2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 15. Housing and Construction › Part 42. Urban Renewal › 7-15-4233. Powers which may be exercised by urban renewal agency or authorized department

7-15-4233. Powers which may be exercised by urban renewal agency or authorized department.
(1) In the event the local governing body makes the determination provided for in 7-15-4232, the local governing body may authorize the urban renewal agency or department or other officers of the municipality to exercise any of the following urban renewal project powers:
(a) to formulate and coordinate a workable program as specified in 7-15-4209;
(b) to prepare urban renewal plans, except that the local governing body shall approve the inclusion of a tax increment provision;
(c) to prepare recommended modifications to an urban renewal project plan;
(d) to undertake and carry out urban renewal projects as required by the local governing body;
(e) to make and execute contracts as specified in 7-15-4251, 7-15-4254, 7-15-4255, and 7-15-4281, with the exception of contracts for the purchase or sale of real or personal property;
(f) to disseminate blight clearance and urban renewal information;
(g) to exercise the powers prescribed by 7-15-4255, except the power to agree to conditions for federal financial assistance and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to salaries and wages shall be reserved to the local governing body;
(h) to enter any building or property in any urban renewal area in order to make surveys and appraisals in the manner specified in 7-15-4257;
(i) to improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment any real or personal property in an urban renewal area;
(j) to insure real or personal property as provided in 7-15-4258;
(k) to effectuate the plans provided for in 7-15-4254;
(l) to prepare plans for the relocation of families displaced from an urban renewal area and to coordinate public and private agencies in such relocation;
(m) to prepare plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements;
(n) to conduct appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other preliminary plans and work necessary to prepare for the undertaking of urban renewal projects;
(o) to negotiate for the acquisition of land;
(p) to study the closing, vacating, planning, or replanning of streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places and to make recommendations with respect thereto;
(q) to organize, coordinate, and direct the administration of the provisions of this part and part 43;
(r) to perform duties as directed by the local governing body to make the necessary arrangements for the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties and responsibilities entrusted to the local governing body.
(2) Any powers granted in this part or part 43 that are not included in subsection (1) as powers of the urban renewal agency or a department or other officers of a municipality in lieu of the local governing body may only be exercised by the local governing body or other officers, boards, and commissions as provided under existing law.
History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 195, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3915(b); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 367, L. 2021.