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MT Code § 7-34-2116 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2116. Repealed

  7-34-2116. Repealed. Sec. 262, Ch. 49, L. 2015.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4307(part); amd. Sec. 347, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 27, L. 1981.
MT Code § 7-34-2117 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2117. Procedure for conduct of election for trustees -- appointment of trustees

  7-34-2117. Procedure for conduct of election for trustees -- appointment of trustees. (1) All elections of trustees must be conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 5.   (2) The first board of trustees must be elected at the election under 7-34-2110 on whether to create the district, subject to voter approval of the district.   (3) If there are no candidates for a trustee position, the board of county commissioners shall appoint the trustee.   (4) A member of the board taking office pursuant to subsection (3) serves a term of office as if elected to that office.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4307(part); amd. Sec. 348, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 27, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 250, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 254, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 164, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-34-2118 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2118. Term of office

  7-34-2118. Term of office. (1) The trustees elected for the first board shall serve for terms:   (a) commencing upon their being elected and qualified; and   (b) terminating 1, 2, and 3 years, respectively, from the first district meeting following their election and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.   (2) Annually after the initial election there may be elected a trustee to serve for a term of 3 years and until a successor is qualified. The term of 3 years commences at the first district meeting following the trustee's election.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4307(part); amd. Sec. 391, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 27, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 733, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-34-2119 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2119. Organization of board of trustees

  7-34-2119. Organization of board of trustees. The trustees at their first meeting shall adopt bylaws for the government and management of the district and shall appoint a qualified person to serve as clerk of the said board, who may or may not be one of their number.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4307(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2120 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2120. Compensation of trustees

  7-34-2120. Compensation of trustees. The trustees shall serve without pay.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4307(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2121. Vacancies

  7-34-2121. Vacancies. A vacancy upon the board of trustees occurring during the term of office of a trustee or in the office of clerk must be filled by appointment by the remaining members, and the appointee shall serve until the next ensuing election for trustees.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4307(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 254, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-34-2122 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2122. Powers of district

  7-34-2122. Powers of district. A hospital district has all powers necessary and convenient to the acquisition, betterment, operation, maintenance, and administration of hospital facilities that its board of trustees considers necessary and expedient. In addition to the general grant of powers, a hospital district, acting by its board of trustees, may:   (1) employ nursing, administrative, and other personnel, legal counsel, engineers, architects, accountants, and other qualified persons, who may be paid for their services by monthly salaries, hourly wages, and pension benefits or by fees that may be agreed upon;   (2) cause reports, plans, studies, and recommendations to be prepared;   (3) lease, purchase, and contract for the purchase of real and personal property by option, contract for deed, or otherwise and acquire real or personal property by gift;   (4) lease or construct, equip, furnish, and maintain necessary buildings and grounds;   (5) adopt, by resolution, rules for the operation and administration of hospital facilities under its control and for the admission of persons to the facilities;   (6) impose by resolution and collect charges for all services and facilities provided and made available by it;   (7) subject to 15-10-420, levy taxes as prescribed in this part;   (8) borrow money by the issuance of its bonds as prescribed in this part;   (9) borrow money by the issuance of notes;   (10) procure insurance against liability of the district or its officers and employees, or both, for torts committed within the scope of their official duties, whether governmental or proprietary, and against damage to or destruction of any of its facilities, equipment, or other property;   (11) sell or lease any of its facilities or equipment as may be considered expedient;   (12) cause audits to be made of its accounts, books, vouchers, and funds by competent public accountants; and   (13) provide educational benefits to qualified individuals, including the payment of tuition, room and board, educational materials, and stipends and the repayment of student loans in return for an agreement by those persons to provide services to the district.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4308(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 349, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 453, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 584, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-34-2123 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2123. Admission to district hospital facilities

  7-34-2123. Admission to district hospital facilities. Such a hospital district must admit persons to its facilities without regard to race, color, or sex. Such obligation shall not prevent the board of trustees of such hospital district from establishing reasonable minimum rates for hospital quarters, services, and supplies. Indigents needing such services, for the rendition of which provision is made by the laws of Montana, must be admitted to such public hospitals on terms and rates prescribed or authorized by law.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4308(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2124 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2124. through 7-34-2130 reserved

