7-1-114. Mandatory provisions. (1) A local government with self-government powers is subject to the following provisions:
     (a) All state laws providing for the incorporation or disincorporation of cities and towns; for the annexation, disannexation, or exclusion of territory from a city or town; for the creation, abandonment, or boundary alteration of counties; and for city-county consolidation;
     (b) Sections 7-3-104 through 7-3-106, 7-3-111 through 7-3-114, and 7-3-1101 through 7-3-1105;
     (c) All laws establishing legislative procedures or requirements for units of local government;
     (d) All laws regulating the election of local officials;
     (e) All laws which require or regulate planning or zoning;
     (f) Any law directing or requiring a local government or any officer or employee of a local government to carry out any function or provide any service;
     (g) Any law regulating the budget, finance, or borrowing procedures and powers of local governments, except that the mill levy limits established by state law shall not apply;
     (h) Title 70, chapters 30 and 31.
     (2) These provisions are a prohibition on the self-government unit acting other than as provided.

     History: En. 47A-7-204 by Sec. 1, Ch. 345, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 47A-7-204.