{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-1-4115","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-1-4115","heading":"Procedure to advance municipal classification.","body":"(1) If it appears by such census that the city or town contains the requisite population to be advanced, the council must thereupon by resolution declare, as the case may be, that:\n(a) the town is advanced to a city of the first, second, or third class;\n(b) a city of the third class is advanced to a city of the second or first class; or\n(c) a city of the second class is advanced to a city of the first class.\n(2) The city or town council must file a certified copy of such resolution in the office of the county clerk of the county and in the office of the secretary of state. Whereupon such town becomes a city of the first, second, or third class; a city of the third class becomes a city of the second or first class; and a city of the second class becomes a city of the first class, as the case may be, to be governed under the provisions of this code relative to cities and towns.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Part 41. Municipalities"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0010/part_0410/section_0150/0070-0010-0410-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:08Z","sha256":"9a4772b5fa12d1f818e0566cdd3821692970acb4ce4a1a4f37d5c079a9f87cf5","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-1-4114","next":"us-mt/7-1-4116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}