7-3-186. Study commission timetable. - Montana Statutes

     7-3-186. Study commission timetable. (1) Each local government study commission shall, within 90 days of its organizational meeting, establish a timetable for its deliberations and actions. The timetable must be published in a local newspaper of general circulation. The timetable may be revised, but each revision must be republished.
     (2) The timetable must provide, at a minimum, the following provisions, to be accomplished chronologically in the order presented:
     (a) conduct one or more public hearings for the purpose of gathering information regarding the current form, functions, and problems of local government;
     (b) formulate, reproduce, and distribute a tentative report, containing the same categories of information required to be included in the final report;
     (c) conduct one or more public hearings on the tentative report;
     (d) adopt the final report of the commission and set the date for a special election on the question of adopting a new plan of government or, if the study commission is not recommending any changes, publish and distribute the final report as provided in 7-3-187 within 60 days after the final report is adopted. The special election must be held in conjunction with a regular or primary election.

     History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 697, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 387, L. 1995.