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MT Code § 7-2-2711 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2711. Form of ballot

  7-2-2711. Form of ballot. (1) At such election the question to be submitted to the qualified electors of the county in which said petition was filed shall be as follows:   ☐ FOR the abandonment and abolishment of the county of (name) and attaching the territory within its boundaries to and making the same a part of the county or counties of (name).   ☐ AGAINST the abandonment and abolishment of the county of (name) and attaching the territory within its boundaries to and making the same a part of the county or counties of (name).   (2) The question to be submitted to the qualified electors of the counties designated in the resolution as the county or counties to which the territory of the county proposed to be abandoned and abolished is to be attached and made a part shall be as follows:   ☐ FOR attaching to and making a part of the county of (name) a part of the territory within the boundaries of the county of (name) if the same is abandoned and abolished.   ☐ AGAINST attaching to and making a part of the county of (name) a part of the territory within the boundaries of the county of (name) if the same is abandoned and abolished.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4007(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2712 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2712. Canvass of returns -- proclamation of results

  7-2-2712. Canvass of returns -- proclamation of results. (1) The board of county commissioners of each county, acting as a canvassing board, shall, within 10 days after the election, canvass the returns of the election. Within 5 days after the canvass, the election administrator of each county shall make and enter in the records of the board a statement of the vote in the county and transmit to the secretary of state, by certified mail, an abstract of the vote, which must be marked "election returns".   (2) Within 10 days after receiving the abstracts from all counties in which the election was held and on notice from the secretary of state, the board of state canvassers shall meet and canvass, compute, and determine the vote. The secretary of state, as secretary of the board, shall make and file in the secretary of state's office a statement of the canvass and transmit a copy of the canvass to the governor.   (3) Upon receipt of the copy, the governor shall issue a proclamation declaring the result of the election and shall file a copy of the proclamation in the office of the secretary of state and transmit a copy of the proclamation to the county clerk of each of the counties in which the election was held. Each county clerk shall file the proclamation in the clerk's office and present the proclamation to the board of county commissioners of that county at the first meeting of the board after the copy has been received by the clerk.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4008; amd. Sec. 287, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 284, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2713 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2713. Effect of election results

  7-2-2713. Effect of election results. (1) If at the election a majority of the votes cast in the county in which the petition for abandonment was filed are cast in favor of the abandonment and abolishment of the county and if a majority of the votes in the county designated in the petition as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county shall be attached are cast in favor of attachment, then:   (a) (i) the organization and the political and corporate existence of the county in which the petition for abandonment was filed terminate;   (ii) the county is abandoned, abolished, and disincorporated and ceases to exist; and   (iii) except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, its territory is attached to and becomes a part of the counties designated in the resolution adopted under 7-2-2707; and   (b) the terms of office of each of the officers of the abandoned county and of the members of the board of county commissioners thereof terminate at midnight on the following June 30.   (2) If at the election a majority of the votes in any adjoining county named in the resolution adopted under 7-2-2707, other than the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county shall attach, are cast against the attaching of any portion of the territory of the abandoned county to such adjoining county, then such portion of the territory described in the resolution attaches and becomes a part of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county attaches.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4009; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 250, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-2-2714 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2714. through 7-2-2720 reserved

  7-2-2714 through 7-2-2720 reserved.
MT Code § 7-2-2721 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2721. Disposition of townships

  7-2-2721. Disposition of townships. The townships of a county abandoned and abolished under this part shall be townships of the county to which the territory within such townships is attached until such time as they may be changed by the board of county commissioners of such county. If a township of such abandoned county is divided and a part attached to one and a part attached to another adjoining county, then the board of county commissioners of the county to which attached, until further order of such board, shall attach such territory to an adjoining township within such county.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 105, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 253, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4010.
MT Code § 7-2-2722 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2722. Disposition of property

  7-2-2722. Disposition of property. Each county to which any part of the territory of an abandoned county is attached and made a part:   (1) shall succeed to, must have, must possess, and shall own all real estate, all improvements on the property, all tangible property, and all county highways situated within the territory of the abandoned county attached to the county and all certificates of tax lien sales to lands and improvements on the lands situated within the territory; and   (2) has the same right and power to sell and assign the certificates and to apply for and obtain tax deeds to the lands and improvements and to sell and dispose of the lands and improvements as were or would have been possessed by the abandoned county if it had not been abandoned.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 110, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-2-2723 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2723. Vesting of property and legal rights

  7-2-2723. Vesting of property and legal rights. The county designated in the petition for the abandonment of a county as the county to which the territory of the abandoned county is to be attached, subject to the provisions of this part, shall:   (1) succeed to, have, possess, and own all other property, assets, liens, rights, remedies, and claims of every kind owned and belonging to or possessed by the abandoned county on the date that county ceases to exist; and   (2) have the right to demand, collect, and receive all money to which the abandoned county was entitled for taxes for which tax lien sales had not been held, for licenses, and for other demands remaining unpaid on the date that the abandoned county ceases to exist and to enforce in any manner authorized by law all rights, remedies, and claims.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4012; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 2, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-2-2724 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2724. Disposition of records and other papers