  7-34-2124 through 7-34-2130 reserved.
MT Code § 7-34-2131 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2131. Hospital district bonds and notes authorized

  7-34-2131. Hospital district bonds and notes authorized. (1) (a) A hospital district may borrow money by the issuance of its bonds to provide funds for payment of part or all of the cost of acquisition, furnishing, equipment, improvement, extension, and betterment of hospital facilities and to provide an adequate working capital for a new hospital.   (b) The amount of bonds issued for the purposes referred to in subsection (1)(a) and outstanding at any time may not exceed 1.4% of the total assessed value of taxable property, determined as provided in 15-8-111, within the district, as ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes prior to the issuance of the bonds.   (c) The bonds must be authorized, sold, and issued and provisions made for their payment in the manner and subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed for bonds of school districts by Title 20, chapter 9, part 4.   (2) (a) A hospital district may borrow money by the issuance of notes to provide funds to finance the costs described in subsection (1) and to finance the working capital requirements of the district. The notes must be authorized and in a form and terms prescribed by a resolution adopted by the board of trustees. The notes must mature over a term not to exceed 15 years or, if authorized by the electors of the district, a term not to exceed 30 years.   (b) The principal and interest on the notes must be paid from the taxes levied pursuant to 7-34-2133, exclusive of the taxes levied to pay bonds issued in accordance with subsection (1), and all other revenue of the district. The annual amount of principal and interest payable on notes in any fiscal year must be included in the district's budget for that year.   (c) The notes may be secured by a mortgage of or a security interest in all or part of the district's assets and by a pledge of the taxes and revenue of the district, or either of them.   (d) Notes may not be issued unless the projected annual revenue of the district, including the taxes levied pursuant to 7-34-2133 but exclusive of the taxes levied to pay bonds, is at least equal to the sum of the cost of operating and maintaining the hospital district plus the maximum amount of principal and interest due in any future fiscal year on the notes proposed to be issued and all notes outstanding upon the issuance of the proposed notes.   (3) This section may not be construed to amend or repeal the provisions of Title 50, chapter 6, part 1, allowing the state to apply for and accept federal funds.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4308(part); amd. Sec. 58, Ch. 614, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 349, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 29, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 295, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-34-2132 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2132. Hospital district budget

  7-34-2132. Hospital district budget. The board of hospital trustees shall annually present their budget to the board of county commissioners at the regular budget meetings as prescribed by law and therewith certify the amount of money necessary and proper for the ensuing year.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2133 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2133. Levy of district taxes

  7-34-2133. Levy of district taxes. Subject to 15-10-420, the board of county commissioners shall, annually at the time of levying county taxes, fix and levy a tax on the taxable value of all taxable property within the hospital district clearly sufficient to raise the amount certified by the board of hospital trustees under 7-34-2132.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309(part); amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 84, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-34-2134 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2134. Repealed

  7-34-2134. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. 16-4309.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309.1(1); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 554, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 625, L. 1983.
MT Code § 7-34-2135 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2135. Repealed

  7-34-2135. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. 16-4309.1, 16-4309.2 by Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 132, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309.1(2), 16-4309.2; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 554, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 608, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-34-2136 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2136. Repealed

  7-34-2136. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. 16-4309.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309.1(3), (4).
MT Code § 7-34-2137 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2137. Collection of taxes and disposition of funds

  7-34-2137. Collection of taxes and disposition of funds. (1) The procedures for the collection of the tax shall be in accordance with the existing laws of Montana.   (2) The funds collected under the tax levy shall be held by the county treasurer, who shall be, ex officio, the treasurer for the hospital district, and such treasurer shall keep a detailed account of all tax money paid into the fund, of all other money from any source received by the district, and of all payments and disbursements from the fund. Funds shall be paid out on warrants issued by direction of the board of trustees, signed by the majority of its membership.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4310.
MT Code § 7-34-2138 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2138. Hospital district capital replacement fund

  7-34-2138. Hospital district capital replacement fund. (1) A hospital district may establish a capital replacement fund. The fund may be used only for the replacement of property, plant facilities, or equipment. The cost of such capital equipment must exceed $5,000 and have a life expectancy of 5 years or more.   (2) A capital replacement fund established under subsection (1) may not exceed 10% of the total value of the hospital's property, plant facilities, and equipment at the end of a fiscal year.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 64, L. 1987.
MT Code § 7-34-2139 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2139. through 7-34-2150 reserved

