Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 9. CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS

Part 3. Dissolution of Districts

Procedure For Dissolution Of District

85-9-301. Procedure for dissolution of district. (1) The procedure for dissolution of a district is:

(a) a resolution shall be passed by the directors requesting dissolution;

(b) a petition signed by 20% of the electors representing 10% of the taxable valuation of real property in the district shall be presented to the directors; or

(c) if the district or its directors have been inactive for 1 year or more, any elector may present a petition.

(2) The resolution or petition shall be presented to the court by the directors or by the petitioners if the directors remain inactive.

(3) Not more than one resolution or petition may be presented to the court in any 24-month period, and no such petition may be presented during the first 24 months after a district's initial organization.

History: En. Sec. 42, Ch. 100, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 89-3442.