76-16-407. Processing of application for transfer

MT Code § 76-16-407 (2019) (N/A)
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76-16-407. Processing of application for transfer. (1) When an application for transfer is presented to the board of directors of a state district, the secretary of the state district upon the direction of that board shall give notice, setting forth in general the application and the time and place of a hearing on the application as fixed by the board. A copy of the notice must be given or mailed to the applicant and must be published at least once a week for 2 successive weeks prior to the hearing in a newspaper published or generally circulated within the state district. The notice must also be posted for at least 2 full weeks prior to the hearing in three public places within the state district.

(2) The date of the hearing must be at least 15 days from the first publication of the notice. At the hearing the directors shall fully hear and determine the application and any objections to the application.

History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 208, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 163, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 24, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2322(2); amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 31, L. 2001.