7-12-2172. Procedure to issue bonds and warrants. (1) The board of county commissioners shall sell bonds or warrants issued under the provisions of 7-12-2169 and 7-12-2171 through 7-12-2174, in an amount sufficient to pay that part of the total cost and expense of the improvements which is to be assessed against the benefited property within the district, to the highest and best bidder for cash, at a price, including interest to date of delivery, not less than that prescribed by the board in the resolution calling for the sale of the bonds or warrants. The board may fix the minimum price for the bonds or warrants in an amount less than the face value of the bonds or warrants if it determines that the sale is in the best interests of the district and the county.
     (2) The bonds or warrants may be sold at a private negotiated sale to the United States or the state of Montana, or an agency, instrumentality, corporation, or department thereof.
     (3) In all other cases, the provisions of 7-7-4251, 7-7-4252, and 7-7-4254 which relate to the notice of sale, publication of notice, and manner and method of selling bonds by cities and towns, insofar as they are applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of this section and 7-12-2173, shall apply to, govern, and control the form of notice of sale, publication of notice, and manner and method of selling bonds or warrants.

     History: En. Ch. 123, L. 1915; superseded by Ch. 156, L. 1917; amd. Ch. 67, L. 1919; superseded by Sec. 20, Ch. 147, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4593, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4593, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 3, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 260, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 136, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 40, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1620(part); amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 449, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 6, L. 1993.