Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 20. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 9. FINANCE

Part 4. School Bonds

Preparation And Form Of Ballots For Bond Election

20-9-426. Preparation and form of ballots for bond election. (1) The school district shall cause ballots to be prepared for all bond elections.

(2) All ballots must be substantially in the following form:

OFFICIAL BALLOT
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ELECTION

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Make an X or similar mark in the vacant square before the words "BONDS--YES" if you wish to vote for the bond issue; if you are opposed to the bond issue, make an X or similar mark in the square before the words "BONDS--NO".

Shall the board of trustees be authorized to issue and sell (state type of bonds here: general obligation, oil and natural gas revenue, oil and natural gas revenue for which a tax deficiency is pledged, or impact aid revenue) bonds of this school district in the amount of ............ dollars ($ ..........), payable semiannually, during a period not more than ...... years, for the purpose ............................. (here state the purpose the same way as in the notice of election)?

☐ BONDS -- YES.

☐ BONDS -- NO.

History: En. 75-7115 by Sec. 316, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 234, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7115; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 500, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 144, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 492, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 271, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 400, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 209, Ch. 49, L. 2015.