Montana Code Annotated
Part 2. Urban Transportation Districts
7-14-241. Procedure to be included in district or to remove an addition to a district

7-14-241. Procedure to be included in district or to remove an addition to a district. (1) A real property owner may petition to have that owner's property included in a district. The addition of the real property owner's property must be approved by a majority vote of the transportation board.
(2) An area added to a district pursuant to this part may be removed if the area does not directly receive transportation services from the district and 51% of the qualified voters in the area sign a petition requesting to be removed from the district. The removal of the area is effective 60 days after submission of the petition to the transportation board unless within that time, it is determined that the petition contains insufficient signatures for removal of the area. An insufficient petition must be returned to the petitioners, who may resubmit a corrected version within 90 days.
(3) (a) All property within any addition to a district is subject to all existing indebtedness of the district.
(b) Property within an area removed from a district is not subject to the district's existing indebtedness if the area was added to the district within 5 years of the date on which the petition for removal was submitted to the transportation board.
History: En. 11-4511 by Sec. 11, Ch. 355, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-4511; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 374, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 177, L. 1997.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 7. Local Government

Chapter 14. Transportation

Part 2. Urban Transportation Districts

7-14-201. Purpose

7-14-202. Definitions

7-14-203. Petition to create or enlarge an urban transportation district

7-14-204. Details relating to petition

7-14-205. Petition to be filed with election administrator -- certificate

7-14-206. Effect of insufficient number of signatures

7-14-207. Presentation of petition to board of county commissioners -- hearing required

7-14-208. Notice of hearing

7-14-209. Hearing on petition

7-14-210. Election on question of creating urban transportation district or addition to district

7-14-211. Ballot form

7-14-212. District to be governed by transportation board -- election of board

7-14-213. Repealed

7-14-214. Election of members of transportation board

7-14-215. Repealed

7-14-216. Repealed

7-14-217. Repealed

7-14-218. Compensation of transportation board members

7-14-219. Powers of transportation board

7-14-220. Employment of administrative officer

7-14-221. Area of service

7-14-222. through 7-14-230 reserved

7-14-231. Transportation district budget

7-14-232. Mill levy authorized

7-14-233. Collection of tax -- role of county treasurer

7-14-234. Warrants to be used for payments

7-14-235. Transportation district bonds authorized

7-14-236. Limitation on bonded indebtedness

7-14-237. through 7-14-240 reserved

7-14-241. Procedure to be included in district or to remove an addition to a district

7-14-242. Petition for dissolution of district

7-14-243. Examination of petition -- hearing

7-14-244. Notice of hearing on question of dissolution of district

7-14-245. Hearing on question of dissolution of district -- decision

7-14-246. Distribution of district assets after dissolution