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MT Code § 7-33-4204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 42. Powers of Municipal Council Related to Fire Services|7-33-4204. Inspection and regulation of fire hazards

  7-33-4204. Inspection and regulation of fire hazards. The city or town council has power to inspect chimneys, flues, fireplaces, stovepipes, ruins, structures, and boilers and, when dangerous, to require the same to be removed or put in order and prohibit the use thereof until safe.   History: En. Subd. 29, Sec. 5039, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5039.28, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-931.
MT Code § 7-33-4205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 42. Powers of Municipal Council Related to Fire Services|7-33-4205. Regulation of explosives and inflammable materials

  7-33-4205. Regulation of explosives and inflammable materials. Except as provided in 50-61-120, the city or town council has power to regulate and prevent the storage or handling of gunpowder, giant powder, nitroglycerine, other inflammable explosives or materials, tar, pitch, kerosene, oils, and turpentine and to prohibit the storage of the same within 3 miles of the city limits.   History: En. Subd. 30, Sec. 5039, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5039.29, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-932; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 506, L. 1989.
MT Code § 7-33-4206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 42. Powers of Municipal Council Related to Fire Services|7-33-4206. Regulation of bonfires, fireworks, and other fire-causing agents

  7-33-4206. Regulation of bonfires, fireworks, and other fire-causing agents. The city or town council has power to regulate or prohibit the building of bonfires or the explosion, use, or selling of fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, other pyrotechnics, or toy pistols or guns within the city or town.   History: En. Subd. 31, Sec. 5039, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5039.30, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-933.
MT Code § 7-33-4207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 42. Powers of Municipal Council Related to Fire Services|7-33-4207. Regulation of industries with fire-causing potential

  7-33-4207. Regulation of industries with fire-causing potential. The city or town council has power to regulate, restrain, or prevent the carrying on of manufactories dangerous in causing or producing fires.   History: En. Subd. 55, Sec. 5039, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5039.54, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-957(part).
MT Code § 7-33-4208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 42. Powers of Municipal Council Related to Fire Services|7-33-4208. Adoption of fire code

  7-33-4208. Adoption of fire code. The governing body of an incorporated city or town may adopt technical fire codes, in whole or in part, by reference under the procedure provided in 7-5-4202.   History: En. Sec. 4805, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3265, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5056, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5056, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 231, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1102(part).
MT Code § 7-33-4501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 45. Provisions Applicable to All Local Governmental Fire Agencies|7-33-4501. Legal representation for firewarden, firefighter, or employee -- local governmental fire agency

  7-33-4501. Legal representation for firewarden, firefighter, or employee -- local governmental fire agency. A local governmental fire agency shall pay reasonable attorney fees and costs for outside legal counsel to defend a firewarden, firefighter, or paid or volunteer employee of a local governmental fire agency against a criminal prosecution arising from an act or omission in the performance of duties on a fire or in fire training that is made in good faith and within the course and scope of employment of the firewarden, firefighter, or paid or volunteer employee. The local governmental fire agency may determine whether the act or omission of the firewarden, firefighter, or paid or volunteer employee was in good faith and arising from the performance of the employee's duties in a fire or in fire training. The requirement to pay attorney fees and costs does not apply to any postconviction legal proceedings.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 464, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-33-4502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 45. Provisions Applicable to All Local Governmental Fire Agencies|7-33-4502. through 7-33-4509 reserved

  7-33-4502 through 7-33-4509 reserved.
MT Code § 7-33-4510 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 33. Fire Protection|Part 45. Provisions Applicable to All Local Governmental Fire Agencies|7-33-4510. Workers' compensation for volunteer firefighters -- notification if coverage not provided -- definitions

  7-33-4510. Workers' compensation for volunteer firefighters -- notification if coverage not provided -- definitions. (1) An employer may provide workers' compensation coverage as provided in Title 39, chapter 71, to any volunteer firefighter who is listed on a roster of service.   (2) An employer may purchase workers' compensation coverage from any entity authorized to provide workers' compensation coverage under plan No. 1, 2, or 3 as provided in Title 39, chapter 71.   (3) If an employer provides workers' compensation coverage as provided in this section, the employer may, upon payment of the filing fee provided for in 7-4-2631(1)(a), file a roster of service with the clerk and recorder in the county in which the employer is located and update the roster of service monthly if necessary to report changes in the number of volunteers on the roster of service. The clerk and recorder shall file the original and replace it with updates whenever necessary. The employer shall maintain the roster of service with the effective date of membership for each volunteer firefighter.   (4) If an employer does not provide workers' compensation coverage, the employer shall annually notify the employer's volunteer firefighters that coverage is not provided.   (5) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) (i) "Employer" means the governing body of a fire agency organized under Title 7, chapter 33, including a rural fire district, a fire service area, a volunteer fire department, a volunteer fire company, or a volunteer rural fire control crew.   (ii) The term does not mean a governing body of a city of the first class or second class, including a city to which 7-33-4109 applies, that provides workers' compensation coverage to employees as defined in 39-71-118.   (b) "Roster of service" means the list of volunteer firefighters who have filled out a membership card prior to performing services as a volunteer firefighter.   (c) (i) "Volunteer firefighter" means a volunteer who is on the employer's roster of service. A volunteer firefighter may include a volunteer emergency care provider as defined in 50-6-202 who is on the roster of service. A volunteer firefighter is not required to be an active member as defined in 19-17-102.   (ii) The term does not mean an individual who is not listed on a roster of service or a member of a volunteer fire department provided for in 7-33-4109.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 412, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 95, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 220, L. 2019.
MT Code § 7-34-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 1. Ambulance Services|7-34-101. Ambulance services authorized

