7-2-4101. Petition to organize city or town. (1) Whenever the inhabitants of any part of a county desire to organize as a city or town, the inhabitants may apply by petition, signed by not less than 300 registered electors or two-thirds of the registered electors, whichever is less, who are residents of the state and residing […]
7-2-4102. Census of proposed municipality. Upon filing the petition, the board of county commissioners, at its next regular or special meeting, must appoint some suitable person to take a house-to-house census of the residents of the territory to be incorporated. After taking the census, the person appointed to take the same must return the list to […]
7-2-4103. Prerequisites to organization of municipality. No municipal corporation may be formed unless: (1) (a) the number of inhabitants is 300 or upwards; or (b) the community was a townsite owned and built by the U.S. government prior to April 3, 1981; and (2) the boundary of the proposed territory to be incorporated is more than 3 miles from the […]
7-2-4104. Election on question of organization. (1) After filing the petition and census, if there is the requisite number of inhabitants for the formation of a municipal corporation as required in 7-2-4103, the county commissioners shall call an election for all the registered electors residing in the territory described in the petition. (2) The election must be […]
7-2-4105. Repealed. Sec. 262, Ch. 49, L. 2015. History: En. Sec. 316, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 2, p. 178, L. 1889; re-en. Sec. 4721, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3209, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4962, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4962, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-204(part); amd. Sec. 291, Ch. 571, L. 1979.
7-2-4106. Election for officers — special provisions for first election of officers. (1) When the incorporation of a city or town is completed, the board of county commissioners shall give notice as prescribed in 13-1-108 of an election of officers. (2) For the first election of officers, a primary election may not be held. The election must […]
7-2-4107. Officers elected at first election. (1) At the election provided for in 7-2-4106, there must be elected: (a) in a city of the first class, a mayor, a city judge, a city attorney, a city treasurer, a city marshal, and two city council members from each ward into which the city is divided; (b) in a city […]
7-2-4108 through 7-2-4110 reserved.
7-2-4111. Tax base — maintenance agreements. When a city or town is incorporated, a county may, subject to 15-10-420, retain the property within the city or town as a part of the tax base of the county for purposes of levying taxes against the property for the maintenance of property within the city or town until […]
