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2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2122. Powers of district

7-34-2122. Powers of district.
A hospital district has all powers necessary and convenient to the acquisition, betterment, operation, maintenance, and administration of hospital facilities that its board of trustees considers necessary and expedient. In addition to the general grant of powers, a hospital district, acting by its board of trustees, may:
(1) employ nursing, administrative, and other personnel, legal counsel, engineers, architects, accountants, and other qualified persons, who may be paid for their services by monthly salaries, hourly wages, and pension benefits or by fees that may be agreed upon;
(2) cause reports, plans, studies, and recommendations to be prepared;
(3) lease, purchase, and contract for the purchase of real and personal property by option, contract for deed, or otherwise and acquire real or personal property by gift;
(4) lease or construct, equip, furnish, and maintain necessary buildings and grounds;
(5) adopt, by resolution, rules for the operation and administration of hospital facilities under its control and for the admission of persons to the facilities;
(6) impose by resolution and collect charges for all services and facilities provided and made available by it;
(7) subject to 15-10-420, levy taxes as prescribed in this part;
(8) borrow money by the issuance of its bonds as prescribed in this part;
(9) borrow money by the issuance of notes;
(10) procure insurance against liability of the district or its officers and employees, or both, for torts committed within the scope of their official duties, whether governmental or proprietary, and against damage to or destruction of any of its facilities, equipment, or other property;
(11) sell or lease any of its facilities or equipment as may be considered expedient;
(12) cause audits to be made of its accounts, books, vouchers, and funds by competent public accountants; and
(13) provide educational benefits to qualified individuals, including the payment of tuition, room and board, educational materials, and stipends and the repayment of student loans in return for an agreement by those persons to provide services to the district.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4308(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 349, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 453, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 584, L. 1999.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2123. Admission to district hospital facilities

7-34-2123. Admission to district hospital facilities.
Such a hospital district must admit persons to its facilities without regard to race, color, or sex, as defined in 1-1-201. Such obligation shall not prevent the board of trustees of such hospital district from establishing reasonable minimum rates for hospital quarters, services, and supplies. Indigents needing such services, for the rendition of which provision is made by the laws of Montana, must be admitted to such public hospitals on terms and rates prescribed or authorized by law.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4308(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 685, L. 2023.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2131. Hospital district bonds and notes authorized

7-34-2131. Hospital district bonds and notes authorized.
(1) (a) A hospital district may borrow money by the issuance of its bonds to provide funds for payment of part or all of the cost of acquisition, furnishing, equipment, improvement, extension, and betterment of hospital facilities and to provide an adequate working capital for a new hospital.
(b) The amount of bonds issued for the purposes referred to in subsection (1)(a) and outstanding at any time may not exceed 1.4% of the total assessed value of taxable property, determined as provided in 15-8-111, within the district, as ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes prior to the issuance of the bonds.
(c) The bonds must be authorized, sold, and issued and provisions made for their payment in the manner and subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed for bonds of school districts by Title 20, chapter 9, part 4.
(2) (a) A hospital district may borrow money by the issuance of notes to provide funds to finance the costs described in subsection (1) and to finance the working capital requirements of the district. The notes must be authorized and in a form and terms prescribed by a resolution adopted by the board of trustees. The notes must mature over a term not to exceed 15 years or, if authorized by the electors of the district, a term not to exceed 30 years.
(b) The principal and interest on the notes must be paid from the taxes levied pursuant to 7-34-2133, exclusive of the taxes levied to pay bonds issued in accordance with subsection (1), and all other revenue of the district. The annual amount of principal and interest payable on notes in any fiscal year must be included in the district's budget for that year.
(c) The notes may be secured by a mortgage of or a security interest in all or part of the district's assets and by a pledge of the taxes and revenue of the district, or either of them.
(d) Notes may not be issued unless the projected annual revenue of the district, including the taxes levied pursuant to 7-34-2133 but exclusive of the taxes levied to pay bonds, is at least equal to the sum of the cost of operating and maintaining the hospital district plus the maximum amount of principal and interest due in any future fiscal year on the notes proposed to be issued and all notes outstanding upon the issuance of the proposed notes.
(3) This section may not be construed to amend or repeal the provisions of Title 50, chapter 6, part 1, allowing the state to apply for and accept federal funds.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4308(part); amd. Sec. 58, Ch. 614, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 349, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 29, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 295, L. 2015.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2132. Hospital district budget

