Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 15. HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION

Part 21. County Housing Authorities

Area Of Operation Of County Housing Authority -- Inclusion Of Municipalities

7-15-2111. Area of operation of county housing authority -- inclusion of municipalities. (1) The area of operation of a county housing authority includes the county but does not include any city unless a resolution has been adopted by the governing body of the city and by any authority established and authorized to exercise its powers in the city declaring that there is need for the county authority to exercise its powers within that city. The resolution is not effective until it has been approved by a majority vote of the electors within the corporate limits of the city or town voting either at a special election held in conjunction with a regular or primary election or at a general election.

(2) If, after the adoption of a resolution or resolutions, an authority is established for any city within the county, the county authority may not initiate any further housing projects within the city without the consent by resolution of the governing body of the city and of the authority established for the city.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 153, L. 1941; re-en. Sec. 5309.27A, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 281, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 35-128(part); amd. Sec. 54, Ch. 387, L. 1995.