  7-2-2724. Disposition of records and other papers. (1) All maps, plats, papers, documents, records, record books, indexes, and files of every kind and description belonging to an abandoned and abolished county or in the possession of any of the officers thereof on the date when such county ceases to exist shall be, immediately after such county ceases to exist, removed to the county seat of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned and abolished county is to be attached. The same shall be delivered over to the custody of the proper officers of such county and be placed in the proper offices thereof and shall thereafter constitute the maps, plats, papers, documents, records, record books, indexes, and files of such county. The cost and expense of such transfer and removal shall be paid by warrants ordered drawn and issued by the board of county commissioners of such county against the general fund of such abandoned and abolished county.   (2) (a) If any part of an abandoned county shall be attached to and become a part of any adjoining county other than the county designated in the petition for abandonment, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the county designated in said petition for abandonment:   (i) to enter into a contract with some competent person or persons for transcribing so much of the records of said abandoned county as affects or relates to the property in that portion of the abandoned county which has been attached to such other county;   (ii) to prepare complete and proper indexes for such transcribed records; and   (iii) to transmit such transcribed records and indexes, when completed, to such other county.   (b) If portions of such abandoned county have been attached to more than one adjoining county, the board of county commissioners may enter into separate contracts for transcribing the records for each of such other counties or may enter into one contract for transcribing the records for all of such other counties.   (c) Chattel mortgages, construction and other liens, and other instruments filed but not recorded shall not be transcribed, but the original instruments shall be transmitted to such other county or counties. The cost of transcribing, indexing, and transmitting such records shall be paid by warrants drawn by the board of county commissioners letting such contracts on the general fund of the abandoned county. All of the provisions of 7-2-2405 through 7-2-2407 shall apply to such transcribed records.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4013.
MT Code § 7-2-2725 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2725. Status of continuing contracts

  7-2-2725. Status of continuing contracts. Except as provided in 7-2-2726, all valid and existing contracts entered into by a county abandoned and abolished under this part which, by the terms thereof, will extend beyond the time when such county ceases to exist shall continue in full force and effect as contracts of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned and abolished county is attached and made a part.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4014(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2726 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2726. Status of printing contracts

  7-2-2726. Status of printing contracts. (1) If the abandoned and abolished county has entered into a printing contract in accordance with the provisions of Title 18, chapter 7, part 4, and the contract is in full force and effect on the date when the county ceases to exist, the purchase of all supplies and printing for the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which the territory of the abandoned and abolished county is attached shall be divided by the board of county commissioners of the continuing county between the contract of the abandoned county and any similar existing contract entered into by the board of the continuing county in such manner as the board considers equitable and just to the holders of both contracts until the expiration of the contract entered into by the abandoned and abolished county.   (2) When a petition is filed with the election administrator of a county for the abandonment and abolishment of the county in accordance with the provisions of 7-2-2702 and 7-2-2703, the board of county commissioners of the county may not thereafter enter into any contract under the provisions of Title 18, chapter 7, part 4, until the time has expired when the petition may be presented to the board by the county clerk as provided in 7-2-2702 and 7-2-2703.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4014(part); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 250, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 288, Ch. 571, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-2-2727 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2727. Effect of abandonment on school and special districts

  7-2-2727. Effect of abandonment on school and special districts. (1) All school districts and other special districts of an abandoned and abolished county shall continue as and be such school districts and special districts of the county to which such territory is attached and becomes a part. The members of the boards of trustees or directors of such school districts or other special districts shall continue to be the trustees and directors thereof until the terms of office for which they were elected or appointed shall expire. If any of such school districts shall bear the same numbers as school districts of the county to which the territory within the boundaries of such abandoned and abolished county is attached and made a part, the county superintendent shall either renumber the school districts of said abandoned and abolished county or shall give them such designation in addition to their numbers as will distinguish them from the districts in the county to which such territory is attached and made a part. If the territory of any school district shall be divided and parts attached to two or more counties, such school district shall be a joint school district of such counties.   (2) All funds of all school districts and of all other special districts of an abandoned and abolished county shall be transferred to and paid over to the county treasurer of the county to which the territory of such school district is attached and becomes a part and shall be accounted for by said county treasurer as the funds of such districts. If a joint school district is created, the state superintendent of public instruction shall designate the county treasurer to whom such funds are to be transferred and paid over. All taxes levied for all school funds and funds of other special districts of such abandoned and abolished county remaining unpaid at the time said county ceased to exist and all other money which would have accrued to such funds if said county had not been abandoned and abolished, when received by such county treasurer, shall be deposited to the credit of the proper school or special district funds.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4022.
MT Code § 7-2-2728 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2728. Effect of abandonment on county high schools

