85-3-412. Petition content. (1) The petition for the creation of a weather modification authority and for appointment of commissioners must contain:

(a) a title with the heading "Petition for Creation of (insert name of county) Weather Modification Authority";

(b) the following paragraph: We, the undersigned qualified electors of (name of county), state of Montana, request that the (name of county) board of county commissioners create by resolution a (name of county) weather modification authority and appoint the following five qualified electors of the county to 5-year terms of office as commissioners for the (name of county) weather modification authority:

(Here insert the name and address of each proposed commissioner for the (name of county) weather modification authority.)

(c) the following paragraph: We, the undersigned qualified electors of the (name of county), state of Montana, are notified that the creation of the (name of county) weather modification authority and the appointment of its commissioners by the (name of county) board of county commissioners will grant the authority the power to certify to the board of county commissioners a mill levy tax upon the taxable value of all taxable property in the county for a weather modification fund. The tax is subject to 15-10-420. The weather modification fund must be used for weather modification activities as provided by 85-3-424. We, the undersigned, understand that the authority requested in this petition expires 5 years after the creation of the weather modification authority, except that the board of county commissioners may by resolution create a weather modification authority and all its powers, including the power to certify a tax levy as provided in 85-3-422, for one or more 5-year periods in accordance with 85-3-414.

(d) a heading, "Committee for Petitioners", followed by this statement: The following electors of (name of county), state of Montana, are authorized to represent and act for us and shall constitute the "Committee for the Petitioners" in the matter of this petition and all acts subsequent to this petition.

(2) All signatures to the petition must be numbered and dated by month, day, and year. The name must be written, with residence address and post-office address, including the county of residence.

(3) An affidavit must be attached to each petition and sworn to under oath before a notary public by the person circulating each petition, attesting to the fact that the person circulated the petition and that each of the signatures to the petition is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be and that each person is a qualified elector in the county in which the petition was circulated.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 609, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 240, Ch. 574, L. 2001.