7-7-4405. Pollution abatement. - Montana Statutes

     7-7-4405. Pollution abatement. In addition to the powers which it now may have, any municipality shall have the power under this part to:
     (1) enter into cooperative agreements with and accept contributions from industrial establishments relative to the planning, construction, lease or other acquisition, maintenance, and operation of undertakings and apply for and accept grants and loans or any other aid which the United States or any agency thereof may give or make to any political subdivision or agency of this state for undertakings, including all necessary actions preliminary thereto, the purpose of which is to aid in the prevention or abatement of water pollution;
     (2) make contracts and execute instruments containing such terms, provisions, and conditions as, in the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, may be necessary, proper, or advisable for the purpose of obtaining such aid;
     (3) enter into and perform contracts, whether long-term or short-term, with any industrial establishment for the provision and operation by the municipality of sewer facilities when the governing body of such municipality determines such action to be in the public interest and otherwise essential in order to abate or reduce the pollution of waters caused by discharges of industrial waste by such industrial establishment and to provide for the periodical payment by said industrial establishment to the municipality of an amount at least sufficient, in the determination of such governing body, to compensate the municipality for the cost of providing (including the payment of principal and interest charges, if any) and of operating and maintaining the sewer facilities serving such industrial establishment.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 126, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 52, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 145, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2403(part).