Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 41. Municipalities

Waiver Of Mail Notice Or Protest

7-1-4139. Waiver of mail notice or protest. (1) If all persons entitled to mail notice waive in writing the mail notice requirement, the governing body may proceed without the required mail notice.

(2) If all persons entitled to protest an action waive in writing their right to protest, the governing body may proceed without publishing notice or meeting other requirements designed to permit protests to be filed.

(3) A waiver is sufficient if it is in writing, signed, and contains the following:

(a) a description of the mailed notice or protest right waived;

(b) a statement of the protestor's qualifications to waive the mailed notice or protest right;

(c) the address of the person;

(d) a statement that the waiver of notice is voluntarily and knowingly given, with knowledge of the signer's constitutional rights to notice.

(4) Waivers shall be submitted as provided by law and ordinance. The person receiving waivers for a local government shall note on each waiver the date it was received.

(5) A waiver which contains the required information may be signed by more than one person. A waiver signed by more than one person is a valid waiver by each signer.

(6) Signers are encouraged to print their names after their signatures.

History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 455, L. 1979.