Montana Code Annotated 2009

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     7-13-2231. District to be governed by board of directors. (1) At an election to be held within a district under the provisions of part 23 and this part and the laws governing general elections not inconsistent with part 23 and this part, the district shall elect a board of directors. The election must be conducted by mail ballot, as provided in Title 13, chapter 19, or must be held in conjunction with the next regular or primary election. If no electors reside in the district at a time when directors of the district are to be elected, the directors to be elected must be appointed in a certificate of appointment presented to the board of directors of the district, signed by the owners of all of the real property in the district, and containing the signed acceptance of the appointment by all of the directors.
     (2) The board of directors is the governing body of the district.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 6, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 257, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 1975; Sec. 16-4506, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 10, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; Sec. 16-4510, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4506(part), 16-4510(part); amd. Sec. 322, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 234, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 341, L. 2005.

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