7-3-183. Commission powers. (1) A study commission may employ and fix the compensation and duties of necessary staff. State, municipal, and county officers and employees, at the request of the study commission and with the consent of the employing agency, may be granted leave with or without pay from their agency to serve as consultants to the study commission. If leave with pay is granted, they may receive no other compensation from the study commission except mileage and per diem.
(2) A study commission may contract and cooperate with other agencies, public or private, that it considers necessary for assistance in carrying out the purposes for which the commission was established. Upon request of the presiding officer of the study commission, state agencies, counties, and other local governments and the officers and employees of those entities shall furnish or make available to the commission information that may be necessary for carrying out the commission's function.
(3) A study commission may:
(a) establish advisory boards and committees, including on them persons who are not members of the study commission;
(b) retain consultants; and
(c) do any other act consistent with and reasonably required to perform its function.
History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 697, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 294, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government
7-3-101. Compliance with constitution
7-3-102. Adoption of alternative form
7-3-104. Limitation on change in alternative form
7-3-106. Effect of change in government
7-3-107. through 7-3-110 reserved
7-3-111. Statutory basis for elected county official government
7-3-112. Statutory basis for county manager government
7-3-113. Statutory basis for municipal council-mayor government
7-3-114. Statutory basis for municipal commission-manager government
7-3-115. through 7-3-120 reserved
7-3-123. Alteration of existing forms of local government
7-3-125. Petition for alteration
7-3-126. through 7-3-140 reserved
7-3-141. Permissible recommendations
7-3-142. Requirements for petition
7-3-143. Special requirements if consolidation recommended
7-3-144. Special requirements if county merger recommended
7-3-145. Special requirements if municipal disincorporation recommended
7-3-147. Availability of petitions
7-3-148. Publication of summary and comparison
7-3-149. Election on alteration of form of government
7-3-150. General ballot requirements
7-3-151. Treatment of suboptions for proposed alternative forms
7-3-152. Effect of adoption of new form of government or change in plan of government
7-3-153. Filing of approved plan
7-3-155. Three-year moratorium
7-3-156. Effective date of alternative form or amendment -- officers
7-3-157. General transition provisions
7-3-158. Transition provisions affecting personnel
7-3-159. Treatment of existing ordinances and resolutions
7-3-160. Election of new officials -- subsequent elections of officials
7-3-161. Organization of new governing body
7-3-162. through 7-3-170 reserved
7-3-172. Purpose of study commission
7-3-173. Establishment of study commissions
7-3-174. Election dates and procedures
7-3-175. Ballot form and question
7-3-176. Election of commission members -- appointments
7-3-177. Composition of study commission
7-3-178. Term of office -- vacancies -- compensation
7-3-179. Organization of commission
7-3-180. Cooperation of study commissions
7-3-182. Open meetings and public involvement
7-3-184. Financial administration
7-3-185. Scope of study commission recommendations
7-3-186. Study commission timetable
7-3-188. Special final report requirements -- consolidation or county merger
7-3-189. Special final report requirements for disincorporation
7-3-190. Supplementary reports
7-3-191. Publication of summary