7-6-2317. Hearing on county proposed budget -- exception. (1) At least 3 days prior to the adoption of the final budget, the county commissioners shall meet at the time and place designated in the notice provided for in 7-6-2316, at which time any taxpayer or resident of the county may appear and be heard for or against any part of the budget.
     (2) The hearing must be continued from day to day and must be concluded and the budget approved and adopted on or before the second Monday in August, before the fixing of the tax levies by the board.
     (3) This section does not apply to a county that has adopted the alternative accounting method provided for in Title 7, chapter 6, part 6.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 148, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 4613.4, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 98, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 220, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 5, 2nd Ex. L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 261, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1904(1); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 252, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 84, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 430, L. 1995.