Montana § 76-1-106 - Role Of Planning Board

Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 76-1-106 — Role Of Planning Board, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 76-1-106. Role Of Planning Board

Role of planning board. (1) To ensure the promotion of public health, safety, morals, convenience, or order or the general welfare and for the sake of efficiency and economy in the process of community development, if requested by the governing body, the planning board shall prepare a growth policy and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the local governing bodies establishing the planning board. (2) The planning board may propose policies for: (a) subdivision plats; (b) the development of public ways, public places, public structures, and public and private utilities; (c) the issuance of improvement location permits on platted and unplatted lands; or (d) the laying out and development of public ways and services to platted and unplatted lands.

Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 76-1-106 ("Role Of Planning Board") 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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