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MT Code § 7-3-1318 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1318. Additional or new deposit security

  7-3-1318. Additional or new deposit security. Whenever for any cause the commission shall deem the bonds or securities of any bank insufficient security for the municipal funds deposited or likely to be deposited therein, the commission shall require new bonds to be given or new securities to be deposited with the treasurer. If any bank shall fail promptly to execute and present such new bonds or deposit such new securities, the treasurer shall at once withdraw all deposits therefrom, and no further deposit of municipal funds shall be made therein until such bank shall have been redesignated by the commission as a depository.   History: En. Sec. 66, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.67, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3507.
MT Code § 7-3-1319 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1319. Deposit of funds with depository banks

  7-3-1319. Deposit of funds with depository banks. (1) All funds received by the treasurer must be deposited in the designated banks in the name of the municipality, subject to the order of the treasurer, and must be distributed among the designated banks as nearly as may be in proportion to the maximum amounts that they have been authorized to receive by the commission.   (2) Banks designated as depositories shall pay interest on daily balances of municipal funds at a rate approved by the commission, which may not be less than 2 1/2%. The interest due on the deposits must be paid to the treasurer by check on the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year. If the treasurer receives or has in any bank funds that will probably remain on deposit 3 months or longer, the treasurer may, with the approval of the commission, either take certificates of deposit from a designated depository, payable to the treasurer's order on demand and bearing a higher rate of interest, or invest the funds in any bonds maturing within 6 months in which the sinking fund of the municipality may be invested. The treasurer shall make a monthly statement to the director of finance of the municipal funds in each bank and the interest received as of the last day of each month.   (3) A bank receiving funds of the municipality on deposit may not pay out the money except upon checks drawn upon that bank signed by the treasurer.   History: (1)En. Sec. 68, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.69, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3509, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 69, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.70, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3510, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 70, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.71, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3511, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3509, 11-3510, 11-3511; amd. Sec. 351, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1320 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1320. Liability for deposited funds

  7-3-1320. Liability for deposited funds. (1) When the funds of the municipality are deposited and kept in designated banks according to the provisions of this part, the treasurer and the sureties on the treasurer's official bond are exempt from all liability for the loss of any funds deposited if the loss is caused by the failure, bankruptcy, or any other act or default of the banks, but the want of care or due diligence on the part of the treasurer or commission in protecting the municipality against loss does not exempt the treasurer, the members of the commission, or sureties on their respective bonds from liability.   (2) This section may not deprive the municipality of any right or remedy against a defaulting bank or against its officers or stockholders.   History: En. Sec. 71, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.72, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3512; amd. Sec. 352, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1321 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1321. Authorization to incur indebtedness -- limitation

  7-3-1321. Authorization to incur indebtedness -- limitation. (1) The consolidated municipality may borrow money or issue bonds for any municipal purpose to the extent and in the manner provided by the constitution and laws of Montana for the borrowing of money or issuing of bonds by counties and cities and towns.   (2) The municipality may not become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate that exceeds 2.5% of the total assessed value of taxable property, determined as provided in 15-8-111, within the municipality, as ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes prior to incurring indebtedness. All warrants, bonds, or obligations in excess of the amount given by or on behalf of the municipality are void.   History: En. Secs. 72, 73, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Secs. 5520.73, 5520.74, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3513, 11-3514; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 614, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 29, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 187, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1322 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1322. Investment of sinking funds

  7-3-1322. Investment of sinking funds. (1) The sinking funds of the municipality must be in charge of a sinking fund board consisting of the president, the director of finance, and the director of law. The president is the presiding officer and the director of finance, the secretary of the board. By and with consent of the commission, the sinking fund board shall invest the sinking fund in bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the United States, state bonds or certificates of indebtedness of Montana or any other state of the United States, bonds of the municipality, registered warrants on the treasury of the municipality, bonds of any city in Montana, and in county or school bonds of Montana that may be approved by the commission.   (2) If the sinking fund is invested in bonds of the municipality, the bonds may not be canceled before maturity but must be held by the sinking fund board and the interest on the bonds paid over and applied to the increase of the sinking fund. Whenever the principal of any of the bonds of the municipality becomes due, the sinking fund board shall, with the consent of the commission, dispose of any of the bonds belonging to the sinking fund that, with the money on hand belonging to the sinking fund, are necessary to pay the bonds becoming due.   History: En. Sec. 74, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.75, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3515; amd. Sec. 353, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1323 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1323. Competitive, advertised bidding required for certain contracts

