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Montana Title 7. Local Government § 7-14-2826. Regulation of ferry operation--penalties

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The board of county commissioners may make rules governing the operation of ferries and prescribing:

(a) how many boats must be kept, their character, and how they are propelled;

(b) the number of individuals to be employed and rules for their supervision;

(c) when and under what circumstances ferries may make trips in the nighttime;

(d) who may be ferried free of toll;

(e) in what cases of danger or peril a crossing is not to be made;

(f) penalties for violation of rules;

(g) the method of and preference in loading and crossing; and

(h) how and by whom action may be brought to recover penalties.

(2) Subject to the rules, ferry operators shall make trips to accommodate all passengers who desire to cross, and any failure to do so subjects the franchise to forfeiture by a proper proceeding for that purpose.

(3) The owner of a ferry shall have the rates of toll, as fixed by the board, printed or written and posted in some conspicuous place on or near the ferry.

(4) All ferry operators shall keep the banks of the streams or waters at the landings of their ferries graded and in good order for the passage of vehicles. For every day that compliance with this subsection is neglected, $25 is forfeited and must be collected, except as provided in 3-10-601, for the use of the road fund of the county.

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