HOUSE BILL NO. 339
INTRODUCED BY PATTISON, BUTCHER, HEDGES, PETERSON, ROSS, SMITH, TASH, WAITSCHIES
AN ACT CLARIFYING WHICH COUNTIES MUST HAVE COUNTY AUDITORS AND WHICH COUNTIES MAY HAVE COUNTY AUDITORS; ALLOWING COMMISSIONERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES THE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED COUNTY AUDITOR; AMENDING SECTION 7-6-2401, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTION 7-6-2402, MCA.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 7-6-2401, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-6-2401. Creation of office of county auditor. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the The office of county auditor exists in all counties of the first, second, third, or fourth class and having a population in excess of 15,000.
(2) The provisions of 7-6-2401 through 7-6-2413 do not apply to County commissioners in counties having a population of less than 15,000 persons according to the most recent federal census to which subsection (1) does not apply may create a county auditor's position, either as a full-time or a part-time position or in combination with another position pursuant to 7-4-2301.
(3) The provisions of 7-6-2403 through 7-6-2412 do not apply to counties that do not have county auditors."
Section 2. Repealer. Section 7-6-2402, MCA, is repealed.
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