7-34-2132. Hospital district budget.
The board of hospital trustees shall annually present their budget to the board of county commissioners at the regular budget meetings as prescribed by law and therewith certify the amount of money necessary and proper for the ensuing year.
History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2133. Levy of district taxes

7-34-2133. Levy of district taxes.
Subject to 15-10-420, the board of county commissioners shall, annually at the time of levying county taxes, fix and levy a tax on the taxable value of all taxable property within the hospital district clearly sufficient to raise the amount certified by the board of hospital trustees under 7-34-2132.
History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309(part); amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 84, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2134. Repealed

7-34-2134. Repealed.
Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
History: En. 16-4309.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309.1(1); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 554, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 625, L. 1983.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2135. Repealed

7-34-2135. Repealed.
Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
History: En. 16-4309.1, 16-4309.2 by Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 132, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309.1(2), 16-4309.2; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 554, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 608, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2136. Repealed

7-34-2136. Repealed.
Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
History: En. 16-4309.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4309.1(3), (4).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2137. Collection of taxes and disposition of funds

7-34-2137. Collection of taxes and disposition of funds.
(1) The procedures for the collection of the tax shall be in accordance with the existing laws of Montana.
(2) The funds collected under the tax levy shall be held by the county treasurer, who shall be, ex officio, the treasurer for the hospital district, and such treasurer shall keep a detailed account of all tax money paid into the fund, of all other money from any source received by the district, and of all payments and disbursements from the fund. Funds shall be paid out on warrants issued by direction of the board of trustees, signed by the majority of its membership.
History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 97, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4310.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2138. Hospital district capital replacement fund

7-34-2138. Hospital district capital replacement fund.
(1) A hospital district may establish a capital replacement fund. The fund may be used only for the replacement of property, plant facilities, or equipment. The cost of such capital equipment must exceed $5,000 and have a life expectancy of 5 years or more.
(2) A capital replacement fund established under subsection (1) may not exceed 10% of the total value of the hospital's property, plant facilities, and equipment at the end of a fiscal year.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 64, L. 1987.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2151. Annexation of land to hospital district

7-34-2151. Annexation of land to hospital district.
The boundaries of any such public hospital district may be altered and outlying districts may be annexed from territory contiguous thereto in the following manner.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2152. Petition to annex land

7-34-2152. Petition to annex land.
A petition signed by 10% or more of the freeholders within the territory proposed to be annexed or by a majority of such freeholders if there are less than 25 residing within the area proposed to be annexed, designating the boundaries of such contiguous territory proposed to be annexed and asking that it be annexed to said public hospital district, shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said public hospital district is situated.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2153. Hearing on petition for annexation -- notice

7-34-2153. Hearing on petition for annexation -- notice.
(1) At the first regular meeting after the presentation of said petition, said board of county commissioners shall cause notice of said petition to be published as provided in 7-1-2121 prior to the date fixed by said board for the hearing of said petition, which date shall be not less than 4 weeks after the filing of such petition.
(2) Upon the date fixed for such hearing or continuance thereof, said board shall take up and consider said petition and any objections which may be filed to the inclusion of any additional area or territory in said district.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part); amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 349, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2154. Decision on annexation petition

7-34-2154. Decision on annexation petition.
Said board of county commissioners shall have the power, by order entered on its minutes:
(1) to grant said petition either in whole or in part;
(2) to alter the boundaries of said public hospital district; and
(3) to annex thereto all or such portion of said area or territory described in said petition as will be benefited thereby.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2155. Effect of annexation

7-34-2155. Effect of annexation.
The annexed territory shall become and be a part of such public hospital district on the date fixed in the order of annexation and shall be subject to the taxes authorized by this part, including taxes for any preexisting indebtedness, together with the preexisting area of said district; and such taxes shall be uniform for the whole area and territory in the district as enlarged.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4312(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2156. Withdrawal of land from hospital district

7-34-2156. Withdrawal of land from hospital district.
(1) Any portion of a public hospital district may be withdrawn therefrom, as provided in 7-34-2156 through 7-34-2160, upon receipt of a petition signed by 51% or more of the taxpayers residing in and owning property within the area desired to be withdrawn from any public hospital district, on the grounds that such area will not be benefited by remaining in said district.
(2) No petition for withdrawal shall be entertained or acted upon by the board unless the same is filed before December 31 of the preceding year.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2157. Hearing on petition for withdrawal -- notice

