Title 7, Title 7

(1) Any housing authority established pursuant to this part and/or the federal government may pay annual sums from rentals in lieu of taxes to any state and/or political subdivision thereof with respect to any real property, including improvements thereon, owned or held by either…

Notwithstanding any limitations in this or any other law, any housing authority may agree to make such payments to the county, city, or municipality, the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof (which payments such bodies are hereby authorized to accept) as the autho…

(1) In addition to the powers conferred upon the authority by other provisions of this part or part 45, the authority is empowered to: (a) borrow money and/or accept grants from the federal government for or in aid of the construction of any housing project which such authority i…

The authority shall, at least once a year, file with the mayor of the city a report of its activities for the preceding year and shall make any recommendations with reference to any additional legislation or other action that may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of…

The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized to issue, from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes: (1) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable: (a) exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with t…

An authority shall have power: (1) to borrow money upon its bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same by pledges of its revenues and (subject to the limitations hereinafter imposed) by mortgages upon property held or to be held by it or i…

(1) Neither the commissioners of the authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. (2) The bonds and other obligations of the authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall no…

Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds, interim certificates, or other obligations issued pursuant to this part and part 44 shall be fully negotiable.

(1) The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies; all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, buildings and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons c…

(1) The bonds of the authority shall be authorized by its resolution and shall be issued in one or more series. (2) The bonds shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times (not exceeding 60 years from their respective dates), bear interest at such rate or rates, be …

(1) Any bonds issued by the authority may be sold at public or private sale as determined by the authority pursuant to 17-5-107. If the authority conducts a public sale, the bonds may be sold after notice published once at least 10 days prior to the sale in a newspaper having a g…

(1) The authority shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase any bonds issued by it at a price not more than the principal amount thereof and the accrued interest; provided, however, that bonds payable exclusively from the revenues of a designated project or…

Pending the authorization, preparation, execution, or delivery of definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim certificates or other temporary obligations to the purchaser of such bonds. Such interim certificates or other temporary obligations shall be in such form; contain …

In case any of the officers whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if they had remained in office until such deliv…

In connection with the issuance of bonds and/or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such bonds and/or obligations, the authority shall have power to: (1) create or authorize the creation of special funds in which there shall be segr…

(1) The authority may by resolution provide that all money deposited by it shall be secured by: (a) obligations of the United States or of the state of a market value equal at all times to the amount of such deposits; (b) any securities in which savings banks may legally invest f…

(1) In connection with the issuance of bonds and/or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such bonds and/or obligations, the authority shall have power to: (a) execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the pow…

In connection with the issuance of bonds and/or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such bonds and/or obligations, the authority shall have power to redeem the bonds and covenant for their redemption and provide the terms and condit…

In connection with the issuance of bonds and/or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such bonds and/or obligations, the authority shall have power to prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholder…

In connection with the issuance of bonds and/or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such bonds and/or obligations, the authority shall have power to: (1) pledge by resolution, trust indenture, mortgage (subject to the limitations im…

In connection with the issuance of bonds and/or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such bonds and/or obligations, the authority shall have power to: (1) covenant against mortgaging all or any part of its real or personal property, …

(1) In connection with any project financed in whole or in part by a government, the authority shall also have power to mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property, then owned or thereafter acquired, and thereby: (a) to vest in a government the right, upon the happe…

In connection with the issuance of bonds and/or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such bonds and/or obligations, the authority shall have power to: (1) covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the br…

In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of the bonds or obligations, the authority may: (1) vest in a trustee the right to enforce any covenant made to secure the payment of the bonds or obligati…

An obligee of the authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: (1) by mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding in law or equity (all of which may be joi…

(1) An authority may by its trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract confer upon an obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, leases, or other obligations the right, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in the instrument: (a) by suit,…

All the rights and remedies hereinabove conferred shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies that may be conferred upon such obligee of the authority by law or by any contract with the authority.

(1) No interest of the authority in any real or personal property shall be subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage thereon, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in such mortgage, except in the case of the mortgages provided for…

(1) Subject to 15-10-420, the governing body of a city, county, town, or municipality may in its discretion establish a fund to promote, establish, and maintain recreational, educational, and other activities of the elderly by a levy on taxable property. The tax levy is in additi…

(1) The county commissioners of any county in Montana are hereby authorized to convey to the state of Montana or to any city or town in Montana or to the United States of America any tract of county-owned land, not exceeding 1,280 acres, to be used for the establishment and maint…

The board of county commissioners has jurisdiction and power, under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, to cause a civic center, a youth center, park buildings, museums, recreation centers, and any combination thereof to be erected, furnished, and maintain…

(1) Subject to 15-10-420, the board of county commissioners may annually levy on the taxable property of the county, in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes are levied, a tax for the purpose of maintaining, operating, and equipping parks, cultural facilities…

(1) All funds derived from the tax authorized by 7-16-2102 constitute a separate fund deposited with the county treasurer. The fund shall not be used for any purposes except for county parks and any civic center, cultural facility, youth center, recreation center, recreational co…

Two or more counties of this state may, through action of their respective boards of county commissioners, join together by contract in the establishment of a joint county youth guidance center. The cost and expenses of such joint county youth guidance center shall be apportioned…

A county may acquire, by purchase, grant, deed, gift, or devise, lands suitable for public camping, public recreational purposes, civic centers, youth centers, museums, recreational centers, and any combination of the enumerated uses. A county may lease the land tracts, each of w…

All tracts of land acquired under 7-16-2105 shall be set aside and used exclusively for public camping and recreational purposes, and each park so established shall be given an appropriate name or number.

Except as otherwise provided by law, there are no restrictions on expenditures for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, and equipping county parks.

(1) Subject to 15-10-420, the governing body of a county, city, town, or municipality may establish a fund to establish and maintain programs for the operation of licensed day-care centers and homes within the geographic boundaries of the governing body by a levy on the taxable p…

(1) Subject to 15-10-420 and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the county commissioners of a county that has levied taxes pursuant to 7-16-2102 may combine that levy with any fees assessed in accordance with 7-11-1024 into a single assessment for the purpose o…

(1) A temporary permit may be required by a county for operation of a motorboat on waters within the county if the motorboat is from a state that requires a similar temporary permit for operation in that state of a motorboat licensed in Montana. The permit may be purchased from t…

There may be created in each county a board of park commissioners subject to the provisions of 7-1-201 through 7-1-203.

The board of park commissioners may employ a park superintendent, who may also be the secretary of the park board and who shall attend each regular meeting of the board and report, either in writing or orally as the board may require, as to the activities, functions, and progress…

(1) No park commissioner, directly or indirectly, shall be interested in or benefit by any contract made by the board or by its authority or in the furnishing of any supplies for the use of the board. (2) The laws of nepotism shall apply to employment under this part.

(1) (a) A county park board, in addition to powers and duties now given under law, has the following powers and duties: (i) to make rules necessary or convenient to protect and promote the improvement of land and facilities under the care and control of the board and for the prot…

A county park board, in addition to powers and duties now given under law, shall have the power and duty to lease lands owned by the county, heretofore acquired for parks, which, in the judgment of the board, it shall not be advisable to improve as parks, upon such terms and cond…

(1) For the purposes of chapter 8, part 25, and this section, lands dedicated to the public use for park or playground purposes under 76-3-621 are considered county lands unless conveyance to a governmental unit other than a county is provided by law or agreement. (2) A county ma…