7-3-4208. Petition to organize under commission form -- election required. - Montana Statutes

     7-3-4208. Petition to organize under commission form -- election required. (1) When a petition on the question of reorganization under this part is filed with the city council and is signed by not less than 25% of the qualified electors of the city registered for the last preceding general city election, the city council shall order a special election to be held in conjunction with the next regular or primary election. At this election, the question of reorganization of the city under the provisions of this part must be submitted to the qualified electors of the city.
     (2) The order of the city council must specify the time when the election will be held.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 57, L. 1911; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 2, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5367, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5367, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3102; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 250, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 387, L. 1995.