7-16-4104. Authorization for municipal indebtedness for various cultural, social, and recreational purposes. (1) A city or town council or commission may contract an indebtedness on behalf of the city or town, upon the credit of the city or town, by borrowing money or issuing bonds:
     (a) for the purpose of purchasing and improving lands for public parks and grounds;
     (b) for procuring by purchase, construction, or otherwise swimming pool facilities, athletic fields, skating rinks, playgrounds, museums, a golf course, a site and building for a civic center, a youth center, or combination of these facilities; and
     (c) for furnishing, equipping, repairing, or rehabilitating a swimming pool facility, athletic field, skating rink, playground, museum, golf course, civic center, or youth center.
     (2) The total amount of indebtedness authorized to be contracted in any form, including the then-existing indebtedness, may not at any time exceed 16.5% of the taxable value of the taxable property of the city or town as ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes previous to the incurring of the indebtedness. Money may not be borrowed for any purpose on bonds issued for the purchase of lands and improving the land until the proposition has been submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the city or town and a majority vote is cast in favor of the proposition.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 55, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 5159, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 114, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5159, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 71, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 64, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 62-201; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 253, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 614, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 459, L. 1997.