Montana Title 7. Local Government § 7-3-1232. Preliminary acts authorized prior to submission of certain ordinances to electors

In case a petition is filed requiring that an ordinance passed by the commission providing for the expenditure of money, a bond issue, or a public improvement be submitted to a vote of the electors, all steps preliminary to such actual expenditure, actual issuance of bonds, or actual execution of the contract for such improvement may be taken prior to the election.