7-6-4253. Appeal of order for certain emergency expenditures. (1) During the 5-day period provided by 7-6-4252(4)(b), any taxpayer or resident of the municipality feeling aggrieved by the order issued pursuant to 7-6-4252(4) may appeal therefrom to the district court for the county in which the municipality is situated by filing with the clerk of the court a verified petition, a copy of which has theretofore been served upon the clerk of the municipality. The petition shall set forth in detail the objections of the petitioner to the order, giving reasons why the emergency does not exist.
     (2) Until final determination of the matter by the court, the service and filing of the petition operates to suspend the emergency order and the authority to make any expenditure or incur any liability thereunder.
     (3) Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall immediately fix a time for hearing the petition, which time shall be at the earliest convenient time. At the hearing the court shall hear the matter de novo and may take such testimony as it considers necessary. The court's proceedings shall be summary and informal, and its determination as to whether an emergency such as is contemplated within the meaning and provisions of this part exists or not and whether the expenditure authorized by the order is excessive or not is final.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 121, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 5083.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 53, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1409(part); amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 252, L. 1979.