7-34-2157. Hearing on petition for withdrawal -- notice.
(1) The board of county commissioners shall, upon the filing of such a petition, fix a time for the hearing of such withdrawal petition, which time shall not be more than 4 weeks after the receipt thereof.
(2) Any interested person may appear at said hearing and present objections to the withdrawal of said portion from said district.
(3) The board shall publish a notice of such hearing as provided in 7-1-2121.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part); amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 349, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2158. Decision on withdrawal petition -- appeal

7-34-2158. Decision on withdrawal petition -- appeal.
(1) The board shall consider the petition and all objections thereto, pass upon the merits thereof, and make its order in accordance therewith.
(2) Such order is subject to review by the district court of the county, and appeal may be taken from the final judgment of such district court to the supreme court of Montana.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2159. Effective date of withdrawal

7-34-2159. Effective date of withdrawal.
Any withdrawal shall be effective as of January 1 following the issuance of the withdrawal order.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2160. Withdrawing property subject to existing indebtedness

7-34-2160. Withdrawing property subject to existing indebtedness.
All taxable property within the withdrawn area shall remain subject to taxation for any bonded indebtedness of the hospital district existing as of the effective date of the withdrawal to the same extent as it would have been subject if not withdrawn.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4311(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2161. Dissolution of hospital district

7-34-2161. Dissolution of hospital district.
At any time after 5 years from the date any public hospital district is created, such district may be dissolved upon presentation to the board of county commissioners of a petition signed by at least 51% of the owners of property lying within such district as shown by the last-completed assessment roll.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4313(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2162. Hearing on petition for dissolution -- notice

7-34-2162. Hearing on petition for dissolution -- notice.
Upon the filing of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall set a time for hearing the petition and shall publish a notice of the hearing as provided in 7-1-2121.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4313(part); amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 349, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 354, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2163. Decision on dissolution petition

7-34-2163. Decision on dissolution petition.
The commissioners shall enter upon their minutes an order dissolving such district if, upon the hearing provided for in 7-34-2162, the commissioners find:
(1) such petition to be sufficient;
(2) that the district is not indebted in any amount beyond funds immediately available to extinguish all of its debts and obligations; and
(3) that there is good reason for the dissolution of such district.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4313(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 21. Hospital Districts › 7-34-2164. Effect of dissolution

7-34-2164. Effect of dissolution.
The order of dissolution shall be filed of record, and the dissolution shall be effective for all purposes 6 months after the date of filing said order of dissolution, provided that at or before such time the board of trustees of said district certifies to the board of county commissioners that all debts and obligations of the district have been paid, discharged, or irrevocably settled, together with legal proof thereof. Any assets of the district remaining after all debts and obligations of the district have been paid, discharged, or irrevocably settled shall become the property of the county.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 155, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 257, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4313(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 22. County Hospital Services › 7-34-2201. Erection and management of county health care facilities -- definition -- provision of health care services

7-34-2201. Erection and management of county health care facilities -- definition -- provision of health care services.
(1) The board of county commissioners has jurisdiction and power, under the limitations and restrictions prescribed by law, to erect, furnish, equip, expand, improve, and maintain health care facilities and to provide health care services in those facilities as permitted by law.
(2) The board of county commissioners of a county that has or may acquire title to a site and building or buildings suitable for county health care purposes has jurisdiction and power, under the limitations and restrictions prescribed by law, to erect, furnish, equip, expand, improve, maintain, and operate the building or buildings for health care purposes as provided by this section.
(3) As used in parts 21 and 23 through 25 and this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term "health care facility" means a hospital, a medical assistance facility, a critical access hospital, a hospice, an end-stage renal dialysis facility, an outpatient center for surgical services, an outpatient center for primary care, a rehabilitation facility, a long-term care facility, or an adult day-care center, as defined in 50-5-101, a public health center, as defined in 7-34-2102, or any combination and related medical facilities, including offices for physicians or other health care professionals providing outpatient, rehabilitative, emergency, nursing, or preventive care.
History: En. Subd. 9, Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4465.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 56, L. 1947; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 238, L. 1947; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 5, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 150, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1008A(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 520, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 93, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 98, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 192, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 22. County Hospital Services › 7-34-2202. Health care facilities commission

7-34-2202. Health care facilities commission.
The board of county commissioners may create a commission for the management of health care facilities, as provided in 7-8-2103.
History: En. Subd. 9, Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4465.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 56, L. 1947; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 238, L. 1947; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 5, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 150, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1008A(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 22. County Hospital Services › 7-34-2203. Provision of health care services

7-34-2203. Provision of health care services.
A county health care facility may be used to provide health care services.
History: En. Subd. 9, Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4465.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 56, L. 1947; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 238, L. 1947; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 5, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 150, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1008A(part); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 22. County Hospital Services › 7-34-2204. Use of county property and funds for health care purposes

