2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 7. Local Government
Chapter 12. Improvement Districts
Part 43. Special Provisions for Special Improvement Lighting Districts
7-12-4311. Termination of special improvement lighting district
7-12-4311. Termination of special improvement lighting district. (1) If at any time after the creation of a special improvement lighting district a petition is presented to the city or town council, signed by the owners or agents of more than three-fourths of the total amount of property within the district, asking that the maintenance and operation of the special lighting system and the furnishing of electrical current in the district be discontinued, or if a majority of the city or town council votes to discontinue a special improvement lighting district, the city or town council shall, by resolution, provide for discontinuing the maintenance and operation of the lighting system.
(2) If the council has, prior to the presentation of a petition or by a majority vote of the council to discontinue the district, entered into any contract for the maintenance and operation of the lighting system, the maintenance and operation may not be discontinued until after the expiration of the contract.
(3) If the lighting system is maintained and operated by a public utility, the maintenance and operation must be discontinued in accordance with the public utility's applicable tariff schedule.
History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 143, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 5269, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 143, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5269, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2255; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 159, L. 2019.
