Montana § 7-3-1211 - Treatment Of Existing Ordinances
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 7-3-1211 — Treatment Of Existing Ordinances, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-3-1211. Treatment Of Existing Ordinances
Treatment of existing ordinances. The commission first elected may, at its first meeting, make an order that all existing ordinances and resolutions of some one city or town within the consolidated municipality which are of general application in such city or town shall be continued in force and be extended throughout the consolidated municipality, and a copy of such order must be published at least once in each newspaper printed and published within the consolidated municipality within 10 days after the making of such order. All other ordinances and resolutions of such city or town and all ordinances of all other cities and towns within the consolidated municipality, save and except ordinances and resolutions relating to public improvements to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments, shall, upon the making of such order, be deemed repealed.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-3-1211 ("Treatment Of Existing Ordinances") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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