{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-3-701","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-3-701","heading":"Charter form.","body":"(1) The purpose of this part is to comply with Article XI, section 5(1), of the Montana constitution, which provides: \"The legislature shall provide procedures permitting a local government unit or combination of units to frame, adopt, amend, revise, or abandon a self-government charter with the approval of a majority of those voting on the question. The procedures shall not require approval of a charter by a legislative body.\"\n(2) Charter provisions establishing executive, legislative, and administrative structure and organization are superior to statutory provisions.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Part 7. Charter Government"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0030/part_0070/section_0010/0070-0030-0070-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:28Z","sha256":"ee2d470590433a9586324424a2953f7c506e9f4de0400311fdce0eb7bf50d3bb","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-3-613","next":"us-mt/7-3-702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}