Montana § 7-15-4416 - Cooperation Among Governmental Units And Housing Authorities

§ 7-15-4416. Cooperation Among Governmental Units And Housing Authorities

Cooperation among governmental units and housing authorities. (1) An authority shall have power to arrange with the state, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, or municipality of the state, to the extent that it is within the scope of each of their respective functions: (a) to cause the services customarily provided by each of them to be rendered for the benefit of such housing authority and/or the occupants of any housing project; (b) to provide and maintain parks and sewage, water, and other facilities adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; and (c) to change the city or municipality map or to plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the city or municipality. (2) (a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, construction, and operation of housing projects located within their respective territorial boundaries, the state, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, or municipality of the state may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (i) grant, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to a housing authority or the United States of America or any agency thereof; and (ii) to the extent that it is within the scope of each of their respective functions: (A) cause the services customarily provided by each of them to be rendered for the benefit of the housing authority and/or the occupants of such housing projects; (B) provide and maintain parks and sewage, water, and other facilities adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; and (C) enter into any agreement to open, close, pave, install, or change the grade of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other such facilities; to change the city or municipality map; or to plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the city or municipality. (b) Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any gift, grant, sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this subsection may be made by the state, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, or municipality of the state without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding. (c) In connection with the exercise of the power granted by subsection (2), any city or municipality may incur the entire expense of any such public improvement located within its territorial boundaries without assessment against abutting property owners. (d) As used in subsection (2): (i) "municipality" shall mean any city, town, or incorporated village of the state; (ii) "housing project" shall mean any undertaking to demolish, clear, remove, alter, or repair unsafe or unsanitary housing and/or to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and said term may also include such buildings and equipment for recreational or social assemblies for educational, health, or welfare purposes and such necessary utilities as are designed primarily for the benefit and use of the housing authority and/or the occupants of such dwelling accommodations.