7-3-4310. Special election for municipal officers. - Montana Statutes

     7-3-4310. Special election for municipal officers. (1) If the majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of reorganization, the city or town council shall hold a meeting within 1 week after the election and order a special election to be held in conjunction with a regular or primary election for the purpose of electing the number of commissioners to which the municipality is entitled. This order must specify the time of holding the election. The mayor shall issue a proclamation setting forth the purpose for which the special election is held and the day of holding the election. The proclamation must be published for 10 successive days in each daily newspaper published in the municipality if there is a daily newspaper or for 2 successive weeks in each weekly newspaper published in the municipality. A copy of the proclamation must also be posted at each voting place within the municipality and in five of the most public places in the municipality.
     (2) The election must be conducted, the vote must be canvassed, and the result must be declared in the same manner as provided by law for other municipal elections.
     (3) The provisions of 7-3-4341 are to be followed in the special election, except that the date of the election must be in conjunction with a regular or primary election held before the special election.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 6, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5405, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 31, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5405, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3206, R.C.M. 1947; (2), (3)En. Sec. 7, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5406, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5406, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 161, L. 1973; Sec. 11-3207, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3206, 11-3207; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 250, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 387, L. 1995.