{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-14-1101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-14-1101","heading":"Local port authority.","body":"(1) Any county or municipality may, by resolution of its governing body, create a public body, corporate and politic, to be known as a local port authority, authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualification of the first commissioners thereof. Such a governing body may by resolution determine to exercise any or all powers granted to such authorities in this part, unless such powers have been conferred upon a local or regional port authority.\n(2) Upon the adoption of a resolution creating a local port authority, the governing body of the county or municipality shall, pursuant to the resolution, appoint or, at the option of the governing body, elect, as provided in 7-14-1106, not less than five persons as commissioners of the authority. The commissioners who are first appointed must be designated to serve for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years, respectively, but thereafter each commissioner must be appointed or elected for a term of 5 years, except that vacancies occurring other than by expiration of a term must be filled for the unexpired term by the governing body.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 14. TRANSPORTATION","Part 11. Port Authorities"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0140/part_0110/section_0010/0070-0140-0110-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:22Z","sha256":"065555a9525b27168301be9a8e6b17285ed37e8920ecbcb28ff2fdae986c8651","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-14-1007","next":"us-mt/7-14-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}