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MT Code § 7-15-4237 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4237. Annual report

  7-15-4237. Annual report. (1) An agency authorized to transact business and exercise powers under part 43 and this part shall file with the local governing body, on or before September 30 of each year, a report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year. A copy of the annual report must be made available upon request to the county and school districts that include municipal territory.   (2) The report must include a complete financial statement setting forth its assets, liabilities, income, and operating expenses and the amount of the tax increment as of the end of the fiscal year. The report must describe the expenditures of tax increment in the preceding fiscal year and how the expenditures comply with the approved urban renewal plan or comprehensive development plan for the district.   (3) At the time of filing the report, the agency shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the community a notice to the effect that the report has been filed with the municipality and that the report is available for inspection during business hours in the office of the city clerk and in the office of the agency.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3916(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 441, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 374, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 376, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 278, L. 2017.
MT Code § 7-15-4238 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4238. Employment of necessary staff

  7-15-4238. Employment of necessary staff. The urban renewal agency or department or officers exercising urban renewal project powers shall be supplied with the necessary technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as are required.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3916(part); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 253, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-15-4239 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4239. Control of conflict of interest

  7-15-4239. Control of conflict of interest. (1) (a) A public official, employee of a municipality or urban renewal agency, or department or officers that have been vested by a municipality with urban renewal project powers and responsibilities under 7-15-4231 may not voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project, in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project of the municipality, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with an urban renewal project.   (b) When an acquisition is not voluntary, the interest acquired must be immediately disclosed in writing to the local governing body, and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the governing body.   (2) If an official or department or division head owns or controls or owned or controlled within 2 years prior to the date of hearing on the urban renewal project any interest, direct or indirect, in any property that the person knows is included in an urban renewal project, the person shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body, and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the governing body. An official or a department or division head may not participate in any action on that particular project by the municipality or urban renewal agency, department, or officers that have been vested with urban renewal project powers by the municipality pursuant to the provisions of 7-15-4231.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3918(part); amd. Sec. 616, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-15-4240 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4240. Misconduct in office

  7-15-4240. Misconduct in office. Any violation of the provisions of 7-15-4235 or 7-15-4239 shall constitute misconduct in office.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3918(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4241 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4241. through 7-15-4250 reserved

  7-15-4241 through 7-15-4250 reserved.
MT Code § 7-15-4251 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4251. General powers of municipalities in connection with urban renewal

  7-15-4251. General powers of municipalities in connection with urban renewal. Every municipality shall have all the power necessary or convenient:   (1) to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part and part 43;   (2) to undertake and carry out urban renewal projects within the municipality, to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this part and part 43, and to disseminate blight clearance and urban renewal information;   (3) to organize, coordinate, and direct, within the municipality, the administration of the provisions of this part and part 43 as they apply to such municipality in order that the objective of remedying blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within such municipality may be most effectively promoted and achieved and to establish such new office or offices of the municipality or to reorganize existing offices in order to carry out such purpose most effectively;   (4) to exercise all or any part or combination of powers granted in this part or part 43.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3907(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4252 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4252. Prevention and elimination of urban blight

  7-15-4252. Prevention and elimination of urban blight. The municipality is authorized to develop, test, and report methods and techniques and carry out demonstrations and other activities for the prevention and the elimination of urban blight and to apply for, accept, and utilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3907(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4253 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4253. Relocation of displaced families

  7-15-4253. Relocation of displaced families. Every municipality shall have power to prepare plans for the relocation of families displaced from an urban renewal area and to make relocation payments and to coordinate public and private agencies in such relocation, including requesting such assistance for this purpose as is available from other private and governmental agencies, both for the municipality and other parties.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3907(g).
MT Code § 7-15-4254 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4254. Municipal power in the preparation of various plans

  7-15-4254. Municipal power in the preparation of various plans. (1) Every municipality shall have power, within the municipality:   (a) to make or have made all plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this part and to contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out such plans; and   (b) to adopt or approve, modify, and amend such plans.   (2) Such plans may include, without limitation:   (a) a comprehensive plan or parts thereof for the locality as a whole;   (b) urban renewal plans;   (c) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements;   (d) plans for the enforcement of state and local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements; and   (e) appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other preliminary plans and work necessary to prepare for the undertaking of urban renewal projects.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3907(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4255 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4255. Authority to provide or contract for services related to urban renewal

