized by this part.   (10) "State public body" means the state or any city, commission, or any other subdivision or public body of the state.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 401, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3702.
MT Code § 7-14-4603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4603. Creation of parking commission authorized

  7-14-4603. Creation of parking commission authorized. A city may create, as provided for in 7-14-4603 through 7-14-4608, a public body to be known as the parking commission of the city. The commission of any city shall not transact any business or exercise any powers under this part unless and until the legislative body of the city shall by resolution declare that there is need for a parking commission to function in such city.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3703(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4604. Public nature of parking commission

  7-14-4604. Public nature of parking commission. Each commission shall constitute a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3707(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4605. Determination of need to create parking commission

  7-14-4605. Determination of need to create parking commission. The determination as to whether there is need for a commission to function may be made by the legislative body on its own motion or upon the filing of a petition signed by 100 residents of the city asserting that there is need for a commission to function in such city and requesting that the legislative body so declare.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3703(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4606. Resolution of need required

  7-14-4606. Resolution of need required. A city shall not transact any business or exercise any powers of this part unless and until the legislative body of the city shall by resolution declare that there is need for such city to exercise the powers of a parking commission as provided in this part.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3703(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4607 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4607. Resolution for parking commission to function

  7-14-4607. Resolution for parking commission to function. In any suit, action, or proceeding by or against or in any manner relating to a parking commission, the commission shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the legislative body declaring the need for the commission to function.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3703(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4608 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4608. Adoption of resolutions -- jurisdictional area

  7-14-4608. Adoption of resolutions -- jurisdictional area. Either or both such resolutions referred to in 7-14-4606 and 7-14-4607 may be adopted by the legislative body of a city. If both such resolutions are adopted, they shall clearly specify areas within the city, less than the whole thereof, within which or projects over which the commission and the city, respectively, are to have jurisdiction and control. The division of such jurisdiction and control shall be as so specified but may be changed from time to time by action of both the legislative body and the commission to such extent as may be consistent with obligations to bondholders assumed under this part.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3703(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4609 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4609. Appointment of commission

  7-14-4609. Appointment of commission. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), when the legislative body of a city first adopts a resolution for a parking commission, the mayor, with the approval of the legislative body, shall appoint not less than five or more than seven electors of the city as members of the commission.   (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the number of members of the commission, once established, may be changed within the number limits established in subsection (1) by subsequent resolutions of the legislative body of the city. A resolution to reduce the number of commission members may not require resignation of any member prior to completion of the member's appointed term.   (3) The legislative body of a city may designate the board of trustees of a business improvement district appointed pursuant to 7-12-1121 as the parking commission if the area of the business improvement district is generally coterminous with the area designated in the resolution creating the parking commission as being subject to the jurisdiction and control of the parking commission.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3704(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 189, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-14-4610 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4610. Term of office

  7-14-4610. Term of office. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), three of the members who are first appointed must be designated to serve for terms of 1, 2, and 3 years, respectively, from the date of their appointments, and two must be designated to serve for terms of 4 years from the date of their appointment. For a seven-member commission, there must be two additional appointments of 2 years and 3 years, respectively.   (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), at the expiration of terms established in subsection (1), members must be appointed for a term of office of 4 years, except that all vacancies occurring during a term must be filled for the unexpired term. A member shall hold office until a qualified successor has been appointed.   (3) If the board of trustees of a business improvement district has been appointed to serve as the parking commission, the term of office for a trustee serving as a commissioner must be the same as the trustee's term of office as a member of the business improvement district's board of trustees.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3704(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 189, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-14-4611 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4611. Removal of parking commission member

  7-14-4611. Removal of parking commission member. A member of a commission may be removed by the mayor with the consent of the legislative body of the city.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3704(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4612 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4612. Organization and operation of commission

  7-14-4612. Organization and operation of commission. (1) The powers of each commission are vested in the current members of the commission.   (2) The appointing officer shall designate which of the members of the commission is the first presiding officer, but when the office of presiding officer of the commission becomes vacant, the commission shall elect a presiding officer from among its members. The term of office as presiding officer of the commission, unless otherwise prescribed by the legislative body of the city, must be for the calendar year or for that portion of a year remaining after each presiding officer is designated or elected.   (3) Members must receive their actual and necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, and may receive other compensation that the legislative body may prescribe.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3704(part); amd. Sec. 607, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-14-4613 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4613. Funds for administrative purposes of parking commission

  7-14-4613. Funds for administrative purposes of parking commission. When any city or the commission created for it becomes authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a parking commission, the legislative body of the city, subject to its fiscal law, may, at that time and from time to time thereafter, make an estimate of the amount of money required for administrative purposes of the commission and may appropriate such amounts to the commission as it deems necessary, subject to such conditions as the legislative body may prescribe.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3705(1).
MT Code § 7-14-4614 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4614. Annual audit of financial affairs of parking commission