7-34-2204. Use of county property and funds for health care purposes.
(1) The board of county commissioners may, under the limitations and restrictions prescribed by law, lease county buildings, equipment, furniture, and fixtures for health care facility purposes, with full power of lessor except as limited in this section, upon the terms and conditions that the board may decide upon. The rentals received under the lease or leases must be paid into the general fund of the county.
(2) (a) A lease may not be made for a period longer than 5 years except in a case in which bonds are to be or have been issued in accordance with 7-34-2411, in which case the lease may extend until the maturity date of the bonds sold and in which case bond payments may be made from lease receipts.
(b) The board may not enter into a lease without first having advertised in a newspaper published in the county at least once a week for 5 weeks that the health care facility or designated portion of a health care facility, including equipment if applicable, is for lease for health care purposes.
(3) Money in the county general fund may be transferred to a state agency to be used as matching funds for the receipt of federal money for health care purposes.
History: En. Subd. 30, Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4465.29, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1032; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 520, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 571, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 85, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 23. County Boarding Homes for the Aged › 7-34-2301. Construction and operation of county boarding home authorized

7-34-2301. Construction and operation of county boarding home authorized.
The board of county commissioners may erect, furnish, equip, expand, improve, maintain, and operate a boarding home for the aged that does not constitute a health care facility, subject to any applicable standards established by the department of public health and human services. A boarding home may be located adjacent to or in a building containing a health care facility and may be operated in conjunction with the health care facility.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 88, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 106, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1037; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 520, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 23. County Boarding Homes for the Aged › 7-34-2302. Repealed

7-34-2302. Repealed.
Sec. 20, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 88, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1038.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 23. County Boarding Homes for the Aged › 7-34-2303. Lease of county property for boarding home

7-34-2303. Lease of county property for boarding home.
(1) The board of county commissioners may lease county buildings, equipment, furniture, and fixtures for the purpose of operation of a boarding home for aged persons, with the full power of a lessor except as limited in this part, upon terms and conditions that the board may decide upon.
(2) The rentals received under the lease or leases must be paid into the general fund of the county, or if bonds have been issued under 7-34-2411 to finance or refinance the costs of a boarding home, the rentals must be applied, as necessary, to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds.
(3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b), the lease may not be made for a period longer than 5 years.
(b) A lease may be made for a period longer than 5 years when bonds are issued under 7-34-2411, in which case the lease may extend until the maturity date of the bonds.
(4) The board may not enter into a lease unless it has advertised in a newspaper published in the county at least once a week for 5 weeks that specified buildings and equipment are for lease for the purpose of a boarding home for aged persons.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1036; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 520, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 571, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 86, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2401. Depletion allowance reserve fund authorized

7-34-2401. Depletion allowance reserve fund authorized.
The governing body of a county may establish a depletion allowance reserve fund for the replacement and acquisition of property and equipment for county-operated health care facilities created under 7-8-2102, 7-34-2201, and 7-34-2502.
History: En. 16-1042 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1042; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2402. Sources of money for depletion allowance reserve fund

7-34-2402. Sources of money for depletion allowance reserve fund.
Money for the depletion allowance reserve fund may be derived from:
(1) public and private grants;
(2) money collected by the health care facility for which the fund is created, from or for indigent patients or residents, that is in excess of the expenses incurred for the care of the patients or residents.
History: En. 16-1043 by Sec. 2, Ch. 365, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1043(part); amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2403. Accumulation of reserve fund

7-34-2403. Accumulation of reserve fund.
The depletion allowance reserve fund may accumulate at the discretion of the governing body.
History: En. 16-1043 by Sec. 2, Ch. 365, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1043(2).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2404. Investment of reserve fund

7-34-2404. Investment of reserve fund.
The money held in the depletion allowance reserve fund may be invested as provided by law. All interest earned on the investments is credited to the depletion allowance reserve fund.
History: En. 16-1044 by Sec. 3, Ch. 365, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1044.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2411. County health care facility bonds authorized

