1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 7
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 1
  5. 7-3-141 Permissible recommendations

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Part 1. General Provisions

Permissible Recommendations

7-3-141. Permissible recommendations. (1) A petition proposing to alter an existing county government may:

(a) recommend amendments to the existing plan of government;

(b) recommend any form of government authorized by Title 7, chapter 3, parts 1 through 5;

(c) draft a charter;

(d) recommend municipal-county consolidation or amendments to an existing consolidation; or

(e) in cooperation with a similar petition calling for an election on county merger circulated in an adjoining county, recommend county merger.

(2) A petition proposing to alter a municipal government may:

(a) recommend amendments to the existing plan of government;

(b) recommend any form of government authorized by Title 7, chapter 3, parts 1 through 6;

(c) draft a charter; or

(d) recommend disincorporation.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 675, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 521, L. 2007.