  7-3-1323. Competitive, advertised bidding required for certain contracts. All contracts entered into by the municipality for supplies or materials, for any public work, or for the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, or operation of any public works or improvements, for which must be paid a sum exceeding $2,000, shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after public advertisement and competition as may be prescribed by ordinance, but the manager shall have the right to reject all bids and advertise again. All advertisements as to contracts shall contain a reservation of the foregoing right. All contracts entered into by the municipality shall be signed by the manager after approval thereof by the commission.   History: En. Sec. 75, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.76, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3516.
MT Code § 7-3-1324 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1324. Alteration of contracts

  7-3-1324. Alteration of contracts. When it becomes necessary in the opinion of the manager to make alterations or modifications in any contract entered into by the municipality, such alterations shall be made only when authorized by the commission upon the written recommendation of the manager. No such alteration shall be valid unless the new price to be paid for any supplies, material, or work under the altered or modified contract shall have been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and the manager prior to such authorization by the commission.   History: En. Sec. 76, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.77, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3517.
MT Code § 7-3-1325 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1325. Energy performance contracts exempt

  7-3-1325. Energy performance contracts exempt. This part does not apply to solicitation and award of an investment-grade energy audit or energy performance contract pursuant to Title 90, chapter 4, part 11, or to the construction or installation of conservation measures pursuant to the energy performance contract.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 344, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-3-1326 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1326. through 7-3-1330 reserved

  7-3-1326 through 7-3-1330 reserved.
MT Code § 7-3-1331 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1331. Department of public works

  7-3-1331. Department of public works. (1) The department of public works is in the charge of a director who:   (a) shall manage and must have charge of the construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of all:   (i) public buildings;   (ii) roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, viaducts, and other public ways;   (iii) sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, streams, and watercourses; and   (iv) boulevards, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, and other public places and grounds dedicated to public use;   (b) shall manage and control all:   (i) public cemeteries, crematories, market places or houses, garbage and sewage disposal plants, and farms; and   (ii) all public utilities belonging to the municipality or any subdivision of the municipality;   (c) must have charge of:   (i) the enforcement of the obligations to the municipality of all privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the municipality; and   (ii) the cleaning, sprinkling, and lighting of the streets and the collection and disposal of garbage and waste; and   (d) must be responsible for the making and preservation of all surveys, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates for each public work and for the preservation of contracts, papers, plans, tools, and appliances belonging to the municipality and pertaining to the functions of the department.   (2) The director of public works must have the qualifications prescribed by law for county surveyors. In addition to the duties required by part 12 or this part and required by the ordinances of the municipality, the director, either in person or through a deputy having the qualifications prescribed by law for county surveyors, shall perform the duties required of county surveyors by the laws of the state.   History: (1)En. Sec. 78, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.79, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3519, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 79, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.80, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3520, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3519, 11-3520; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 262, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 354, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-3-1332 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1332. Public works and improvements

  7-3-1332. Public works and improvements. (1) Any local public work may be done or any local public works or improvements may be constructed, reconstructed, repaired, maintained, or operated, either by contract or directly by the municipality, as may be determined by the commission. Before authorizing that any local public works or improvements be directly constructed, reconstructed, repaired, maintained, or operated, detailed plans and estimates for each such work or improvement shall be submitted to the commission by the manager, and there shall be separate accounting for each work or improvement so executed.   (2) The municipality shall have the same power and authority to create special improvement districts and for like purposes and to create special lighting districts and maintenance districts for cities and towns as provided by the laws of the state.   (3) The director of public works shall be the engineer in charge of all such work, works, or improvements. The provisions of the general law of the state regarding special improvement districts, special lighting districts, and maintenance districts in cities and towns shall apply to and control the establishment under this part of special improvement districts, special lighting districts, and maintenance districts in and for the municipality and the procedure according to which any local public work or the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, or operation of any local public work or improvement is to be provided for when the cost thereof is to be paid in whole or in part by assessments upon the property within any such district, and such general law shall also apply to the manner of levying and collecting such assessments.   History: (1)En. Sec. 86, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.87, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3527, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 87, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.88, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3528, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 88, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.89, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3529, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3527, 11-3528, 11-3529; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 212, L. 1983.
MT Code § 7-3-1333 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1333. through 7-3-1340 reserved

  7-3-1333 through 7-3-1340 reserved.
MT Code § 7-3-1341 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1341. Department of law

  7-3-1341. Department of law. (1) The department of law is in the charge of a director appointed by the commission without definite term who must be a resident and elector of the municipality and who must possess all of the qualifications required of county attorneys.   (2) The director has all the powers and, either personally or through designated assistants, shall perform all the duties that are prescribed for county attorneys, city attorneys, and public administrators, and in addition, the director is chief legal adviser of and attorney for the municipality and of all departments and offices of the municipality. The director shall perform other duties that may be required by the commission.   (3) The director shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed by the constitution and by giving a bond in the amount required of a county public administrator. For all purposes in connection with criminal prosecutions, the director must be known and designated as "county attorney of the city and county of .....".   History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.44, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3444; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 262, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 355, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 128, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-3-1342 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1342. City court

