{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-9-203","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-9-203","heading":"Hearing by department.","body":"(1) On receipt of the preliminary survey report, the applicants or any one of them may request the department to hold a hearing. The department shall provide notice as required in 7-1-2121 and then hold the hearing no later than than 61 days after receipt of the request.\n(2) If the department itself initiated the preliminary survey, it may hold a hearing without being requested to do so.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 9. CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS","Part 2. Creation of Districts"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0090/part_0020/section_0030/0850-0090-0020-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:29Z","sha256":"97a2574a5ad11fb81f4eaa333738f99d10ee9e658e57f5f63bbf70a80378598c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-9-202","next":"us-mt/85-9-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}