Montana § 61-12-101 - Powers Of Local Authorities To Regulate Traffic

§ 61-12-101. Powers Of Local Authorities To Regulate Traffic

Powers of local authorities to regulate traffic. (1) The provisions of chapters 8 and 9 do not prevent local authorities with respect to sidewalks, streets, and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from: (a) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles; (b) regulating the traffic by means of police officers or traffic control devices; (c) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways; (d) designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles on those highways be moved in one specific direction; (e) regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks; (f) designating any highway as a through highway, as defined in 61-8-341 , and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing a through highway and designating any intersection, as defined in 61-8-102 , as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to stop intersections; (g) restricting the use of highways as authorized in 61-10-128 (2); (h) regulating the operation of bicycles or mopeds, as defined in 61-8-102 , and requiring the registration and licensing of bicycles or mopeds, including requiring a registration fee; (i) regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections; (j) altering the speed limits as authorized in Title 7, chapter 14, and Title 61, chapter 8; (k) regulating the operating of a vehicle by a person who is a habitual user of or under the influence of any narcotic drug or who is under the influence of any other drug to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely operating a vehicle within the incorporated limits of any city or town; (l) regulating or prohibiting a person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor from operating or being in actual physical control of a vehicle within the incorporated limits of a city or town; (m) regulating or prohibiting the operation of a vehicle by a person in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property within the incorporated limits of a city or town; (n) enacting as ordinances any provisions of chapter 8 or 9 and any other law regulating traffic, pedestrians, vehicles, and operators of vehicles that are not in conflict with state law or federal regulations and enforcing the ordinances; (o) regulating the operation of motorized nonstandard vehicles on sidewalks, streets, and highways; and (p) regulating the operation of golf carts on streets and highways. (2) The powers of a local authority to regulate traffic do not include the power to require a fee and a permit for the movement of a vehicle, combination of vehicles, load, object, or other thing of a size exceeding the maximum specified in 61-10-101 through 61-10-104 on a highway that is under the jurisdiction of an entity other than the local authority.