  7-34-2139 through 7-34-2150 reserved.
MT Code § 7-34-2151 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2151. Annexation of land to hospital district

  7-34-2151. Annexation of land to hospital district. The boundaries of any such public hospital district may be altered and outlying districts may be annexed from territory contiguous thereto in the following manner.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2152 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2152. Petition to annex land

  7-34-2152. Petition to annex land. A petition signed by 10% or more of the freeholders within the territory proposed to be annexed or by a majority of such freeholders if there are less than 25 residing within the area proposed to be annexed, designating the boundaries of such contiguous territory proposed to be annexed and asking that it be annexed to said public hospital district, shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said public hospital district is situated.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2153 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2153. Hearing on petition for annexation -- notice

  7-34-2153. Hearing on petition for annexation -- notice. (1) At the first regular meeting after the presentation of said petition, said board of county commissioners shall cause notice of said petition to be published as provided in 7-1-2121 prior to the date fixed by said board for the hearing of said petition, which date shall be not less than 4 weeks after the filing of such petition.   (2) Upon the date fixed for such hearing or continuance thereof, said board shall take up and consider said petition and any objections which may be filed to the inclusion of any additional area or territory in said district.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part); amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 349, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-34-2154 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2154. Decision on annexation petition

  7-34-2154. Decision on annexation petition. Said board of county commissioners shall have the power, by order entered on its minutes:   (1) to grant said petition either in whole or in part;   (2) to alter the boundaries of said public hospital district; and   (3) to annex thereto all or such portion of said area or territory described in said petition as will be benefited thereby.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2155 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2155. Effect of annexation

  7-34-2155. Effect of annexation. The annexed territory shall become and be a part of such public hospital district on the date fixed in the order of annexation and shall be subject to the taxes authorized by this part, including taxes for any preexisting indebtedness, together with the preexisting area of said district; and such taxes shall be uniform for the whole area and territory in the district as enlarged.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2156 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2156. Withdrawal of land from hospital district

  7-34-2156. Withdrawal of land from hospital district. (1) Any portion of a public hospital district may be withdrawn therefrom, as provided in 7-34-2156 through 7-34-2160, upon receipt of a petition signed by 51% or more of the taxpayers residing in and owning property within the area desired to be withdrawn from any public hospital district, on the grounds that such area will not be benefited by remaining in said district.   (2) No petition for withdrawal shall be entertained or acted upon by the board unless the same is filed before December 31 of the preceding year.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2157 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2157. Hearing on petition for withdrawal -- notice

  7-34-2157. Hearing on petition for withdrawal -- notice. (1) The board of county commissioners shall, upon the filing of such a petition, fix a time for the hearing of such withdrawal petition, which time shall not be more than 4 weeks after the receipt thereof.   (2) Any interested person may appear at said hearing and present objections to the withdrawal of said portion from said district.   (3) The board shall publish a notice of such hearing as provided in 7-1-2121.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part); amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 349, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-34-2158 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2158. Decision on withdrawal petition -- appeal

  7-34-2158. Decision on withdrawal petition -- appeal. (1) The board shall consider the petition and all objections thereto, pass upon the merits thereof, and make its order in accordance therewith.   (2) Such order is subject to review by the district court of the county, and appeal may be taken from the final judgment of such district court to the supreme court of Montana.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2159 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2159. Effective date of withdrawal

  7-34-2159. Effective date of withdrawal. Any withdrawal shall be effective as of January 1 following the issuance of the withdrawal order.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2160 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2160. Withdrawing property subject to existing indebtedness

  7-34-2160. Withdrawing property subject to existing indebtedness. All taxable property within the withdrawn area shall remain subject to taxation for any bonded indebtedness of the hospital district existing as of the effective date of the withdrawal to the same extent as it would have been subject if not withdrawn.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2161 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2161. Dissolution of hospital district

  7-34-2161. Dissolution of hospital district. At any time after 5 years from the date any public hospital district is created, such district may be dissolved upon presentation to the board of county commissioners of a petition signed by at least 51% of the owners of property lying within such district as shown by the last-completed assessment roll.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4313(part).