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MT Code § 7-3-1215 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1215. Qualifications for commission

  7-3-1215. Qualifications for commission. (1) Members of the commission must be qualified electors of the consolidated municipality and may not hold any other public office except that of notary public or member of the state militia.   (2) A member of the commission ceasing to possess any of the qualifications specified in this section shall immediately forfeit the member's office.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.7, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3407(part); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 262, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 329, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1216 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1216. Term of office of commission members

  7-3-1216. Term of office of commission members. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the term of office of members of the commission must be 4 years and must commence on the first Monday in January following their election.   (2) The terms of office of the members first elected must commence on the first day of the third month following their election, and the terms of office of a majority of the members first elected, to be determined by lot, expire when their successors are elected and qualified in the first year following their election, and the terms of the remaining members first elected expire when their successors are elected and qualified in the third year following their election.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.7, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3407(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 220, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 54, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-3-1217 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1217. Vacancies

  7-3-1217. Vacancies. (1) If a vacancy occurs in the commission, except as the result of a recall election, some eligible person shall be chosen by a majority vote of the remaining members to fill the place for the unexpired term.   (2) Absence from all regular meetings for a period of 90 days shall operate to vacate the seat of a member unless such absence be authorized by the commission.   History: (1)En. Sec. 7, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.7, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3407, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 13, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.13, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 79, L. 1967; Sec. 11-3413, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3407(part), 11-3413(part).
MT Code § 7-3-1218 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1218. Meetings of commission

  7-3-1218. Meetings of commission. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), at 2 p.m. on the first Monday in January following a general municipal election, the commission shall meet at the courthouse in the consolidated municipality and the newly elected members shall assume the duties of office.   (b) The first meeting of the commission after the election at which the first members of the commission are elected must be held at 2 p.m. on the first day of the third month following the special election, and at this meeting the members of the commission shall determine by lot the members whose terms will expire on the first Monday in January in the first year following their election and the members whose terms will expire on the first Monday in January in the third year following their election.   (2) Thereafter the commission shall meet as prescribed by ordinance or resolution, but not less frequently than once in each month. Special meetings must be called by the clerk of the commission on written request of the president, the manager, or a majority of the members of the commission. A notice of a special meeting must state the subject to be considered at the meeting, and no other subject may be considered at the special meeting.   (3) All meetings of the commission and of committees of the commission must be open to the public, and the rules of the commission must provide that citizens of the municipality must have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any meeting in regard to any matter considered at the meeting.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.8, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3408; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 262, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 384, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-3-1219 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1219. Organization and officers of commission

  7-3-1219. Organization and officers of commission. (1) At the first meeting of the commission following the election at which the members of the commission are first elected and after that time at the commission's meeting on the first Monday in January following each general election at which members of the commission are elected, the commission shall choose one of its members as president and another as vice president.   (2) The president shall preside at meetings of the commission and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed by part 13 or this part and the ordinances of the municipality. The president is the official head of the municipality for all ceremonial purposes, by the courts for serving civil processes, and by the governor for purposes of military law. In time of public danger or emergency, the president shall, if authorized by a vote of the commission, take command of the police, maintain order, and enforce the law. If a vacancy occurs in the office of president or in case of the president's absence or disability, the vice president shall act as president for the unexpired term or during the continuance of the absence or disability.   (3) The director of finance is ex officio clerk of the commission and shall, either in person or by deputy, keep the records of the commission and perform other duties that may be required by part 13 or this part or by the commission.   History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 10, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.10, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3410, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 11, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.11, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3411, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3410, 11-3411; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 220, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 330, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 56, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-3-1220 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1220. Conduct of commission business

  7-3-1220. Conduct of commission business. (1) The commission shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. It may compel the attendance of absent members, may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its members, may expel a member for disorderly conduct or the repeated violation of its rules. However, a member may not be expelled unless notified of the charge against the member and given an opportunity to be heard.   (2) A majority of the members elected to the commission constitute a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and under the penalties prescribed by ordinance. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to the commission is necessary to adopt any ordinance, resolution, order, or vote. However, a vote to adjourn or regarding the attendance of absent members may be adopted by a majority of the members present.   History: (1)En. Sec. 9, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.9, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3409, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 12, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.12, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3412, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3409, 11-3412; amd. Sec. 331, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1221. Compensation of commission members

