Montana Code Annotated
Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities
7-15-4416. Cooperation among governmental units and housing authorities

7-15-4416. Cooperation among governmental units and housing authorities. (1) An authority shall have power to arrange with the state, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, or municipality of the state, to the extent that it is within the scope of each of their respective functions:
(a) to cause the services customarily provided by each of them to be rendered for the benefit of such housing authority and/or the occupants of any housing project;
(b) to provide and maintain parks and sewage, water, and other facilities adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; and
(c) to change the city or municipality map or to plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the city or municipality.
(2) (a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, construction, and operation of housing projects located within their respective territorial boundaries, the state, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, or municipality of the state may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
(i) grant, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to a housing authority or the United States of America or any agency thereof; and
(ii) to the extent that it is within the scope of each of their respective functions:
(A) cause the services customarily provided by each of them to be rendered for the benefit of the housing authority and/or the occupants of such housing projects;
(B) provide and maintain parks and sewage, water, and other facilities adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; and
(C) enter into any agreement to open, close, pave, install, or change the grade of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other such facilities; to change the city or municipality map; or to plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the city or municipality.
(b) Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any gift, grant, sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this subsection may be made by the state, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, or municipality of the state without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.
(c) In connection with the exercise of the power granted by subsection (2), any city or municipality may incur the entire expense of any such public improvement located within its territorial boundaries without assessment against abutting property owners.
(d) As used in subsection (2):
(i) "municipality" shall mean any city, town, or incorporated village of the state;
(ii) "housing project" shall mean any undertaking to demolish, clear, remove, alter, or repair unsafe or unsanitary housing and/or to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and said term may also include such buildings and equipment for recreational or social assemblies for educational, health, or welfare purposes and such necessary utilities as are designed primarily for the benefit and use of the housing authority and/or the occupants of such dwelling accommodations.
History: (1)En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; Sec. 35-109, R.C.M. 1947; (2)(a) thru (2)(c)En. Sec. 3, Ch. 138, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.30, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 35-137, R.C.M. 1947; (2)(d)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 138, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.29, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 35-136, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part), 35-136(3), (4), 35-137.

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Montana Code Annotated

Title 7. Local Government

Chapter 15. Housing and Construction

Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities

7-15-4401. Findings and policy

7-15-4402. Definitions

7-15-4403. Petition to create municipal housing authority -- hearing and notice

7-15-4404. Notice of hearing on petition

7-15-4405. Hearing on petition

7-15-4406. Decision of city council

7-15-4407. Criteria for determining if unsafe or unsanitary dwelling accommodations exist

7-15-4408. Voter approval required to create housing authority

7-15-4409. Application for incorporation

7-15-4410. Processing of application by secretary of state

7-15-4411. Effect of filing and recording application

7-15-4412. Presumption of regularity in creation of municipal housing authority

7-15-4413. Boundaries of municipal housing authority

7-15-4414. Problems arising from existence of several overlapping authorities

7-15-4415. Cooperation between housing authorities

7-15-4416. Cooperation among governmental units and housing authorities

7-15-4417. Initial funding of housing authority

7-15-4418. Interim funding of housing authority

7-15-4419. Authority to reimburse municipality for loans

7-15-4420. Procedure to implement certain sections

7-15-4421. Municipal housing authority to be nonprofit

7-15-4422. Authorization to dissolve housing authority

7-15-4423. Resolution to dissolve housing authority

7-15-4424. through 7-15-4430 reserved

7-15-4431. Appointment of commissioners

7-15-4432. Term of office

7-15-4433. Compensation of commissioners

7-15-4434. Vacancies

7-15-4435. Control of conflict of interest

7-15-4436. Removal of commissioners

7-15-4437. Right of obligee of authority to request removal of commissioner

7-15-4438. Record of removal proceedings

7-15-4439. Conduct of business

7-15-4440. Certain laws controlling

7-15-4441. through 7-15-4450 reserved

7-15-4451. General powers of housing authority

7-15-4452. Exercise of powers

7-15-4453. Strict compliance with laws and contracts required

7-15-4454. General powers related to housing programs

7-15-4455. Housing projects subject to planning, zoning, and building laws

7-15-4456. Low-rent housing for the elderly

7-15-4457. Federal financial assistance for low-rent housing for the elderly

7-15-4458. Investigatory powers of housing authority

7-15-4459. Availability of housing authority findings and determinations

7-15-4460. Powers of housing authority relating to acquisition and disposition of property

7-15-4461. Acquisition of property by authority for government housing project

7-15-4462. Exercise of power of eminent domain

7-15-4463. Title to property acquired from housing authority subject to agreements with governments

7-15-4464. Authorization for payment of rentals in lieu of taxes

7-15-4465. Payments by housing authorities to local and state bodies

7-15-4466. Special powers and contract provisions when federal government involved

7-15-4467. Reports by authority to municipality