Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     7-6-1103. Issuance and sale of short-term obligations -- procedure. (1) The issuance of short-term obligations must be authorized by an ordinance of the governing body that fixes the maximum amount of the obligations to be issued or, if applicable, the maximum amount that may be outstanding at any time, the maximum term and interest rate or rates to be borne by the obligations, the manner of sale, the maximum price, the form including bearer or registered as provided in Title 17, chapter 5, part 11, the terms, the conditions, and the covenants of the obligations. Short-term obligations issued under this section must bear fixed or variable rate or rates of interest that the governing body considers to be in the best interests of the local government. Variable rates of interest may be fixed in relationship to the standard or index that the governing body designates.
     (2) The governing body may sell the short-term obligations at par or at a discount:
     (a) at private negotiated sale to the board of investments as provided in Title 17, chapter 5, part 16; or
     (b) at public sale to any other person. Any public sale must be noticed as provided in 7-7-4434.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 481, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 581, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 423, L. 1995.

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