Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 41. Municipalities

Exceptions From Classification System

7-1-4112. Exceptions from classification system. Notwithstanding the provisions of 7-1-4111:

(1) every municipal corporation having a population of more than 9,000 and less than 10,000 may, by resolution adopted by the city council pursuant to 7-1-4114 through 7-1-4118, be either a first-class city or a second-class city;

(2) every municipal corporation having a population of more than 5,000 and less than 7,500 may, by resolution adopted by the city council pursuant to 7-1-4114 through 7-1-4118, be either a second-class city or a third-class city; and

(3) every municipal corporation having a population of more than 1,000 and less than 2,500 may, by resolution adopted by the city or town council pursuant to 7-1-4114 through 7-1-4118, be either a city or town.

History: En. Sec. 4710, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3206, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4959, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4959, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 202, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 126, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 11-201(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 2003.