Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE

CHAPTER 15. CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

Part 3. Administration of Conservation Districts

Governing Body Of District

76-15-311. Governing body of district. (1) If there are no incorporated municipalities that are completely within the boundaries of the district, the governing body of the district must consist of five elected supervisors unless the district has been reorganized pursuant to 76-15-301(2) and 76-15-305.

(2) If there are incorporated municipalities that are completely within the boundaries of the district, the governing body of the district must consist of seven supervisors as follows:

(a) The board of supervisors, in addition to five elected supervisors, must consist of two appointed supervisors, making a total of seven supervisors in those districts. The legislative bodies of the incorporated municipalities within the district shall appoint the two additional supervisors after consultation with the elected supervisors.

(b) Where there are two or more incorporated municipalities that are completely within the boundaries of a district, the two appointed supervisors shall represent all the municipalities and urban interests in the district. A municipality may not have more than one appointed supervisor residing in the municipality. The legislative bodies of the incorporated municipalities within the district shall agree on the persons appointed to serve as the appointed supervisors.

(3) If there are no incorporated municipalities that are completely within the boundaries of the district but a portion of one or more incorporated municipalities is within the boundaries of a district, the elected supervisors may pass a resolution to transition to a board of seven members consisting of five elected supervisors and two supervisors appointed by the legislative bodies of the partially included municipalities as provided in subsection (2).

(4) A supervisor appointed under subsection (2) or (3) may live outside the municipality the supervisor represents, but the supervisor must reside within the boundaries of the district.

(5) An elected supervisor must reside within the boundaries of the district.

(6) The board of supervisors may appoint associate supervisors it considers necessary to advise the board of supervisors on the operation of the conservation district as provided in part 4 of this chapter.

History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 72, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 146, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 431, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 58, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 92, Ch. 253, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 439, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 18, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 76-107(1) thru (3); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 266, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 173, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 473, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 162, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 242, Ch. 49, L. 2015.