{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-3-1201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-3-1201","heading":"Authorization for consolidated city-county government.","body":"The separate corporate existence and government of any county and of each and every city and town therein may be abandoned and terminated and such county and each and all of the cities and towns therein may be consolidated and merged into one municipal corporation and government under this part and part 13 by proceeding as hereinafter provided.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0030/part_0120/section_0010/0070-0030-0120-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:28Z","sha256":"2c4212ffcafc0276e3de42394b4bd85ea20d272e929b38456c841e6999d8c70d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-3-1105","next":"us-mt/7-3-1202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}