Sec. 2-96. Administration and enforcement of legislation in municipal corporations and special taxing districts.

   (a)    County enforcement of municipal laws and special taxing district regulations.

      (1)   Any municipal corporation, by ordinance, or any special taxing district, by regulation, may request and authorize the County to administer or enforce any municipal law or special taxing district regulation. The County may administer or enforce the municipal law or special taxing district regulation on the terms and conditions as may mutually be agreed.

      (2)   The County Executive may agree with a municipal corporation or special taxing district to enforce and administer any municipal law or special taxing district regulation. That agreement may authorize an agent of the municipal corporation or special taxing district to issue a citation, as an agent of the County, for a violation of any municipal law or special taxing district regulation.

      (3)   After an agreement under this subsection takes effect, the County may treat a violation of any regulation of a special taxing district that the Council has approved (including a regulation adopted under Section 49-4) as a violation of the County Code under Section 1-18. In addition to any other remedy or penalty specified in the regulation, each violation of any regulation of a special taxing district may be treated as a Class B civil violation unless another class of violation is cited in the regulation.

   (b)    Enforcement of county laws by municipal corporations.

      (1)   If requested by any municipal corporation, the County Executive may delegate the administration or enforcement of any county law that applies in a municipal corporation to the chief administrative officer of the municipal corporation.

      (2)   The County Executive may agree with the municipal corporation to regulate the delegation of the County's administration and enforcement powers to the municipal corporation's chief administrative officer. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-25; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 21, §§ 1, 2; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 33, §§ 1, 2; 1985 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; 1987 L.M.C., ch. 35, § 2; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 11, § 1.)

   Editor's note-1984 L.M.C., ch. 33 became effective November 18, 1984.

   Cross reference-Applicability of County legislation within municipal corporations, § 1-203.

Sec. 2-97. Reserved.

   Editor's note-Section 2-97, enumerating ordinances not affected by this article, derived from Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-26, was repealed by § 1 of 1985 L.M.C., ch. 31.

Sec. 2-98. Reserved.

   Editor's note-Section 2-98, stating that the provisions of §§ 2-95-2-97 did not limit the authority of the Council under § 2-12 or § 68-2, derived from Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-27, was repealed by § 1 of 1985 L.M.C., ch. 31.

Secs. 2-99-2-104. Reserved.

   Editor's note-Sections 2-99--2-104, relating to the annual compilation of laws, authorizing their publication for sale or distribution, and specifying the evidentiary value of enrolled bills and journals, were repealed by 1987 L.M.C., ch. 35, § 3. The following legislation was used in these sections: Mont. Co. Code 1965, §§ 2-8-2-10, 2-12, 2-13, 2-33; 1939, ch. 643, § 197A; 1969 L.M.C., ch. 38, § 1; 1971 L.M.C., ch. 21, §§ 2, 3; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 2; and 1984 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 4. See now § 1-102 et seq.

Sec. 2-105. Reserved.

   Editor's note-Section 2-105 was repealed by 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 3, which also provides as follows: "Any reference in the County Code to section 2-105 shall be deemed to refer to article II of chapter 2."

Sec. 2-106. Existing requirements as to advertisement not affected.

   Nothing in this article shall be construed to alter or amend the existing requirements of law imposed upon the council or the officials and agencies of the county with respect to the requirements of advertisement of orders, regulations, ordinances, tax sales, notices, etc., now required by existing law. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-34; 1939, ch. 643, § 197B.)