2022 Montana Code Annotated
Title 85. Water Use
Chapter 8. Drainage Districts
Part 3. Organization and Operation
85-8-308. Oath and bond of commissioners -- quorum
85-8-308. Oath and bond of commissioners -- quorum. (1) Before entering upon their duties, the commissioners shall:
(a) take and subscribe an oath to support The Constitution of the United States and The Constitution of the State of Montana, to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as commissioners, and to render a true account of their doings to the court by which they are appointed whenever required by law or the order of the court; and
(b) execute a bond running to the clerk of court and the clerk's successors in office as obligees, to be filed with the clerk for the benefit of the parties interested, in an amount to be fixed by the court or presiding judge and with sureties to be approved by the court or presiding judge, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties as commissioners and the faithful accounting for and application of all money that comes into their hands as commissioners.
(2) A majority shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties is sufficient to its determination.
History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7281, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7281, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2218; amd. Sec. 2807, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
