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MT Code § 76-1-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-201. Membership of city-county planning board

  76-1-201. Membership of city-county planning board. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a city-county planning board consists of no fewer than nine members to be appointed as follows:   (a) two official members who reside outside the city limits but within the jurisdictional area of the city-county planning board to be appointed by the board of county commissioners, who may in the discretion of the board of county commissioners be employed by or hold public office in the county;   (b) two official members who reside within the city limits to be appointed by the city council, who may in the discretion of the city council be employed by or hold public office in the city;   (c) two citizen members who reside within the city limits to be appointed by the mayor of the city;   (d) two citizen members who reside within the jurisdictional area of the city-county planning board to be appointed by the board of county commissioners;   (e) the ninth member to be appointed by the board of supervisors of a conservation district provided for in 76-15-311 from the members or associate members of the board of supervisors, subject to approval of the members provided for in subsections (1)(a) through (1)(d).   (2) Subsection (1)(e) does not apply if there is no member or associate member of the board of supervisors of a conservation district who is able or willing to serve on the city-county planning board. In that case, the ninth member of the city-county planning board must be selected by the eight officers and citizen members pursuant to subsections (1)(a) through (1)(d), with the consent and approval of the board of county commissioners and the city council.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 189, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 273, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 349, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3810(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 192, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 509, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 151, L. 2007.
MT Code § 76-1-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-202. Qualifications of citizen members of city-county planning board

  76-1-202. Qualifications of citizen members of city-county planning board. (1) The citizen members of the city-county planning board shall be resident freeholders in the area over which the planning board has jurisdiction; provided, however, that at least two of such members shall be resident freeholders in the area, if any, outside the city limits over which the planning board has jurisdiction and the two members appointed by the county commissioners shall reside outside the city limits but within the jurisdictional area of the planning board.   (2) Any citizen appointee may be removed from office by a majority vote of the governing body of the governmental unit represented by such appointee.   History: (1)Ap. p. Sec. 12, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 271, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 273, L. 1971; Sec. 11-3812, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Sec. 10, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 189, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 273, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 349, L. 1973; Sec. 11-3810, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 13, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 247, L. 1963; Sec. 11-3813, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3810(part), 11-3812(part), 11-3813.
MT Code § 76-1-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-203. Term of members of county and city-county planning boards

  76-1-203. Term of members of county and city-county planning boards. The terms of the members who are officers of any governmental unit represented on the board shall be coextensive with their respective terms of office to which they have been elected or appointed; the terms of the other members shall be 2 years, except that the terms of the first members appointed shall be fixed by agreement and rule of the governing bodies represented on the board for 1 or 2 years in order that a minimum number of terms shall expire in any year.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 189, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 273, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 349, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3810(3).
MT Code § 76-1-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-204. Vacancies on county and city-county planning boards

  76-1-204. Vacancies on county and city-county planning boards. (1) Vacancies occurring on the board of official members and by death or resignation of citizen members shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governing bodies having appointed them.   (2) Vacancies occurring in citizen members on the county planning board at the end of a term shall be filled by the board of county commissioners.   (3) Vacancies occurring in citizen members on the city-county planning board at the end of a term shall be filled alternately by the mayor and the board of county commissioners represented on the board, commencing with the mayor.   (4) In the event more than one city is represented on a board, the representation and appointments to be made by the respective cities and counties shall be by agreement and rule of the board.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 273, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3811.
MT Code § 76-1-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-205. through 76-1-210 reserved

  76-1-205 through 76-1-210 reserved.
MT Code § 76-1-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-211. Membership of county planning board

  76-1-211. Membership of county planning board. (1) County planning boards consist of not less than five members appointed by the board of county commissioners. At least one member of a county planning board existing on or formed after July 1, 1973, must be a member of the governing board of a conservation district as provided for in chapter 15, an associate member of a conservation district designated by the governing board of a conservation district, or a member of a state cooperative grazing district if officers of either of the districts or the designated associate member of a conservation district reside in the county.   (2) If a city or town subsequently becomes represented on the county planning board pursuant to 76-1-111, additional members of the planning board representing the cities or towns must be appointed by the respective city councils.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 189, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 273, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 349, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3810(2); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 151, L. 2007.
MT Code § 76-1-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-212. Citizen members of county planning board

  76-1-212. Citizen members of county planning board. (1) The citizen members of the county planning board shall be resident freeholders in the area over which the planning board has jurisdiction.   (2) Any citizen appointee may be removed from office by a majority vote of the governing body of the governmental unit represented by such appointee.   History: (1)En. Sec. 12, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 271, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 273, L. 1971; Sec. 11-3812, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 13, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 247, L. 1963; Sec. 11-3813, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3812(part), 11-3813.
MT Code § 76-1-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-213. through 76-1-220 reserved

  76-1-213 through 76-1-220 reserved.
MT Code § 76-1-221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-221. Membership of city planning board

