{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-1-4118","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-1-4118","heading":"Reduction in classification of municipalities.","body":"(1) Whenever it appears by the census taken by the United States, the state, or otherwise that the population of a city of the first or second class has decreased so as to be insufficient in number to entitle it to be a city of that class, the council must thereupon, by resolution declare that such city be reduced to a city of the second class or town as the case may be.\n(2) A certified copy of such resolution must be filed in the office of the county clerk and in the office of the secretary of state, and thereafter such city becomes a city of the second class or a town, as the case may be, to be governed under the provisions of this code relative to cities and towns.\n(3) The provisions of 7-1-4116 and 7-1-4117 apply to this section.","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_0180/0070-0010-0410-0180.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:08Z","sha256":"1b2a1a88313b5c0b620fa3f4ff9c4b945d013c944671aee4c89518c6a99ccd18","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-1-4117","next":"us-mt/7-1-4119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}