7-34-2411. County health care facility bonds authorized.
(1) Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law upon the bonded indebtedness of a county, a county acquiring, erecting, furnishing, equipping, expanding, improving, or maintaining a health care facility under 7-8-2102 or 7-34-2201 or a boarding home under 7-34-2301 may borrow money and issue its bonds for a health care facility or a boarding home, including refunding bonds, in the form and upon the terms as it may determine, payable out of any revenue of the facility or boarding home, respectively, including revenue derived from:
(a) fees and payments for health care or boarding home services;
(b) taxes levied under 7-6-2512 or 7-34-2417 for a health care facility;
(c) grants or contributions from the federal government; or
(d) any other sources.
(2) For the security of the bonds, the county may by resolution make and enter into any covenant, agreement, or indenture and exercise any additional powers authorized to be made, entered into, or exercised by a county, including those authorized in 7-6-2512 and this part. The sums required to pay principal and interest and to create and maintain a reserve for the bonds may be made payable from any and all revenue of the health care facility or boarding home prior to the payment of current costs of operation and maintenance of the facilities.
History: En. 16-1045 by Sec. 1, Ch. 511, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1045(part); amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2412. Repealed

7-34-2412. Repealed.
Sec. 20, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
History: En. 16-1047 by Sec. 3, Ch. 511, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 513, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1047.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2413. Limitations on bond authority

7-34-2413. Limitations on bond authority.
The bonds may be issued by resolution or resolutions of the county governing body without any limitation of amount except as follows:
(1) no such bonds may be issued at any time if the total amount of principal and interest to become due in any year on such bonds and on any then-outstanding bonds for which revenues from the same source or sources are pledged exceeds the amount of such revenues to be received in that year as estimated in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds; and
(2) the county shall be obligated to take all action necessary and possible to impose, maintain, and collect rates, charges, rentals, and taxes, if any are pledged, sufficient to make the revenues from the pledged source or sources in such year at least equal to the amount of such principal and interest due in that year.
History: En. 16-1045 by Sec. 1, Ch. 511, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1045(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2414. Election required on question of issuance of bonds

7-34-2414. Election required on question of issuance of bonds.
(1) A county may not issue bonds to which all or a portion of the taxes levied under 7-6-2512 are pledged or to which the general tax authorized under 7-34-2418 is pledged until the question of approval of the issuance of the bonds has been submitted to the registered electors of the county at a general election or a special election called for that purpose by the governing body of the county and the majority of the electors voting on the question have voted in favor of issuing the bonds. A special election must be conducted in conjunction with a regular or primary election. The notice and conduct of the election must be governed, to the extent applicable, by the laws governing the election on county general obligation bonds in chapter 7, part 22.
(2) If less than a majority of the electors voting on the issuance of the bonds vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the county may not issue the bonds under 7-34-2411.
History: En. 16-1045 by Sec. 1, Ch. 511, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1045(2)(c); amd. Sec. 349, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2415. Details of bonds

7-34-2415. Details of bonds.
(1) The bonds may be sold at public or private sale and bear interest at a rate or rates as provided in 17-5-102. The bonds may be for a 40-year period.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in 7-34-2411 and 7-34-2413 through 7-34-2418, any bonds issued pursuant to 7-34-2411 and 7-34-2413 through 7-34-2418 by a county must be payable as to principal and interest solely from revenue of the county and must state on their face the applicable limitations or restrictions regarding the source or sources from which the principal and interest are payable.
History: En. 16-1045 by Sec. 1, Ch. 511, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1045(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 500, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2416. Tax-exempt status of bonds

7-34-2416. Tax-exempt status of bonds.
Bonds issued by a county pursuant to the provisions of 7-34-2411 and 7-34-2413 through 7-34-2418 are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose by a political subdivision.
History: En. 16-1045 by Sec. 1, Ch. 511, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1045(part); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 520, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 503, L. 2021.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2417. Health care facility tax levy authorized

7-34-2417. Health care facility tax levy authorized.
If the bonds are not paid or are not expected to be paid from ordinary revenue of the facility, a county that has issued bonds under 7-34-2411 for a health care facility may, subject to 15-10-420, levy taxes on the taxable value of all taxable property within the county in the manner provided for public hospital districts under 7-34-2133.
History: En. 16-1046 by Sec. 2, Ch. 511, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1046; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 625, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 520, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 77, Ch. 584, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 87, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 24. Financing of County-Operated Health Care Facilities › 7-34-2418. General tax to support bonds authorized

