7-11-104. Authorization to create interlocal agreements -- issuance of bonds for joint construction -- hiring of teacher, specialist, or superintendent. One or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any administrative service, activity, or undertaking or to participate in the provision or maintenance of any public infrastructure facility, project, or service, including the issuance of bonds for the joint construction of a facility under 20-9-404, the hiring of a teacher or specialist under 20-4-201 or a superintendent under 20-4-401, or the hiring of or contracting with any other professional person licensed under Title 37, that any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform. The contract must be authorized and approved by the governing body of each party to the contract. The contract must outline fully the purposes, powers, rights, obligations, and responsibilities of the contracting parties.
Montana Code Annotated
Mont. Code Ann. § 7-11-104 (2026)
Authorization To Create Interlocal Agreements -- Issuance Of Bonds For Joint Construction -- Hiring Of Teacher, Specialist, Or Superintendent
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TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO SERVICES
Part 1. Interlocal Agreements
Authorization To Create Interlocal Agreements -- Issuance Of Bonds For Joint Construction -- Hiring Of Teacher, Specialist, Or Superintendent
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 82, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4904(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 397, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 86, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 318, L. 2001.
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Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2024 · leading case: City of Whitefish v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 2008 MT 436, 199 P.3d 201.
City of Whitefish v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 2008 MT 436, 199 P.3d 201. “The court noted, however, that while § 7-11-104, MCA, expressly authorizes creation of interlocal agreements, § § 76-2-310 and -311, MCA, provide that extending zoning and subdivision regulation jurisdiction to a city is authorized "except in locations where a county has adopted…”
Phillips v. City of Whitefish, 2014 MT 186, 330 P.3d 442. “State law also allows local governments to create joint planning boards, § 76-1-112(1), MCA, and to enter into interlocal agreements concerning joint provision and maintenance of various services, § 7-11-104, MCA. ¶8 The history of this matter begins in 1967, when the City and…”
Missoula Cnty. v. DOC, 2024 MT 98, 416 Mont. 340. “Section 7-11-104, MCA, provides: “One or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any administrative service, activity, or undertaking or to participate in the provision or maintenance of any public infrastructure facility, project,…”
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