  76-1-221. Membership of city planning board. (1) A city planning board shall consist of not less than seven members to be appointed as follows:   (a) one member to be appointed by the city council from its membership;   (b) one member to be appointed by the city council, who may in the discretion of the city council be an employee or hold public office in the city or county in which the city is located;   (c) one member to be appointed by the mayor upon the designation by the county commissioners of the county in which the city is located;   (d) four citizen members to be appointed by the mayor, two of whom shall be resident freeholders within the urban area, if any, outside of the city limits over which the planning board has jurisdiction under this chapter and two of whom shall be resident freeholders within the city limits.   (2) The clerk of the city council shall certify members appointed by its body. The certificates shall be sent to and become a part of the records of the planning board. The mayor shall make similar certification for the appointment of citizen members.   History: (1)En. Sec. 4, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 271, L. 1959; Sec. 11-3804, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 7, Ch. 246, L. 1957; Sec. 11-3807, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3804(part), 11-3807.
MT Code § 76-1-222 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-222. City council member of city planning board

  76-1-222. City council member of city planning board. (1) As soon as the city council has enacted an ordinance creating a city planning board, the city council shall select a member of its body to serve on the planning board. The term of the appointed member must be coextensive with the term of office to which the member has been elected or appointed unless the council, on its first regular meeting of each year, appoints another to serve as its representative or unless the member's term is terminated as provided in this part.   (2) The city council shall fill any vacancy occurring in its respective membership on the planning board.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 246, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3806; amd. Sec. 2511, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 76-1-223 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-223. County representative for city planning board

  76-1-223. County representative for city planning board. When a city council has enacted an ordinance creating a city planning board or when a vacancy occurs in the county's membership on the city planning board, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city is located shall within 45 days designate a representative of the county to the mayor of the city for appointment to the city planning board. This representative may be a member of the board of county commissioners or an officeholder or employee of the county. The mayor may not reject or refuse to appoint to the city planning board a representative designated by a board of county commissioners as provided in this section, but if the county fails to designate a representative, then the mayor may appoint as a representative of the county a person of the mayor's own choosing and at the mayor's sole discretion.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 246, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3814; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 266, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 269, L. 2003.
MT Code § 76-1-224 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 2. Membership|76-1-224. Citizen members of city planning board

  76-1-224. Citizen members of city planning board. (1) The citizen members shall:   (a) be qualified by knowledge and experience in matters pertaining to the development of the city; and   (b) hold no other office in the city government.   (2) Any citizen appointee may be removed from office by a majority vote of the governing body of the city.   History: En. Secs. 8, 13, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Secs. 3, 5, Ch. 247, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3808, 11-3813; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 266, L. 1979.
MT Code § 76-1-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 3. Organization and Administration|76-1-301. Planning board meetings

  76-1-301. Planning board meetings. (1) The board shall fix the time for holding regular meetings, but it shall meet at least once in the months of January, April, July, and October.   (2) Special meetings of the planning board may be called by the president or by two members upon written request to the secretary. The secretary shall send to all members, at least 2 days in advance of a special meeting, a written notice fixing the time and place of the meeting. Written notice of a special meeting is not required if the time of the special meeting has been fixed in a regular meeting or if all members are present at the special meeting.   History: En. Secs. 16, 17, Ch. 246, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3816, 11-3817.
MT Code § 76-1-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 3. Organization and Administration|76-1-302. Planning board officers

  76-1-302. Planning board officers. At its first regular meeting in each year, the board shall elect from its members a president and vice-president. The vice-president shall have authority to act as president of the board during the absence or disability of the president.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 246, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3821.
MT Code § 76-1-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 3. Organization and Administration|76-1-303. Offices

  76-1-303. Offices. The city or county shall provide suitable offices for the holding of meetings and the preservation of plans, maps, documents, and accounts.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 246, L. 1957; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3823.
MT Code § 76-1-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 3. Organization and Administration|76-1-304. Quorum -- official action

  76-1-304. Quorum -- official action. (1) A majority of members constitutes a quorum.   (2) An action of the planning board is not official unless a quorum is present and unless the action is authorized by a majority of the quorum at a regular or properly called special meeting.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 247, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3818; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 172, L. 2007.
MT Code § 76-1-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 3. Organization and Administration|76-1-305. Administration of board

  76-1-305. Administration of board. To effectuate the purpose of this chapter, the board shall have the power and duty to:   (1) exercise general supervision of and make regulations for the administration of the affairs of the board;   (2) prescribe uniform rules pertaining to investigations and hearings;   (3) keep an accurate and complete record of all departmental proceedings, record and file all bonds and contracts, and assume responsibility for the custody and preservation of all papers and documents of the board;   (4) make recommendations and an annual report to any governing bodies represented on the board concerning the operation of the board and the status of planning within its jurisdiction;   (5) prepare, publish, and distribute reports, proposed ordinances and proposed resolutions, and other material relating to the activities authorized under this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 247, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3824(part).
MT Code § 76-1-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 3. Organization and Administration|76-1-306. Staff -- service contracts

