{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-13-4528","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-13-4528","heading":"Composition of board of directors of joint district -- terms.","body":"(1) The board of directors for a joint district consists of one commissioner from each county involved, one member from each incorporated city or town included in the district, one member from each county or city-county board of health, and if the joint district includes a substantial amount of land that is within a conservation district or districts, one conservation district supervisor.\n(2) The remaining members of the joint board of directors are selected from interested citizens, as follows:\n(a) persons whose residences or businesses are distributed equally throughout the district if counties are the only units of government participating in the joint district; or\n(b) through mutual agreement of all commissioners and governing bodies of cities and towns participating in the district.\n(3) Terms of appointed members are staggered and, after the initial terms, are for 3 years.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 13. UTILITY SERVICES","Part 45. Local Water Quality Districts"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0130/part_0450/section_0280/0070-0130-0450-0280.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:21Z","sha256":"7d8ebd12761b69be2dfb37800ac90114a9b82daf3c6243fe26a3a9f983f8c97f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-13-4527","next":"us-mt/7-13-4529"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}