Table of Contents TITLE 85. WATER USE CHAPTER 8. DRAINAGE DISTRICTS Part 3. Organization and Operation

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85-8-301 — Term of commissioners at... 85-8-302 — Election of commissioners... 85-8-304 — Results of election 85-8-305 — Qualifications of elector... 85-8-306 — Nominations 85-8-307 — Vacancies 85-8-308 — Oath and bond of commissi... 85-8-311 — Record and vouchers 85-8-312 — Custody of funds 85-8-313 — Annual report of commissi... 85-8-314 — Court control and compens... 85-8-315 — Presumption of regularity... 85-8-321 — Organization, appointment... 85-8-322 — Adoption of feasible plan 85-8-323 — Hearing and notice on pre... 85-8-324 — Adjournment of hearing or... 85-8-325 — Remonstrance by intereste... 85-8-326 — Service of owners of adde... 85-8-327 — Procedure at court hearin... 85-8-328 — Corporate nature of drain... 85-8-329 — Necessity of preliminary... 85-8-341 — Preparation of report --... 85-8-342 — Apportionment of costs 85-8-343 — Commissioners to use most... 85-8-344 — Alteration of boundaries 85-8-345 — Notice of hearing of repo... 85-8-346 — Modification of report 85-8-347 — Confirmation of report --... 85-8-348 — Modification of court ord... 85-8-349 — Supplemental report 85-8-350 — Judgment on dismissal of... 85-8-351 — Statement of costs before... 85-8-352 — Contribution among petiti... 85-8-361 — Contracts 85-8-362 — Interest of commissioners... 85-8-363 — Commissioners' right of e... 85-8-364 — Payment or tender of dama... 85-8-365 — Location of drains 85-8-366 — Drains on railroad lands 85-8-367 — Commissioners' powers dur... 85-8-368 — Annual report -- objectio...

Mont. Code Ann. § 85-8-328

(1997)

Corporate nature of drainage district

(1) Upon entering of such order of confirmation of said preliminary report of record, such drainage district shall be and is thereby declared to be organized as a drainage district, by the name mentioned in said petition or such other name as the court shall fix, with the boundaries fixed by the order confirming the report of said commissioners, to be a body corporate, by said name fixed in said order, with the right to sue and be sued, to adopt and use a seal, and to have perpetual succession.

(2) The commissioners appointed as aforesaid and their successors in office shall, from the entry of such order of confirmation, constitute the corporate authority of said drainage district, exercise the functions conferred on them by law, and do all things and perform all acts necessary to the construction and preservation of the proposed work.

Official Annotations archive.org, 1997 edition

History:

EnactedEn. Secs. 36, 37, ChapterCh. 129, Laws ofL. 1921

ReenactedRe-en. Secs. 7300, 7301, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1921

ReenactedRe-en. Secs. 7300, 7301, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1935

Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 89-2323, 89-2324.

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