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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The complete petition, addressed to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed district is situated, must be filed with the county clerk and recorder, who shall, within 15 days, carefully examine the petition and the county records showing the qualifications of the petitioners and attach it to a certificate under the clerk and recorder's official signature and the seal of office. The certificate must set forth:
(1) the total number of persons who are registered electors within the proposed hospital district and whose names appear upon the last-completed assessment roll for state and county taxes;
(2) which and how many of the persons whose names are subscribed to the petition are possessed of all of the qualifications required of signers to the petition; and
(3) whether the qualified signers constitute more or less than 30% of the registered electors of the proposed hospital district who are taxpayers upon property in the proposed district and whose names appear on the last-completed assessment roll for state and county taxes.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 7. Local Government § 7-34-2105. Petition to be filed with county clerk and recorder--clerk's certificate - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-7-local-government/mt-st-7-34-2105/
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