1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 7
  3. CHAPTER 5
  4. Part 23
  5. 7-5-2303 Use of public auction to make purchase

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 5. GENERAL OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

Part 23. County Contracts

Use Of Public Auction To Make Purchase

7-5-2303. Use of public auction to make purchase. (1) In lieu of soliciting bids, the governing body may purchase at public auction any vehicle, road machinery or other machinery, apparatus, appliances, equipment, or materials or supplies for an amount less than $150,000.

(2) Compliance with the provisions of this section is considered as meeting the requirements of 7-5-2301.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1933; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 4605.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 42, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 331, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 55, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1803(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 134, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 98, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 136, L. 2013.