Montana Code Annotated 1995

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     7-14-241. Procedure to enlarge district or be included in district. (1) The boundaries of any transportation district may be enlarged if 51% of the qualified electors of the area to be added to the existing district sign a petition requesting addition to the district.
     (2) A real property owner may petition to have that owner's property included in a district.
     (3) Each addition must be approved by a majority vote of the transportation board.
     (4) The area added to a district pursuant to subsection (1) may be removed if the area does not directly receive transportation services from the district and 51% of the qualified voters in the area sign a petition requesting to be removed from the district. The removal of the area is effective 60 days after submission of the petition to the transportation board unless within that time, it is determined that the petition contains insufficient signatures for removal of the area. An insufficient petition must be returned to the petitioners, who may resubmit a corrected version within 90 days.
     (5) (a) All property within any addition to the district is subject to all existing indebtedness of the district.
     (b) Property within an area removed from the district is not subject to the district's existing indebtedness if the area was added to the district within 5 years of the date on which the petition for removal was submitted to the transportation board.

     History: En. 11-4511 by Sec. 11, Ch. 355, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-4511; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 374, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1995.

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