  7-34-101. Ambulance services authorized. A county, city, or town, acting through its governing body, may establish and maintain an ambulance service for such county, city, or town. Any county, city, or town may contract with any county, city, or town to establish and maintain a joint ambulance service and to share the costs, such costs to be apportioned according to the benefits to accrue, with the proportion to be paid by each to be fixed in advance by joint resolution by the respective governing bodies, if the governing body has received a petition signed by 15% of the electors registered to vote in the county, city, or town at the last preceding general election or in each of the counties, cities, or towns wherein a joint ambulance service is being established.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 238, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-3601(part).
MT Code § 7-34-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 1. Ambulance Services|7-34-102. Ambulance service mill levy permitted

  7-34-102. Ambulance service mill levy permitted. Subject to 15-10-420 and in addition to all other levies authorized by law, each county, city, or town may levy an annual tax on the taxable value of all taxable property within the county, city, or town to defray the costs incurred in providing ambulance service. These costs may include workers' compensation coverage for emergency care providers on volunteer duty with the ambulance service or members of a paid or volunteer nontransporting medical unit defined in 50-6-302.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 238, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-3601(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 668, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 495, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 255, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 220, L. 2019.
MT Code § 7-34-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 1. Ambulance Services|7-34-103. Manner of providing ambulance service

  7-34-103. Manner of providing ambulance service. (1) If a county, city, or town establishes or maintains ambulance service, acting through its governing board it:   (a) may operate the ambulance service itself or contract for ambulance service;   (b) may buy, rent, lease, or otherwise contract for vehicles, equipment, facilities, operators, or attendants;   (c) may sell ambulance service insurance or contract with a third-party entity to sell ambulance service insurance to persons who use the ambulance service that covers the cost of the ambulance service that is not otherwise covered;   (d) may adopt rules and establish fees or charges for the furnishing of an ambulance service; and   (e) shall, if the service does not provide workers' compensation coverage, annually notify the service's volunteer emergency care providers that coverage is not provided.   (2) A county, city, or town that directly sells ambulance service insurance or that remains liable for the financial risk pursuant to insurance sold by a third party under contract with the county, city, or town is exempt from Title 33, except for the provisions provided in 33-18-201 and 33-18-242.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 238, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 69-3602; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 13, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 95, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 220, L. 2019.
MT Code § 7-34-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 1. Ambulance Services|7-34-104. Certain ambulance services unaffected

  7-34-104. Certain ambulance services unaffected. The provisions of this part shall in no way affect county, city, or town ambulance service in operation on March 14, 1961.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 238, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 69-3603.
MT Code § 7-34-2101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2101. Purpose of part

  7-34-2101. Purpose of part. The purpose of this part is to authorize the establishment of public hospital districts which shall have power to supply hospital facilities and services and health care facilities and services to residents of districts and, as herein authorized, to others.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4301(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 453, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-34-2102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2102. Definitions

  7-34-2102. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Hospital facilities" means a hospital or a hospital-related facility, including outpatient centers for primary care, outpatient centers for surgical services, rehabilitation facilities, long-term care facilities, infirmaries, and health care facilities, all as defined in 50-5-101. The term includes public health centers.   (2) "Public health center" means a publicly owned facility providing health services, including laboratories, clinics, and administrative offices.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 336, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4301.1; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 453, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 93, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 98, L. 1999.
MT Code § 7-34-2103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2103. Petition required to create hospital district

  7-34-2103. Petition required to create hospital district. Proceedings for creation of a hospital district shall be initiated by a petition signed by not less than 30% of the qualified electors of the proposed hospital district who are taxpayers upon property within the proposed hospital district and whose names appear on the last-completed assessment roll for state and county taxes.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4302(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2104. Details relating to petition

