Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. School Buses and Transportation
20-10-131. County transportation committee membership

20-10-131. County transportation committee membership. (1) To coordinate the orderly provision of a uniform transportation program within a county, there must be a county transportation committee created in each county of the state of Montana. The membership of the committee consists of:
(a) the county superintendent;
(b) the presiding officer of the board of county commissioners or a member of the board designated by the presiding officer; and
(c) one representative of each school district within the county, except that an elementary district and high school district that compose a school system under 20-6-312 or 20-6-508 are limited to one representative for the school system. Each representative must be designated by the trustees of the respective school district or school system.
(2) The county transportation committee must have at least five members, and if this minimum membership cannot be realized in the manner prescribed in subsections (1)(a) through (1)(c), the county superintendent shall appoint a sufficient number of members to satisfy the minimum membership requirement.
(3) The county superintendent is the presiding officer of the county transportation committee, and a quorum is a majority of the membership. A quorum must be present for the committee to conduct business. The committee shall meet on the call of the presiding officer or any three members of the committee. Each member of the committee is a voting member.
History: En. 75-7014 by Sec. 291, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7014; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 298, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 53, L. 2021.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 20. Education

Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services

Part 1. School Buses and Transportation

20-10-101. Definitions

20-10-102. School bus requirements

20-10-103. School bus driver qualifications

20-10-104. Penalty for violating law or rules

20-10-105. Determination of residence

20-10-106. Determination of mileage distances

20-10-107. Power of trustees

20-10-108. Two-way radio operation

20-10-109. Liability insurance for school bus

20-10-110. School bus purchase -- contract -- bids

20-10-111. Duties of board of public education

20-10-112. Duties of superintendent of public instruction

20-10-113. through 20-10-120 reserved

20-10-121. Duty of trustees to provide transportation -- types of transportation -- bus riding time limitation

20-10-122. Discretionary provision of transportation and payment for this transportation

20-10-123. Provision of transportation for nonpublic school children

20-10-124. Private party contract for transportation -- individual transportation contract

20-10-125. Bid letting for contract bus -- payments under transportation contract

20-10-126. Establishment of transportation service areas

20-10-127. Repealed

20-10-128. Repealed

20-10-129. Transportation for special activities

20-10-130. reserved

20-10-131. County transportation committee membership

20-10-132. Duties of county transportation committee

20-10-133. through 20-10-140 reserved

20-10-141. Schedule of maximum reimbursement by mileage rates

20-10-142. Schedule of maximum reimbursement for individual transportation

20-10-143. Budgeting for transportation and transmittal of transportation contracts

20-10-144. Computation of revenue and net tax levy requirements for district transportation fund budget

20-10-145. State transportation reimbursement

20-10-146. County transportation reimbursement

20-10-147. Bus depreciation reserve fund

20-10-148. Cost-effectiveness analysis required before purchase of small school bus