Montana § 7-3-1331 Department Of Public Works

Montana Statutes

§ 7-3-1331 — Department Of Public Works

Montana § 7-3-1331

Title 7LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 3ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Part 13City-County Consolidation -- Option 2 Continued

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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-3-1331 (2026).

Text

7-3-1331 . Department of public works.

(1)The department of public works is in the charge of a director who:

(a)shall manage and must have charge of the construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of all:

(i)public buildings;

(ii)roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, viaducts, and other public ways;

(iii)sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, streams, and watercourses; and

(iv)boulevards, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, and other public places and grounds dedicated to public use;

(b)shall manage and control all:

(i)public cemeteries, crematories, market places or houses, garbage and sewage disposal plants, and farms; and

(ii)all public utilities belonging to the municipality or any subdivision of the municipality;

(c)must have charge of:

(i)the enforcement of the obliga

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7-3-1331 . Department of public works. (1) The department of public works is in the charge of a director who:
(a) shall manage and must have charge of the construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of all:
(i) public buildings;
(ii) roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, viaducts, and other public ways;
(iii) sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, streams, and watercourses; and
(iv) boulevards, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, and other public places and grounds dedicated to public use;
(b) shall manage and control all:
(i) public cemeteries, crematories, market places or houses, garbage and sewage disposal plants, and farms; and
(ii) all public utilities belonging to the municipality or any subdivision of the municipality;
(c) must have charge of:
(i) the enforcement of the obligations to the municipality of all privately owned or operated public utilities enforceable by the municipality; and
(ii) the cleaning, sprinkling, and lighting of the streets and the collection and disposal of garbage and waste; and
(d) must be responsible for the making and preservation of all surveys, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates for each public work and for the preservation of contracts, papers, plans, tools, and appliances belonging to the municipality and pertaining to the functions of the department.
(2) The director of public works must have the qualifications prescribed by law for county surveyors. In addition to the duties required by part 12 or this part and required by the ordinances of the municipality, the director, either in person or through a deputy having the qualifications prescribed by law for county surveyors, shall perform the duties required of county surveyors by the laws of the state.

Legislative History

(1)En. Sec. 78, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.79, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3519, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 79, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.80, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3520, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3519, 11-3520; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 262, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 354, Ch. 61, L. 2007.