{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-12-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-12-101","heading":"Powers of local authorities to regulate traffic.","body":"(1) The provisions of chapters 8 and 9 do not prevent local authorities with respect to sidewalks, streets, and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:\n(a) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;\n(b) regulating the traffic by means of police officers or traffic control devices;\n(c) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;\n(d) designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles on those highways be moved in one specific direction;\n(e) regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;\n(f) designating any highway as a through highway, as defined in 61-8-341, and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing a through highway and designating any intersection, as defined in 61-8-102, as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to stop intersections;\n(g) restricting the use of highways as authorized in 61-10-128(2);\n(h) regulating the operation of bicycles or mopeds, as defined in 61-8-102, and requiring the registration and licensing of bicycles or mopeds, including requiring a registration fee;\n(i) regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;\n(j) altering the speed limits as authorized in Title 7, chapter 14, and Title 61, chapter 8;\n(k) regulating the operating of a vehicle by a person who is a habitual user of or under the influence of any narcotic drug or who is under the influence of any other drug to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely operating a vehicle within the incorporated limits of any city or town;\n(l) regulating or prohibiting a person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor from operating or being in actual physical control of a vehicle within the incorporated limits of a city or town;\n(m) regulating or prohibiting the operation of a vehicle by a person in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property within the incorporated limits of a city or town;\n(n) enacting as ordinances any provisions of chapter 8 or 9 and any other law regulating traffic, pedestrians, vehicles, and operators of vehicles that are not in conflict with state law or federal regulations and enforcing the ordinances;\n(o) regulating the operation of motorized nonstandard vehicles on sidewalks, streets, and highways; and\n(p) regulating the operation of golf carts on streets and highways.\n(2) The powers of a local authority to regulate traffic do not include the power to require a fee and a permit for the movement of a vehicle, combination of vehicles, load, object, or other thing of a size exceeding the maximum specified in 61-10-101 through 61-10-104 on a highway that is under the jurisdiction of an entity other than the local authority.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 12. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","Part 1. Powers of Local Authorities"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0120/part_0010/section_0010/0610-0120-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:02Z","sha256":"82173a619453e7eec4a2002b53b020c51893441eb19cbf7bfdc151f273253c16","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-11-516","next":"us-mt/61-12-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}