7-2-4734. Standards to be met before annexation can occur. - Montana Statutes

     7-2-4734. Standards to be met before annexation can occur. A municipal governing body may extend the municipal corporate limits to include any area that meets the following standards:
     (1) The area must be contiguous to the municipality's boundaries at the time the annexation proceeding is begun.
     (2) No part of the area may be included within the boundary of another incorporated municipality.
     (3) The area must be included within and the proposed annexation must conform to a growth policy adopted pursuant to Title 76, chapter 1.
     (4) No part of the area may be included within the boundary, as existing at the inception of the attempted annexation, of any fire district organized under any of the provisions of part 21, chapter 33, if the fire district was originally organized at least 10 years prior to the inception of attempted annexation. However, a single-ownership piece of land may be transferred from a fire district to a municipality by annexation as provided in 7-33-2127.

     History: En. 11-519 by Sec. 6, Ch. 364, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 81, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-519(1), (2); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 582, L. 1999.