  7-2-2728. Effect of abandonment on county high schools. (1) If a county high school shall have been established in any abandoned and abolished county when such county ceases to exist, such county high school shall become the high school of the district in which it is situated or located and all property, both real and personal, owned by such county or acquired for and used in connection with the maintenance and operation of such county high school shall become and be the property of such school district to be used by such school district for the maintenance and operation of such district high school. All lawful existing contracts of such county high school shall be assumed by and become the contracts of such school district. The terms of office of all trustees of such county high school shall cease and terminate at the time the existence of said abandoned and abolished county shall cease and terminate.   (2) All money in all county high school funds shall be transferred and paid over to the treasurer of the county to which the territory in which the school district succeeding to the property of the county high school is attached and made a part and used and applied as follows:   (a) Any money in any bond sinking and interest funds shall be used for the payment and interest on any unpaid and outstanding high school bonds.   (b) (i) If there shall be outstanding any high school warrants at the time such county high school ceases to exist, then all money in such county high school funds, except sinking and interest funds, shall be used for the payment of such warrants, with interest thereon.   (ii) If such money is insufficient to pay all outstanding warrants, with the interest thereon, then such warrant indebtedness shall be assumed by and become warrant indebtedness of such school district.   (c) If there be no such high school warrants outstanding, then the money in such funds shall be transferred to the high school fund of the school district which, under the provisions of this part, is to maintain such high school as a district high school.   (3) (a) All taxes levied for any sinking and interest fund for county high school bonds and remaining unpaid at the time the abandoned and abolished county ceases to exist, when collected, shall be deposited to the credit of such fund.   (b) All taxes levied for high school purposes and remaining unpaid when such county ceases to exist and all other money which would have gone to such high school if the county had not been abandoned and abolished, when collected, shall be deposited to the proper high school funds of the district in the county to which the territory of the abandoned and abolished county has been attached and made a part.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4023.
MT Code § 7-2-2729 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2729. Tax liability of property within abandoned county for debts of continuing county

  7-2-2729. Tax liability of property within abandoned county for debts of continuing county. (1) Whenever a county is abandoned and abolished and its territory is attached to and made a part of an adjoining county under the provisions of this part, none of the property situated within the boundaries of such abandoned and abolished county shall be subjected to taxation or taxed for the payment of any indebtedness of such adjoining county which may exist at the time such territory is attached to and made a part of such adjoining county.   (2) If an adjoining county to which the territory of an abandoned and abolished county is attached and made a part shall have outstanding and unpaid bonds at the time such territory is attached to and made a part of such county, such bonds shall be the indebtedness of such adjoining county. None of the property situated within the territory of the abandoned county shall be subjected to any taxes to pay the principal or interest of such bonds, but such taxes shall be levied only against the property within the boundaries of such adjoining county as the same existed before the territory of the abandoned and abolished county was attached to and made a part thereof.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4018(part).
MT Code § 7-2-2731 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2731. through 7-2-2740 reserved

  7-2-2731 through 7-2-2740 reserved.
MT Code § 7-2-2741 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2741. Processing of claims against abandoned county

  7-2-2741. Processing of claims against abandoned county. (1) All claims and demands against any abandoned and abolished county for salaries, services, wages, materials, and supplies; for all other current expenses; and for claims and demands accruing under contracts and for which said county was liable at the time it ceased to exist and which had not been approved and warrants issued therefor prior to the time it ceased to exist shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which its territory is attached and made a part. Except as provided in subsection (2), all such claims and demands shall be acted on by the board of such county, and warrants shall be issued in payment thereof in the same manner as though the same had been incurred by such county.   (2) All such warrants shall be drawn and issued against the proper funds of such abandoned and abolished county. No such claim or demand shall be approved or warrant issued in payment thereof if the amount of such claim or demand exceeds the unexpended balance of appropriation for such purpose contained in the budget of the abandoned and abolished county for the year in which the same was incurred.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4015.
MT Code § 7-2-2742 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 2. Creation, Alteration, and Abandonment of Local Governments|Part 27. Abandonment and Consolidation of Counties|7-2-2742. Transfer and use of funds of abandoned county

  7-2-2742. Transfer and use of funds of abandoned county. (1) All money in each of the funds of an abandoned and abolished county shall be transferred to and paid over by the treasurer thereof to the treasurer of the county designated in the petition for abandonment as the county to which its territory is to be attached and become a part and shall be kept and maintained by such treasurer in separate funds in the name of such abandoned and abolished county and, except as provided in subsection (2), used and applied for paying warrants issued against such funds by the abandoned and abolished county prior to the time it ceased to exist and for paying warrants issued against such fund by the board of county commissioners of the county to which it is attached and becomes a part under the provisions of 7-2-2724 and 7-2-2741 and the interest on such warrants.   (2) Money in any bond sinking and interest funds of such abandoned and abolished county shall be used and applied for the sole purpose of paying the interest and principal becoming due on unpaid and outstanding bonds of such county.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 105, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4016(part).