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HOUSE BILL NO. 262

INTRODUCED BY C. TREXLER



A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT THAT COUNTIES MAY ONLY LEASE PROPERTY FOR A LEASE TERM NOT TO EXCEED 10 YEARS; AND AMENDING SECTION 7-8-2231, MCA."



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:



     Section 1.  Section 7-8-2231, MCA, is amended to read:

     "7-8-2231.  Authorization to lease county property. (1) The board of county commissioners has jurisdiction and power is authorized, under such the limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, to lease and demise county property, however acquired, which that is not necessary to the conduct of the county's business or the preservation of county property and for which immediate sale cannot be had. Such The leases shall must be in such the manner and for such the purposes as that, in the judgment of the board, shall seem best suited to advance the public benefit and welfare.

     (2)  Except as provided in 7-8-2233:,

     (a)  all such property must be leased subject to sale by the board; and

     (b)  no lease shall be for a period to exceed 10 years."

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