Montana Code 7-3-143. Special requirements if consolidation recommended
7-3-143. Special requirements if consolidation recommended. (1) Whenever county-municipal consolidation is recommended, a petition, in addition to the material required in 7-3-142, must contain a consolidation plan which:
Terms Used In Montana Code 7-3-143
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Authority: means :
(a)a municipal or regional airport authority as provided in Title 67, chapter 11;
(b)a conservancy district as provided in Title 85, chapter 9;
(c)a conservation district as provided in Title 76, chapter 15;
(d)a drainage district as provided in Title 85, chapter 8;
(e)an irrigation district as provided in Title 85, chapter 7;
(f)a hospital district as provided in Title 7, chapter 34, part 21;
(g)a water conservation and flood control district as provided in Title 76, chapter 5, part 11;
(h)a county water and sewer district as provided in Title 7, chapter 13, part 22; or
(i)an urban transportation district as provided in Title 7, chapter 14, part 2. See Montana Code 7-3-122
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)provides for adjustment of existing bonded indebtedness and other obligations in a manner which assures a fair and equitable burden of taxation for debt service;
(b)provides for establishment of subordinate service districts;
(c)provides for the transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims, assets, and franchises of the local governments consolidated under its proposal;
(d)provides the official name of the consolidated local government; and
(e)(i) provides for the transfer, reorganization, abolition, adjustment of boundaries, or absorption of all existing boards, bureaus, special districts, subordinate service districts, local improvement districts, agencies, and political subdivisions of the consolidated governments, excluding school districts and nonconsolidated municipalities; or
(ii)grants the legislative body of the consolidated government the authority to transfer, reorganize, abolish, adjust boundaries (and may provide a method for adjusting boundaries), or absorb existing boards, bureaus, special districts, subordinate service districts, local improvement districts, agencies, and political subdivisions of the consolidated governments, excluding school districts and nonconsolidated municipalities, with or without referendum requirements.
(2)The consolidation plan may include other provisions that are consistent with state law.
(3)Whenever amendments to an existing consolidation plan are recommended, a petition must contain a certificate containing amendments to the consolidation plan.