Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 5. GENERAL OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

Part 42. Municipal Ordinances and Resolutions

Details Relating To Emergency Measures

7-5-4204. Details relating to emergency measures. In the case of emergency measures, the emergency must be expressed in the preamble or in the body of the measure and the measure must receive a two-thirds vote of all the members elected. In emergency ordinances, the resolutions shall include only such measures as are immediately necessary for the preservation of peace, health, and safety and shall not include:

(1) a franchise or license to a corporation or individual;

(2) any provisions for the sale of real estate;

(3) any lease or letting of any property for a period exceeding 1 year; or

(4) the purchase or sale of personal property exceeding $5,000 in value.

History: En. Ch. 167, L. 1907; Sec. 3268, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5060, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5060, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1106(part).