7-34-2418. General tax to support bonds authorized.
(1) (a) The governing body of a county may, with respect to bonds issued by the county pursuant to 7-34-2411 for a health care facility and if approved by the voters as provided in 7-34-2414, by resolution covenant that:
(i) in the event that at any time all revenue, including taxes, appropriated and collected for the bonds is insufficient to pay principal or interest then due, it will levy a general tax upon all of the taxable property in the county for the payment of the deficiency; and
(ii) at any time a deficiency is likely to occur within 1 year for the payment of principal and interest due on the bonds, it will levy a general tax upon all the taxable property in the county for the payment of the deficiency.
(b) The resolution must state the principal amount and purpose of the bonds and the substance of the covenant respecting deficiencies.
(2) The taxes are not subject to any limitation of rate or amount applicable to other county taxes but are limited to a rate estimated to be sufficient to produce the amount of the deficiency.
(3) In the event that the health care facility for which bonds are issued pursuant to 7-34-2411 is a joint institution, as provided in part 25, and the deficiency tax levy is authorized under 7-34-2417, the counties may apportion the obligation to levy taxes for the payment of or in anticipation of a deficiency in the revenues appropriated for the bonds in the manner as the counties shall determine.
History: En. 16-1045 by Sec. 1, Ch. 511, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1045(4); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 25. Multicounty Operation of Health Care Facilities and Nursing Homes › 7-34-2501. Definitions

7-34-2501. Definitions.
As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Contract" means the agreement entered into by two or more counties for the purpose of creating a joint institution.
(2) "Joint institution" means a county health care facility or boarding home for the aged constructed, purchased, leased, equipped, and operated by two or more counties pursuant to the terms of the contract creating it.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1039; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 520, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 25. Multicounty Operation of Health Care Facilities and Nursing Homes › 7-34-2502. Joint institutions authorized

7-34-2502. Joint institutions authorized.
Two or more counties may by contract create a joint institution which will be operated and financed by the contracting counties.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 100, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1040.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 25. Multicounty Operation of Health Care Facilities and Nursing Homes › 7-34-2503. Contract for joint institution

7-34-2503. Contract for joint institution.
The contract creating the joint institution shall provide:
(1) the total proposed expenditure for the construction, purchase, or lease of the joint institution and the proposed cost of equipping and operating the joint institution;
(2) for the management of the joint institution by a method which will provide that each contracting county shall be represented and have an active part in the management of the joint institution;
(3) that the management of the joint institution shall have such powers as will be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this part.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 100, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1041(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 25. Multicounty Operation of Health Care Facilities and Nursing Homes › 7-34-2504. Division of costs among counties

7-34-2504. Division of costs among counties.
The total cost of the joint institution shall be divided between the contracting counties in such manner as they shall determine.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 100, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1041(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 34. Medical Services and Boarding Homes for the Aged › Part 41. Municipal Hospital Services › 7-34-4101. Detention hospitals

7-34-4101. Detention hospitals.
In case of necessity, the city or town council has power to establish, at a suitable place within or without the limits of the city or town, a hospital to prevent the spread of smallpox or other contagious or infectious diseases, to regulate the control thereof, to do all other acts which may be necessary for the promotion of health, and to prevent the spread of infectious or contagious diseases within the city or town.
History: En. Subd. 45, Sec. 5039, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5039.44, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-947.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 1. General Provisions Applicable to Local Governments (Repealed) › 7-35-101. Repealed

7-35-101. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 39, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4514, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4514, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 172, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 9-401(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 1. General Provisions Applicable to Local Governments (Repealed) › 7-35-102. Repealed

7-35-102. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 139, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 4487.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch, 48, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 7, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1131(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2101. Repealed

7-35-2101. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-202(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2102. Repealed

7-35-2102. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-202(part); amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 349, L. 1985.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2103. Repealed

7-35-2103. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-203; amd. Sec. 734, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2104. Repealed

7-35-2104. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-204.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2105. Repealed

7-35-2105. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-201(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2106. Repealed

7-35-2106. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-205; amd. Sec. 350, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 387, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2107. Repealed

7-35-2107. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-206.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2108. Repealed

7-35-2108. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 16, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 7, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 9-207; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 213, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 543, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2109. Repealed

7-35-2109. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-208; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 543, L. 1995.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2110. Repealed

7-35-2110. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-210(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2111. Repealed

7-35-2111. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-211(part).
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2112. Repealed

7-35-2112. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-211(part); amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 354, L. 2001.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2113. Repealed

7-35-2113. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-212.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2114. Repealed

7-35-2114. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-213.
2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 35. Cemetery Services › Part 21. Cemetery Districts › 7-35-2115. Repealed

7-35-2115. Repealed.
Sec. 39, Ch. 286, L. 2009.
History: En. Secs. 14, 15, Ch. 221, L. 1943; amd. Secs. 14, 15, Ch. 16, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 9-214, 9-215(part); amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 349, L. 1985.