  7-14-4614. Annual audit of financial affairs of parking commission. The financial affairs of the parking commission shall be audited annually by independent certified public accountants.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3705(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4615 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4615. Reports on commission transactions

  7-14-4615. Reports on commission transactions. The legislative body shall cause:   (1) a detailed report of all transactions of the parking commission, including a statement of all revenues and expenditures, to be filed with it at quarterly, semiannual, or annual intervals as the legislative body may prescribe; and   (2) a summary statement of all its financial affairs to be published at least once annually in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or, if none is so published, then in such newspaper of general circulation as it may deem most likely to give notice to all residents of the city.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3705(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4616 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4616. Termination of parking commission due to inaction -- windup of commission affairs

  7-14-4616. Termination of parking commission due to inaction -- windup of commission affairs. (1) After the lapse of 4 years from the date of adoption of a resolution declaring the need for a parking commission to function in a city, if such commission shall not have acquired or entered into possession of land for a parking facility or issued bonds, the legislative body of such city may by resolution declare that there is no need for such commission in the community. Thereupon the offices of the members of the commission shall become vacant and the capacity of the commission to transact business or exercise any powers shall be suspended and shall remain suspended until the legislative body thereafter adopts a resolution declaring the need for the commission to function.   (2) After adoption of a resolution declaring there is no need for such commission to function or while any such resolution is in effect, the legislative body of a city shall have power to wind up the affairs of the commission and shall have title to all property of the commission for the purpose of offstreet parking only, to be leased to and operated by companies, individuals, or corporations.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 223, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3706(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4617 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4617. through 7-14-4620 reserved

  7-14-4617 through 7-14-4620 reserved.
MT Code § 7-14-4621 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4621. General powers of parking commission

  7-14-4621. General powers of parking commission. Each parking commission, subject to the limitations imposed by this part, shall have the following powers:   (1) to sue and be sued, have a seal, make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers;   (2) to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with this part, to carry into effect the powers and purposes thereof;   (3) to select and appoint or remove such officers, agents, counsel, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require and to determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation;   (4) to exercise all or any part or combination of the powers granted in this part;   (5) to do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary, convenient, desirable, or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this part.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3707(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4622 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4622. Powers of parking commission related to provision of parking services

  7-14-4622. Powers of parking commission related to provision of parking services. For the purpose of offstreet parking, each parking commission, subject to the limitations imposed by this part, may:   (1) purchase, lease, obtain option upon, or acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest in real or personal property, together with any improvements on real property;   (2) subject to 7-14-4626, acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, as provided in Title 70, chapter 30, any property upon approval of the city council;   (3) sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in real or personal property;   (4) lay out, open, extend, widen, straighten, establish, or change the grade, in whole or in part, of public parking facilities and public rights-of-way necessary or convenient for offstreet parking;   (5) insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operation of the parking commission against risks or hazards;   (6) acquire, construct, rent, lease, maintain, and repair real and personal property used for parking services, either on behalf of the parking commission or as an agent of the city, including the leasing of the operation of the offstreet parking;   (7) regulate onstreet parking when it remains in use, in coordination with offstreet parking, subject to traffic regulations imposed by the state.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3707(part); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 125, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-14-4623 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4623. Transfer of parking commission property to municipality

  7-14-4623. Transfer of parking commission property to municipality. The legislative body of a city, at any time after the activation of a parking commission, may adopt by a two-thirds vote thereof a resolution transferring the property of the commission to the city. The city may, through such department as it may determine, exercise its powers in regard thereto by virtue of the constitution or this or other general law, but no such transfer shall be made in contravention of any covenant or agreement made with the holders of any revenue bonds of the commission theretofore issued and then outstanding.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 223, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3706(part).
MT Code § 7-14-4624 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 14. Transportation|Part 46. Parking Commissions|7-14-4624. Powers of commission related to financial management

  7-14-4624. Powers of commission related to financial management. Each parking commission, subject to the limitations imposed by this part, shall have the following powers:   (1) to receive, control, and order the expenditure of any and all money and funds pertaining to parking facilities or related properties, including, without limiting the generality of this provision:   (a) all revenues derived from operations of the commission;   (b) all money appropriated or made available by the city pursuant to this section or otherwise;   (c) the proceeds of all financial aid or assistance by the city, federal, or state governments;   (d) the proceeds of levied assessments;   (e) the proceeds of all revenue bonds issued pursuant to this part by the city for parking facilities;   (2) to invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds or any funds not required for immediate disbursement in property or securities in which cities may legally invest funds subject to their control, but no such investment shall be made in contravention of any covenant or agreement made with the holders of any revenue bonds of the commission theretofore issued and then outstanding.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3707(part).