  7-3-1221. Compensation of commission members. (1) The commission may by ordinance provide compensation for its members, but the total amount and manner of compensation may not exceed the maximum sum prescribed by law for city council members of cities of the first class.   (2) In addition to any compensation authorized by this section, each member of the commission must receive the same sum prescribed by law for county commissioners per mile for any distance in excess of 10 miles necessarily traveled in going from and returning to the member's residence because of attendance at a regular or regularly called meeting of the commission or in travel in the county undertaken in performance of official duties.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.13, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 79, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3413(part); amd. Sec. 332, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1223 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1223. Effective date of ordinances

  7-3-1223. Effective date of ordinances. (1) Ordinances making the annual tax levy, ordinances and resolutions providing for local improvements and assessments, and emergency measures shall take effect at the time indicated therein. All other ordinances and resolutions enacted by the commission shall be in effect from and after 30 days from the date of their passage.   (2) When an ordinance proposed by initiative petition is passed by the commission in a changed or amended form and the committee of the petitioners requires that such proposed ordinance be submitted to a vote of the electors, as provided in 7-3-1229, the ordinance as passed by the commission shall not take effect until after such vote, and if the proposed ordinance so submitted be approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, the ordinance as passed by the commission shall be deemed repealed.   (3) Ordinances adopted by the electors shall take effect at the time fixed therein or, if no time is specified, 30 days after the adoption thereof.   History: (1), (3)En. Sec. 17, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.17, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3417, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 23, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.23, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3423, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3417(part), 11-3423.
MT Code § 7-3-1224 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1224. Emergency measures

  7-3-1224. Emergency measures. An emergency measure is an ordinance or resolution to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, in which the emergency claimed is set forth and defined in a preamble thereto. The affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the commission shall be required to pass an emergency ordinance or resolution.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.17, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3417(part).
MT Code § 7-3-1225 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1225. Vote required on certain measures

  7-3-1225. Vote required on certain measures. No measure making or amending a grant, renewal, or extension of a franchise or other special privilege may be passed without first submitting the application therefor to the qualified electors in the manner provided by 7-5-4321 and 7-5-4322.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.17, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3417(part); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 262, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-3-1226 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1226. Codification of ordinances

  7-3-1226. Codification of ordinances. (1) Ordinances may be revised, codified, rearranged, and published in book form under appropriate titles, chapters, and sections, and such revision and codification may be made in one ordinance containing one or more subjects. The publication of such revision and codification in book form as aforesaid shall be held to be a sufficient publication of the ordinance or several ordinances contained in such revision and codification.   (2) Any such publication of a revision or codification of ordinances in book form shall contain a certificate of the president and clerk of the correctness of such revision, codification, and publication; and such book so published shall be received in evidence in any court for the purpose of proving the ordinance or ordinances therein contained, the same and for the same purpose as the original book, ordinances, minutes, or journals would be received.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.15, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3415.
MT Code § 7-3-1227 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1227. Petition for initiative

  7-3-1227. Petition for initiative. (1) Any proposed ordinance, except an ordinance making an appropriation, may be submitted to the commission by petition signed by 10% of the qualified electors of the municipality whose names appear on the register of voters on the date when the proposed ordinance is submitted to the commission.   (2) All petition papers circulated with respect to any proposed ordinance must be uniform in character and must contain the proposed ordinance in full.   (3) Proposed ordinances for repealing any existing ordinance or ordinances, in whole or in part, may be submitted to the commission as provided in 7-3-1227 through 7-3-1229 for initiating ordinances.   History: En. Secs. 19, 24, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Secs. 5520.19, 5520.24, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3419, 11-3424(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 584, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-3-1228 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1228. Action on initiative petition

  7-3-1228. Action on initiative petition. (1) If an initiative petition or amended petition is found sufficient by the clerk, the clerk shall certify it and shall submit the ordinance set forth in the petition to the commission at its next meeting, and the commission shall read and refer it to an appropriate committee, which may be a committee of the whole.   (2) Provision must be made for public hearings upon the proposed ordinance before the committee to which it is referred. After the hearings, the committee shall report the ordinance to the commission, with its recommendations, not later than 60 days after the date on which the ordinance was submitted to the commission by the clerk.   (3) Upon receiving the ordinance from the committee, the commission shall consider it and shall take final action on the ordinance within 30 days from the date of the committee report.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.20, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3420; amd. Sec. 333, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1229 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1229. Submission of initiative measure to electors

