Montana Code Annotated
Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities
7-15-4431. Appointment of commissioners

7-15-4431. Appointment of commissioners. (1) An authority consists of seven commissioners appointed by the mayor. The mayor shall designate the first presiding officer. A commissioner may not be a city official.
(2) Two of the commissioners must be directly assisted by the housing authority and are known as resident commissioners. The staff of the housing authority may not involve itself in the nomination or appointment of resident commissioners, except that the housing authority shall notify all of the households directly assisted by the housing authority when a resident commissioner position is vacant.
(3) The mayor shall file with the city clerk a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner, and the certificate is conclusive evidence of the proper appointment of the commissioner.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 35-105(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 514, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 197, L. 2001.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

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