7-13-4311. Authorization to furnish water and sewer services to industrial consumers. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the city or town council of any city or town within Montana that owns and operates a municipal water system and/or a municipal sewage system to furnish water and/or sewage services to the inhabitants of such city or town as a public utility shall, in addition to all other powers, have power to furnish water from such water system and sewage services from such sewage system:
     (a) to any person, factory, or other industry located within the corporate limits of such city or town; or
     (b) to any person, factory, or other industry located outside the corporate limits of such city or town.
     (2) (a) The services authorized by subsection (1) shall be furnished at reasonable rates, filed by the city or town council and approved by the public service commission.
     (b) Delivery of water and delivery of sewage services by any such city or town to or for the use of any person, factory, or other industry located outside the corporate limits of such city or town shall be made within or at the boundary line of the corporate limits of such city or town or from any existing waterline or sewerline of such city or town located outside of the corporate limits of such city or town, except as hereinafter provided.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 71, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 5040.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 63, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 194, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 229, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1001(1).