  7-15-4255. Authority to provide or contract for services related to urban renewal. (1) Every municipality shall have power to:   (a) provide or arrange or contract for the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, or roads in connection with an urban renewal project;   (b) install, construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements.   (2) Every municipality shall have power to agree to any conditions that it may deem reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistance and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards in the undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project and to include in any contract let in connection with such a project provisions to fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable and appropriate.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3907(b).
MT Code § 7-15-4256 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4256. Restriction on operation of certain utility services by municipality

  7-15-4256. Restriction on operation of certain utility services by municipality. Nothing in this part or part 43 shall be construed to authorize any municipality to construct or operate, as a part of any urban renewal project, any electric generation plant, electric transmission or distribution lines, or other public utility facilities, excepting waterlines and sewerlines then operated by municipalities.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3907(l).
MT Code § 7-15-4257 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4257. Authority to enter private property

  7-15-4257. Authority to enter private property. (1) Every municipality shall have power, within the municipality, to enter upon any building or property in any urban renewal area in order to make surveys and appraisals and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted.   (2) Such entries shall be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3907(part).
MT Code § 7-15-4258 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4258. Acquisition and administration of real and personal property

  7-15-4258. Acquisition and administration of real and personal property. (1) A municipality may:   (a) acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, devise, eminent domain pursuant to Title 70, chapter 30, or otherwise any real property and personal property that may be necessary for the administration of the provisions contained in part 43 and this part, together with any improvements on the real property;   (b) hold, improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment property acquired pursuant to subsection (1)(a);   (c) dispose of real or personal property;   (d) insure or provide for the insurance of real or personal property or the operations of the municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any insurance; and   (e) enter into a development agreement with the owner of real property within an urban renewal area and undertake activities, including the acquisition, removal, or demolition of structures, improvements, or personal property located on the real property, to prepare the property for redevelopment.   (2) A development agreement entered into in accordance with subsection (1)(e) must contain provisions obligating the owner to redevelop the real property for a specified use consistent with the urban renewal plan and offering recourse to the municipality if the redevelopment is not completed as determined by the local governing body. The development agreement may not constitute the acquisition of an interest in real property by the municipality within the meaning of 7-15-4262 or 7-15-4263.   (3) Except as provided in 7-15-4204(2), 7-15-4206, and 7-15-4259, statutory provisions with respect to the acquisition, clearance, or disposition of property by public bodies may not restrict a municipality in the exercise of functions with respect to an urban renewal project.   (4) A municipality may not acquire real property for an urban renewal project or enter into a development agreement, as provided in subsection (1)(e), unless the local governing body has approved the urban renewal project plan in accordance with 7-15-4216(2) and 7-15-4217.   History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 210, L. 1969; Sec. 11-3907, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 6, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 38, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 210, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 158, L. 1971; Sec. 11-3906, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3906(part), 11-3907(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 441, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 125, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 441, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-15-4259 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4259. Exercise of power of eminent domain

  7-15-4259. Exercise of power of eminent domain. (1) After the adoption by the local governing body of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described in the resolution is necessary for an urban renewal project under this part, a municipality may acquire by condemnation, as provided in Title 70, chapter 30, any interest in real property that it considers necessary for urban renewal.   (2) Condemnation for urban renewal of blighted areas, as defined in 7-15-4206(2)(a), (2)(h), (2)(k), or (2)(n), is a public use, and property already devoted to any other public use or acquired by the owner or the owner's predecessor in interest by eminent domain may be condemned for the purposes of this part.   (3) The award of compensation for real property taken for an urban renewal project may not be increased by reason of any increase in the value of the real property caused by the assembly, clearance, or reconstruction or proposed assembly, clearance, or reconstruction in the project area. An allowance may not be made for the improvements begun on real property after notice to the owner of the property of the institution of proceedings to condemn the property. Evidence is admissible bearing upon the unsanitary, unsafe, or substandard condition of the premises or the unlawful use of the premises.   (4) A city or town may not serve as a pass-through entity by using its power of eminent domain, as provided in Title 70, chapter 30, to obtain property with the intent to sell, lease, or provide the property to a private entity.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3908; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 125, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 441, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 512, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-15-4260 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4260. Exemption from levy and sale for certain property