  7-3-1342. City court. (1) A city court is established in and for each municipality, with the jurisdiction, powers, and duties within the municipality provided by general law for city courts in cities and towns and for justices of the peace.   (2) The commission shall by ordinance determine the number of judges required for operation of the city court. City court judges are to be elected every 4 years in a nonpartisan election held in conjunction with the regularly scheduled general election. The term of office for city judge is 4 years.   (3) The qualifications to hold the office of city judge shall be set by ordinance by the commission. The ordinance shall be consistent with any rules adopted by the Montana supreme court on city judge qualifications.   (4) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of city judge, the commission shall appoint a qualified individual to serve for the remainder of the term. The compensation of the city judge or judges shall be fixed by the commission.   History: En. Sec. 85, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.86, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3526; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 262, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-3-1343 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1343. Police department

  7-3-1343. Police department. (1) The police department is in the charge of a director, who shall be chief of the police force of the municipality. The director shall have the powers and perform the duties conferred on and required of sheriffs.   (2) Officers and patrol officers of the police department, subordinate to the director, have the powers and duties conferred on and required of police officers and patrol officers in cities and towns by the laws of this state and such powers and duties as may be conferred and required by the ordinances of the municipality. Police officers and patrol officers have the powers and duties conferred on and required of deputy sheriffs by the general laws of the state.   (3) For the purpose of serving and making return on all criminal and civil process, executing judgments, decrees, and orders of court, and making sales thereunder and returns thereof, the director shall be known and designated as Sheriff of the city and county of ...., and each police officer and patrol officer shall be known and designated as deputy sheriff.   History: En. Sec. 77, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.78, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 190, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3518(part); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 262, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989.
MT Code § 7-3-1344 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1344. Prior rights of law enforcement officers

  7-3-1344. Prior rights of law enforcement officers. (1) A police officer employed by any police department established as required by law in any city or town of the county or a deputy sheriff employed by the county sheriff's office prior to the election and qualification of a commission under part 12 and this part has the same job tenure rights as though the election and qualification had not taken place.   (2) A police officer who has vested rights in a police retirement fund shall maintain prior vested rights in the fund upon its transfer to a consolidated county municipality. Any police retirement fund established as required by law in any city or town of the county prior to the election and qualification of a commission under part 12 and this part must be continued as a retirement fund for the police department of the municipality, subject, however, to the prior vested rights of a police officer employed by any police department established as required by law in any city or town of the county prior to the election and qualification of a commission under part 12 and this part.   (3) The board of trustees of the police retirement fund shall consist of the president, the director of finance, the director of law, and two members of the police department from the active list of the police officers of the municipality who must be selected by a majority vote of the members of the police department on the active list of the municipality. The selection must be made between May 1 and May 10 each year, and the active police officer members of the board shall serve overlapping 2-year terms.   (4) Except as provided in this section, the police retirement fund must be continued and administered in the manner prescribed by law for retirement funds established in cities and towns.   History: En. Sec. 77, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.78, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 190, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3518(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 114, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 93, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 36, L. 2005.
MT Code § 7-3-1345 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1345. Fire department

  7-3-1345. Fire department. (1) The fire department of the municipality is in the charge of a director, who shall be chief thereof and who shall manage and control the department in the manner prescribed by the ordinances of the municipality.   (2) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the adoption of a consolidated county municipal government shall have no effect on the existence, rights, or duties of any voluntary fire department or fire district created and legally in existence pursuant to the provisions of parts 21 and 23 of chapter 33.   (b) Nothing in this part or part 12 shall be construed to prohibit the creation of voluntary fire departments or fire districts pursuant to the provisions of parts 21 and 23 of chapter 33 within consolidated county municipalities.   (c) Voluntary fire departments or fire districts within consolidated county municipalities may only be organized, created, supported, financed, dissolved, and managed and their boundaries may only be changed pursuant to the provisions of parts 21 and 23 of chapter 33. These organizations may enter mutual aid agreements as provided by 7-33-2108.   History: En. Sec. 82, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.83, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 191, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 2, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3523; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 262, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-3-1346 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government|Part 13. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued|7-3-1346. Department of health

  7-3-1346. Department of health. The director of the department of health must be a physician legally authorized to practice medicine and surgery in Montana. Except as otherwise provided in part 12 or this part, the director of the department of health has the powers and shall perform the duties conferred on and required of coroners and county health officers and local health officers by the general laws of the state. The director also has other powers and shall perform other duties that may be prescribed by ordinance.   History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.81, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3521; amd. Sec. 356, Ch. 61, L. 2007.