  7-34-2104. Details relating to petition. (1) The petition may consist of one sheet or several sheets, identical in form and fastened together after being circulated and signed so as to form a single, complete petition before being delivered to the county clerk and recorder. The petition must give the post-office address and voting precinct of each petitioner.   (2) Only persons who are qualified to sign the petitions are qualified to circulate the petitions, and there must be attached to the complete petition the affidavit of a person who circulated or assisted in circulating the petition that the person believes the signatures on the petition are genuine and the signers knew the contents of the petition before signing it.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4302(part); amd. Sec. 730, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-34-2105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2105. Petition to be filed with county clerk and recorder -- clerk's certificate

  7-34-2105. Petition to be filed with county clerk and recorder -- clerk's certificate. The complete petition, addressed to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed district is situated, must be filed with the county clerk and recorder, who shall, within 15 days, carefully examine the petition and the county records showing the qualifications of the petitioners and attach it to a certificate under the clerk and recorder's official signature and the seal of office. The certificate must set forth:   (1) the total number of persons who are registered electors within the proposed hospital district and whose names appear upon the last-completed assessment roll for state and county taxes;   (2) which and how many of the persons whose names are subscribed to the petition are possessed of all of the qualifications required of signers to the petition; and   (3) whether the qualified signers constitute more or less than 30% of the registered electors of the proposed hospital district who are taxpayers upon property in the proposed district and whose names appear on the last-completed assessment roll for state and county taxes.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4302(part); amd. Sec. 731, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-34-2106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2106. Presentation of petition to board of county commissioners -- hearing required

  7-34-2106. Presentation of petition to board of county commissioners -- hearing required. (1) The county clerk and recorder shall present the petition and the clerk's certificate to the board of county commissioners at its first meeting held after the clerk has attached the certificate.   (2) The board shall carefully examine the petition, and if it is found that the petition is in proper form and bears the requisite number of signatures of qualified petitioners, the board shall by resolution call a hearing on the creation of the hospital district.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4302(part); amd. Sec. 732, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-34-2107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2107. Notice of hearing

  7-34-2107. Notice of hearing. A notice of the hearing required by 7-34-2106 shall be published as provided in 7-1-2121.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4302(part); amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 349, L. 1985.
MT Code § 7-34-2108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2108. Hearing on petition

  7-34-2108. Hearing on petition. At the time fixed for said hearing, the board shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support of or in opposition to said petition and the creation of such district. Said hearing may be adjourned from time to time for the determination of said facts or hearing petitioners or objectors without additional published or posted notice, but no adjournment shall exceed 2 weeks in all from and after the date originally noticed and published for the hearing.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4303.
MT Code § 7-34-2109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2109. Election on question of creating hospital district

  7-34-2109. Election on question of creating hospital district. The board of county commissioners, upon completion of the hearing provided for in 7-34-2106 through 7-34-2108, shall proceed by resolution to refer the question of the creation of such district to the persons qualified to vote on such proposition.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4304(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2110. Resolution calling for election on creation of district -- conduct of election

  7-34-2110. Resolution calling for election on creation of district -- conduct of election. (1) The board of county commissioners in its resolution may make changes in the boundaries of the proposed district that it considers advisable, without including any additional lands not described in the petition, and it shall call an election on the question of the creation of the district.   (2) The election must be conducted in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 5.   History: En. Secs. 4, 5, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Secs. 4, 5, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4304(part), 16-4305(part); amd. Sec. 345, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 162, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-34-2111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2111. Territory of hospital district

  7-34-2111. Territory of hospital district. A public hospital district may contain the entire territory embraced within a county or any portion or subdivision thereof.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4301(part).
MT Code § 7-34-2112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2112. Ballot form

  7-34-2112. Ballot form. At the election on the creation of a district, the ballot must contain the words "Hospital district -- Yes" and "Hospital district -- No".   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4305(part); amd. Sec. 346, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 163, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 7-34-2113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2113. Who may vote

  7-34-2113. Who may vote. Only qualified electors residing within the proposed hospital district may vote on the question of the creation of the hospital district.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4305(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 213, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-34-2114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2114. Procedure upon favorable vote

  7-34-2114. Procedure upon favorable vote. (1) In the event that a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the creation and establishment of said hospital district, the board of county commissioners shall, within 10 days after the election, certify such result by resolution and proceed with the organization of such district as specified in this part.   (2) After 20 days from the passage of such resolution, the validity of the creation of such hospital district and the regularity of all proceedings preliminary thereto shall not be questioned or asserted in any legal action.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4306.
MT Code § 7-34-2115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged|Part 21. Hospital Districts|7-34-2115. District to be governed by elected trustees -- legal assistance

  7-34-2115. District to be governed by elected trustees -- legal assistance. (1) A hospital district must be governed and managed by a board of three or five trustees, elected by the registered electors residing in the district. The number of trustees on the board and, if the number is set at five, the initial terms of two trustees must be fixed by the bylaws of the district.   (2) The trustees must be elected from among the registered electors qualified to vote at general elections within the district.   (3) The trustees may call upon the county attorney for legal advice and services as they may require.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4307(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 7, L. 1991.