{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-5-137","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-5-137","heading":"Effect of repeal or enactment of ordinance by initiative or referendum.","body":"If an ordinance is repealed or enacted pursuant to a proposal initiated by the electors of a local government, the governing body may not for 2 years reenact or repeal the ordinance. If during the 2-year period the governing body enacts an ordinance similar to the one repealed pursuant to a referendum of the electors, a suit may be brought to determine whether the new ordinance is a reenactment without material change of the repealed ordinance. This section shall not prevent exercise of the initiative at any time to procure a reenactment of an ordinance repealed pursuant to referendum of the electors.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 5. GENERAL OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS","Part 1. Local Government Ordinances, Resolutions, and Initiatives and Referendums"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0050/part_0010/section_0370/0070-0050-0010-0370.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:45Z","sha256":"6b2961d5b88119626504d4878fba07d3aa65ab2499d2790582d3bdd304d90815","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-5-136","next":"us-mt/7-5-138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}