{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-7-2237","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-7-2237","heading":"Percentage of electors required to authorize bond issue.","body":"Whenever the question of issuing county bonds for any purpose is submitted to the registered electors of a county, the determination of the approval or rejection of the bond proposition is made in the following manner:\n(1) determine the total number of electors who were qualified to vote in the bond election;\n(2) determine the total number of qualified electors who voted in the bond election from the tally sheet or sheets for the election;\n(3) calculate the percentage of qualified electors voting in the bond election by dividing the number determined in subsection (2) by the number determined in subsection (1); and\n(4) when the calculated percentage in subsection (3) is 40% or more, the bond proposition is considered approved and adopted if a majority of the votes cast were in favor of the proposition, otherwise it is considered rejected; or\n(5) when the calculated percentage in subsection (3) is more than 30% but less than 40%, the bond proposition is considered approved and adopted if 60% or more of the votes cast were in favor of the proposition, otherwise it is considered rejected; or\n(6) when the calculated percentage in subsection (3) is 30% or less, the bond proposition is considered rejected.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 7. DEBT MANAGEMENT","Part 22. County General Obligation Bonds"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0070/part_0220/section_0370/0070-0070-0220-0370.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:58Z","sha256":"42d1ae0226b3a326724ad76821f0dfca27a599cae3cff5fe37e7a684666374c4","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-7-2236","next":"us-mt/7-7-2238"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}