7-33-4101. Fire protection services. (1) Every city and town shall provide for fire protection in a manner that is organized, managed, and controlled as provided in this chapter. (2) (a) Except as provided in 7-33-4115(6), a first-class city or town shall provide fire protection services as provided in this part. (b) A second-class city or town may provide fire protection services as provided in this part: (i) through an interlocal agreement with another governmental fire protection provider under the provisions of Title 7, chapter 11, part 1; (ii) through a contract with another fire protection provider; or (iii) subject to 7-33-4115, annexing to a rural fire district established under Title 7, chapter 33, part 21. (c) A third-class city or town may provide fire protection through a contract for fire protection services, consolidation of its fire department with another fire protection provider, or inclusion in a rural fire district as provided in Title 7, chapter 33, part 21. History: En. Sec. 1, p. 73, L. 1899; re-en. Sec. 3326, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5109, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5109, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. : En. Sec. 1, p. 73, L. 1899; re-en. Sec. 3326, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5109, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5109, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 151, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 73, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 2, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1901(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 96, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 74, L. 2019.
Montana Legal Code
§ 7-33-4101
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