HOUSE BILL NO. 132
INTRODUCED BY MUSGROVE
AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL CLASSIFICATION; ALLOWING A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF BETWEEN 9,000 AND 10,000 TO BE EITHER A FIRST-CLASS OR SECOND-CLASS CITY; REMOVING THE REFERENCE TO AN ANNUAL ELECTION WHEN AN ELECTION IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF RECLASSIFICATION; AMENDING SECTIONS 7-1-4112 AND 7-1-4116, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 7-1-4112, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-1-4112. Exceptions from classification system. Notwithstanding the provisions of 7-1-4111:
(1) every municipal corporation having a population of more than 9,000 and less than 10,000 may, by resolution adopted by the city council pursuant to 7-1-4114 through 7-1-4118, be either a first-class city or a second-class city;
(1)(2) every municipal corporation having a population of more than 5,000 and less than 7,500 may, by resolution adopted by the city council pursuant to 7-1-4114 through 7-1-4118, be either a second-class city or a third-class city; and
(2)(3) every municipal corporation having a population of more than 1,000 and less than 2,500 may, by resolution adopted by the city or town council, as the case may be, pursuant to 7-1-4114 through 7-1-4118, be either a city or town."
Section 2. Section 7-1-4116, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-1-4116. Officers of reclassified municipality. The first election of officers of the new municipal corporation organized under the provisions of 7-1-4114 through 7-1-4118 must be at the first annual municipal election after such proceedings reclassification, and the old officers remain in office until the new officers are elected and qualified."
Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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