Mont. Code § 7-33-2103

Current through the 2023 Regular Session
Section 7-33-2103 - Hearing on petition - decision
(1)
(a) The board shall hear the petition at the time set or at any time within 5 days of the time set if reasonable notice of the postponement is given. The board may establish the district unless it determines that the petition bears insufficient signatures or, if originally sufficient, that by reason of written withdrawals of signatures it has become insufficient.
(b) Signatures may not be withdrawn fewer than 20 days before the date set for adoption of the petition.
(2) The board may adjust the boundaries of the proposed district to reflect the written request of any real property owner who resides in the proposed district for subtraction or annexation of parcels of the property owner's land adjacent to the boundary line of the proposed district. The written request must be submitted to the board prior to or on the date set for hearing on the petition.
(3) The board shall render its decision within 30 days after the hearing.

§ 7-33-2103, MCA

En. Sec. 3237, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2081, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 16, L. 1915; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 16, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5148, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 5148, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 118, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 97, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 75, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 75, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 77, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 49, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 81, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2008(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 470, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 499, L. 2007.