Montana Statutes

§ 7-1-4118 — Reduction In Classification Of Municipalities

Montana § 7-1-4118
JurisdictionMontana
Title 7LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 41Municipalities

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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-1-4118 (2026).

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7-1-4118 . Reduction in classification of municipalities.

(1)Whenever it appears by the census taken by the United States, the state, or otherwise that the population of a city of the first or second class has decreased so as to be insufficient in number to entitle it to be a city of that class, the council must thereupon, by resolution declare that such city be reduced to a city of the second class or town as the case may be.
(2)A certified copy of such resolution must be filed in the office of the county clerk and in the office of the secretary of state, and thereafter such city becomes a city of the second class or a town, as the case may be, to be governed under the provisions of this code relative to cities and towns.
(3)The provisions of 7-1-4116 and 7-1-4117 apply to this section

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 4954, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3451, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4973, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4973, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-305.

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