Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 15. HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION

Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities

Conduct Of Business

7-15-4439. Conduct of business. (1) A simple majority of commissioners constitutes a quorum.

(2) When the office of the first presiding officer of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a presiding officer from among its members. An authority shall select from among its members a vice presiding officer.

(3) An authority may:

(a) employ a secretary who is the executive director, technical experts, and other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, that it may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation;

(b) call upon the corporation counsel or chief law officer of the city for legal services that it may require or employ its own counsel and legal staff;

(c) delegate to one or more of its agents or employees powers or duties that it may consider proper.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-105(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 514, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 624, Ch. 61, L. 2007.