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The Oakmont Citizens' Committee shall not expend for material or work a sum exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) without having first advertised the specifications therefor and inviting bids for the same, after which the committee may purchase such material or may contract for such work, or have such work done by employed labor, or otherwise as it may deem best; and provided further, that the committee may make contracts, and provided further, that no member of the citizens' committee shall furnish any supplies of any kind or contract in any manner with the citizens' committee. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 69-5; 1918, ch. 190, § 5; 1979, ch. 728, § 1.)
(a) The citizens' committee, subject to the approval of the county council, may adopt such regulations with respect to dumping of garbage, sanitation, erection of buildings, tearing up of streets, speed regulations, care of property, removal of snow, ice or other police or health regulations, and may provide penalties for the violation thereof, as the committee may deem proper, after giving the residents of Oakmont reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard with respect to these regulations.
(b) The district court in Montgomery County shall have jurisdiction to try and determine any violation of any of the regulations and to impose penalties thereby provided. The sheriff of the county and his deputies and any police officer in the county shall have authority to arrest for any violation of the regulations and to execute all writs issued by the court in connection with such regulations or with the punishments of the persons violating any of them. The procedure shall be in accordance with that provided for the trial of misdemeanors. All proceedings with respect to the violation of any regulations shall be conducted by or through and in the name of the citizens' committee. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 69-6; 1918, ch. 190, § 6; 1979, ch. 728, § 1.)
For the purpose of making the improvements provided for in section 70-4, or for making improvements from time to time other than maintenance and repairs, the citizens' committee is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money at the legal rate of interest and otherwise contract indebtedness and obligate the Oakmont Subdivision in an initial amount not exceeding four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), and in subsequent amount not exceeding in total in any calendar year the sum of eight-tenths (0.8) percent of the assessed valuation of the real property other than operating real property of a public utility and two (2) percent of the assessed valuation of operating real property of a public utility within the Oakmont Subdivision. For these and other purposes set forth in this chapter, the Oakmont Subdivision is constituted a corporation, and the citizens' committee is empowered to act for the corporation. If there is default on bonds or other indebtedness incurred by the citizens' committee of the Oakmont Subdivision for the subdivision, it shall be the duty of the county council of Montgomery County to levy or have levied special general taxes against the real property of the Oakmont Subdivision to the extent only that such defaulted bonds or incurred indebtedness shall be liquidated. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 69-7; 1918, ch. 190, § 7; 1979, ch. 728, § 1; 2003, ch. 247.)
The treasurer of the said Oakmont Subdivision and citizens' committee shall deposit all funds coming into his hands as such, in accordance with the requirements of law, for the deposit of county funds by the county treasurer, or in such other bank approved by the citizens' committee of said Oakmont Subdivision; provided, that the treasurer of said Oakmont Subdivision shall not dispose of any of the funds coming into his hands as such treasurer, except upon check duly signed by him as such treasurer and countersigned by the chairman or some member of the said citizens' committee acting as chairman pro tem in his absence; such acting chairman shall be duly authorized to act by resolution of said committee, which must first be placed upon the minutes of the committee to be provided therefor. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 69-8; 1918, ch. 190, § 8.)