Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 9. CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS

Part 5. Alteration of Districts

Annexation Of Property

85-9-502. Annexation of property. (1) To annex real property to the district, the procedure is as follows:

(a) The directors shall petition the court.

(b) The petition must:

(i) give a general description of the real property to be annexed sufficient to enable a person to determine if the person's property is in the proposed annexation; and

(ii) describe the benefits to accrue to the real property as a result of the annexation.

(2) The court shall:

(a) give notice and hold a hearing on the petition; and

(b) upon good cause shown, order or deny the annexation.

History: En. Sec. 39, Ch. 100, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 89-3439; amd. Sec. 2823, Ch. 56, L. 2009.