76-16-325. Compliance with commission orders required. (1) If a state district or the directors of a state district fail to comply with an order of the commission, the commission may order a hearing on the order within the state district or county and cite the directors of the state district to appear before the commission.
(2) If upon the hearing it appears that the directors refuse to perform the duties of their office as provided in this part and as set forth in the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the association or refuse to comply with a lawful order of the commission, the directors may be summarily removed from office by the commission, and the state district shall elect new officers. During the period until the election, the commission may operate and manage the affairs of the state district.
(3) The expense of operating and managing the affairs of a noncomplying state district must be paid by the noncomplying state district before it may be reinstated.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 208, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 199, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2307(part); amd. Sec. 312, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 401, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 31, L. 2001.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 76. Land Resources and Use
Part 3. Organization, Administration, and Operation
76-16-301. Powers and duties of directors
76-16-302. Membership in state district
76-16-304. Effect of transfer of land
76-16-305. Acquisition and disposal of property
76-16-306. Management of grazing lands
76-16-307. Leasing of state lands
76-16-308. Regulation of stock grazing in state district
76-16-309. Knowledge of state district boundaries responsibility of livestock owner
76-16-310. Permit required to run livestock in state district
76-16-311. Control of trespassing livestock
76-16-312. Impoundment of trespassing livestock
76-16-313. Release of livestock
76-16-314. Recovery of excess charge for damages
76-16-315. Procedure upon inability to locate person responsible for trespassing livestock
76-16-316. Sale of trespassing livestock
76-16-317. Disposition of sale proceeds
76-16-318. Unlawful recovery of trespassing livestock
76-16-319. No liability for official acts
76-16-320. Maintenance of fences
76-16-321. Construction of trespass and fence provisions
76-16-322. Fence-out requirement
76-16-323. State district finances