  7-3-1229. Submission of initiative measure to electors. (1) If the commission fails to pass an ordinance proposed by initiative petition or passes it in a form different from that set forth in the petition, the committee of the petitioners may require that it be submitted to a vote of the electors either in its original form or with any change or amendment presented in writing, either at a public hearing before the committee to which the proposed ordinance was referred or during consideration by the commission. If the committee of petitioners requires the submission of a proposed ordinance to a vote of the electors, the committee shall certify that fact to the clerk and file in the clerk's office a certified copy of the ordinance, in the form in which it is to be submitted, within 10 days after final action on the ordinance by the commission.   (2) On receipt of the certified copy of a proposed ordinance from the committee of the petitioners, the clerk shall certify the fact to the commission at its next regular meeting. The proposed ordinance must be submitted to a vote of the electors at an election conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4. If a majority of those voting on a proposed ordinance vote in favor of the proposed ordinance, it is an ordinance of the municipality.   History: (1)En. Sec. 21, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.21, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3421, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 22, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.22, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3422, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3421, 11-3422; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 57, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-3-1230 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1230. Petition for referendum

  7-3-1230. Petition for referendum. (1) The electors shall have power to approve or reject at the polls any ordinance passed by the commission except an ordinance making a tax levy or an emergency measure, such power being known as the referendum. Ordinances submitted to the commission and passed by the commission without change or passed in an amended form and not required by the committee of the petitioners to be submitted to a vote of the electors shall be subject to the referendum in the same manner as other ordinances.   (2) If, within 30 days after the final passage of an ordinance, a petition signed by 10% of the qualified electors whose names appear on the register of voters on the date when such petition is filed shall be filed with the clerk requesting that the ordinance or any specified part thereof be either repealed or submitted to a vote of the electors, it shall not become operative until the steps indicated herein have been taken. Referendum petitions shall contain the text of the ordinance or part thereof, the repeal of which is sought.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.25, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3425.
MT Code § 7-3-1231 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1231. Action on referendum petition

  7-3-1231. Action on referendum petition. (1) If a referendum petition or amended petition is found sufficient, the clerk shall certify that fact to the commission at its next regular meeting and the ordinance or part of the ordinance set forth in the petition may not go into effect, or further action under the ordinance is suspended if it has gone into effect, until approved by the electors.   (2) Upon receipt of the clerk's certificate, the commission shall reconsider the ordinance or part of the ordinance, and its final vote after reconsideration must be on the question "Shall the ordinance (or part of the ordinance) set forth in the referendum petition be repealed?" If after reconsideration the ordinance or part of the ordinance is not repealed, it must be submitted to the electors at an election conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 4. If when submitted to the electors any ordinance or part of an ordinance is not approved by a majority of those voting on the issue, it is repealed.   History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.26, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3426; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 58, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-3-1232 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1232. Preliminary acts authorized prior to submission of certain ordinances to electors

  7-3-1232. Preliminary acts authorized prior to submission of certain ordinances to electors. In case a petition is filed requiring that an ordinance passed by the commission providing for the expenditure of money, a bond issue, or a public improvement be submitted to a vote of the electors, all steps preliminary to such actual expenditure, actual issuance of bonds, or actual execution of the contract for such improvement may be taken prior to the election.   History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.28, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3428.
MT Code § 7-3-1233 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1233. Repealed

  7-3-1233. Repealed. Sec. 407, Ch. 571, L. 1979.   History: En. Secs. 29, 30, 31, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Secs. 5520.29, 5520.30, 5520.31, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3429, 11-3430, 11-3431; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 262, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-3-1234 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1234. Repealed

  7-3-1234. Repealed. Sec. 407, Ch. 571, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.27, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3427.
MT Code § 7-3-1235 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1235. through 7-3-1240 reserved

  7-3-1235 through 7-3-1240 reserved.
MT Code § 7-3-1241 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2|7-3-1241. Appointment and removal of manager of consolidated municipality

  7-3-1241. Appointment and removal of manager of consolidated municipality. (1) The commission shall appoint a manager. The manager must be chosen by the commission solely on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications and is not, when appointed, required to be a resident of the municipality. A member of the commission may not, during the time for which elected, be chosen manager. In case of the absence or disability of the manager, the commission may designate some responsible person to perform the duties of the office. The manager must receive the compensation fixed by the commission.   (2) The manager may not be appointed for a definite term but must be removable at the pleasure of the commission. If the commission determines to remove the manager, upon request, the manager must be given a written statement of the reason alleged for the proposed removal and the right to be heard on the proposed removal at a public meeting of the commission prior to the date on which the final removal takes effect. However, pending and during the hearing, the commission may suspend the manager from office. The action of the commission in suspending or removing the manager is final. It is the intention of this section to vest all authority and fix all responsibility for any suspension or removal in the commission.   History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.32, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3432(part); amd. Sec. 334, Ch. 61, L. 2007.