  76-1-306. Staff -- service contracts. The governing body shall assign staff employed by the governing body to assist the planning board in conducting its duties. The planning board may delegate to assigned staff the authority to perform ministerial acts in all cases except when final action of the planning board is necessary. The governing body may make contracts for special or temporary services and any professional services.   History: (1), (3)En. Sec. 22, Ch. 246, L. 1957; Sec. 11-3822, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 24, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 247, L. 1963; Sec. 11-3824, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3822, 11-3824(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 599, L. 2003.
MT Code § 76-1-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 3. Organization and Administration|76-1-307. Compensation and expenses of board members and employees

  76-1-307. Compensation and expenses of board members and employees. (1) The members of planning boards shall receive no salary for serving on the planning board but may be reimbursed from local funds for transportation and actual expenses up to but not exceeding state transportation reimbursements and allowable expenses incurred in attending planning board meetings.   (2) When the planning board determines that it is necessary for members or employees to attend a regional or national conference or interview in another city, county, or state dealing with planning or related problems, the planning board may pay the actual expenses of the attending members or employees provided the amount has been made available in the board's appropriation.   History: (1)En. Sec. 19, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 291, L. 1974; Sec. 11-3819, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 20, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 247, L. 1963; Sec. 11-3820, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3819, 11-3820.
MT Code § 76-1-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 4. Financial Administration|76-1-401. Fiscal administration

  76-1-401. Fiscal administration. (1) To effectuate the purpose of this chapter, the board shall have the power and duty to:   (a) supervise the fiscal affairs and responsibilities of the board;   (b) prepare and submit to the governing bodies represented on the board an annual budget in the same manner as other departments of the city and county governments and shall be limited in all expenditures to the provisions made therefor by the governing bodies represented upon the board.   (2) The planning board shall have authority to expend, under regular city or county procedure as provided by law, all sums appropriated to it for purposes and activities authorized by this chapter.   History: (1)En. Sec. 24, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 247, L. 1963; Sec. 11-3824, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 26, Ch. 246, L. 1957; Sec. 11-3826, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3824(part), 11-3826.
MT Code § 76-1-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 4. Financial Administration|76-1-402. Funding of board operation

  76-1-402. Funding of board operation. (1) After a city council has by ordinance, a board of county commissioners has by ordinance and resolution, or a city council and board of county commissioners have by ordinance and resolution created a planning board, the governing bodies represented upon such board may appropriate funds to carry out the duties of the planning board.   (2) When a planning board has been created by agreement of more than one governmental unit, the governing bodies of the governmental units which have created the board shall agree upon the proportion of expenditures to be borne by each such unit and may budget and appropriate the funds necessary for the respective shares thus agreed upon.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 273, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3825(1), (2).
MT Code § 76-1-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 4. Financial Administration|76-1-403. Tax levy by county for certain county planning districts authorized

  76-1-403. Tax levy by county for certain county planning districts authorized. When a county planning board has been established, the board of county commissioners may create a planning district that must include the property that lies outside the limits of the jurisdictional area, as established pursuant to 76-1-504 through 76-1-507 or as modified pursuant to 76-1-501 through 76-1-503 in counties where a city-county planning board has been established, as well as that property that lies outside the limits of any incorporated cities and towns. Subject to 15-10-420, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax on the taxable value of all taxable property located within the planning district for planning board purposes, under procedures set forth in Title 7, chapter 6, part 40.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 273, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3825(5); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 266, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 138, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 190, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 76-1-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 4. Financial Administration|76-1-404. Tax levy by county for city-county planning board authorized

  76-1-404. Tax levy by county for city-county planning board authorized. When a city-county planning board has been established, the board of county commissioners may create a planning district that must include the property within the jurisdictional areas as established pursuant to 76-1-504 through 76-1-507 that lies outside the limits of any incorporated cities and towns. Subject to 15-10-420, the board of county commissioners may levy on the taxable value of all taxable property located within the planning district a tax for planning board purposes, under procedures set forth in Title 7, chapter 6, part 40.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 273, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3825(4); amd. Sec. 139, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 191, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 76-1-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 4. Financial Administration|76-1-405. Repealed

  76-1-405. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 273, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3825(part); amd. Sec. 140, Ch. 584, L. 1999.
MT Code § 76-1-406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 4. Financial Administration|76-1-406. Tax levy by municipalities authorized

  76-1-406. Tax levy by municipalities authorized. Subject to 15-10-420, the governing body of any city or town represented on a planning board may levy a tax upon the taxable value of all taxable property located within the city or town for planning board purposes, under procedures set forth in Title 7, chapter 6, part 40.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 273, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3825(3); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 266, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 141, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 192, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 76-1-407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 76. Land Resources and Use|Chapter 1. Planning Boards|Part 4. Financial Administration|76-1-407. Repealed

  76-1-407. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 273, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3825(part); amd. Sec. 142, Ch. 584, L. 1999.