Montana § 7-3-186 - Study Commission Timetable
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 7-3-186 — Study Commission Timetable, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-3-186. Study Commission Timetable
Study commission timetable. (1) Each local government study commission shall, within 90 days of its organizational meeting, establish a timetable for its deliberations and actions. The timetable must be published in a local newspaper of general circulation. The timetable may be revised, but each revision must be republished. (2) The timetable must provide, at a minimum, the following provisions, to be accomplished chronologically in the order presented: (a) conduct one or more public hearings for the purpose of gathering information regarding the current form, functions, and problems of local government; (b) formulate, reproduce, and distribute a tentative report, containing the same categories of information required to be included in the final report; (c) conduct one or more public hearings on the tentative report; and (d) adopt the final report of the commission and set the date for an election on the question of adopting a new plan of government pursuant to 7-3-192 or, if the study commission is not recommending any changes, publish and distribute the final report as provided in 7-3-187 within 60 days after the final report is adopted.
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Section 7-3-186 ("Study Commission Timetable") 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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