  7-15-4260. Exemption from levy and sale for certain property. All property of a municipality, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this part and part 43 shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall judgment against a municipality be a charge or lien upon such property; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this part or part 43 by a municipality on an urban renewal project or the rents, fees, grants, or revenues derived from these projects.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3912(a); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 667, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-15-4261 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4261. Exemption from taxation for certain property

  7-15-4261. Exemption from taxation for certain property. (1) The property of a municipality acquired or held for the purposes of this part is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof.   (2) Such tax exemption shall terminate when the municipality sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in an urban renewal area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body or other organization normally entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3912(b).
MT Code § 7-15-4263 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4263. Procedure to dispose of property to private persons

  7-15-4263. Procedure to dispose of property to private persons. (1) A municipality may dispose of real property in an urban renewal area to private persons only under reasonable procedures as it shall prescribe or as provided in this section.   (2) (a) A municipality shall by public notice invite proposals from and make available all pertinent information to private redevelopers or any persons interested in undertaking to redevelop or rehabilitate an urban renewal area or any part of an urban renewal area.   (b) The notice must be published as provided in 7-1-4127 prior to the execution of any contract or deed to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property and prior to the delivery of any instrument of conveyance under the provisions of 7-15-4262 through 7-15-4266.   (c) The notice must identify the area or portion of the area and must state that any further information that is available may be obtained at the office designated in the notice.   (3) The municipality shall consider all redevelopment or rehabilitation proposals and the financial and legal ability of the persons making the proposals to carry them out. The municipality may accept those proposals as it considers to be in the public interest and in furtherance of the purposes of this part and part 43. Thereafter, the municipality may execute, in accordance with the provisions of 7-15-4262 and 7-15-4264, and deliver contracts, deeds, leases, and other instruments of transfer.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3909(b); amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 354, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-15-4264 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4264. Obligations of transferees of municipal property in urban renewal area

  7-15-4264. Obligations of transferees of municipal property in urban renewal area. (1) The purchasers or lessees and their successors and assigns are obligated to devote real property transferred pursuant to 7-15-4262 only to the uses specified in the urban renewal plan and may be obligated to comply with other requirements that the municipality may determine to be in the public interest, including the obligation to begin within a reasonable time any improvements on real property required by the urban renewal plan.   (2) In any instrument of conveyance to a private purchaser or lessee, the municipality may provide that the purchaser or lessee may not sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the real property without the prior written consent of the municipality until the purchaser or lessee has completed the construction of any and all improvements that the purchaser or lessee is obligated to construct.   (3) The inclusion in a contract or conveyance to a purchaser or lessee of any covenants, restrictions, or conditions, including the incorporation by reference of the provisions of an urban renewal plan or any part of a plan, may not prevent the recording of the contract or conveyance in the land records of the clerk and recorder of the county in which the city or town is located, in a manner that provides actual or constructive notice of the covenants, restrictions, or conditions.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3909(part); amd. Sec. 617, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-15-4265 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4265. Presumption of regularity in transfer of title

  7-15-4265. Presumption of regularity in transfer of title. Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this part or part 43 shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this part and part 43 insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3914.
MT Code § 7-15-4266 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 15. Housing and Construction|Part 42. Urban Renewal|7-15-4266. Temporary use of municipal property in urban renewal area

  7-15-4266. Temporary use of municipal property in urban renewal area. A municipality may operate and maintain real property acquired in an urban renewal area pending the disposition of the property for redevelopment, without regard to the provisions of 7-15-4262 and 7-15-4264, for such uses and purposes as may be deemed desirable even though not in conformity with the urban renewal plan. The municipality may, after a public hearing, extend the time for a period not to exceed 3 years.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 195, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3909(c).