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ORDINANCE NO. 1025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, ESTABLISHING THE QUALI-
FICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL JUDGE; SETTING THE REQUIREMENTS
AND TERM FOR A MUNICIPAL JUDGESHIP; PROVIDING APPOINTMENT IN CASE OF
VACANCY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, as follows:
Section I
Residency: That all individuals filing for election, or holding the office of
Municipal Judge for a portion of or the whole of any term, shall be a citizen of the United
States of America, and shall have continuously and uninterruptedly maintained a domicile and
residence in the State of Montana for two calendar years prior to filing for election with
the Clerk of the Commission.
Any applicant for the position of Municipal Judge must, at thetime of filing for
election, have continuously and uninterruptedly maintained a residency and domicile within
the corporate jurisdictional limits of the City of Bozeman for a period of one year. Any-
one elected or holding the office of Municipal Judge must maintain a domicile and residency
within the corporate jurisdiction of the City of Bozeman during the term of office of the
Judgeship.
Section II
Admission to the Bar: An applicant for the office of Municipal Judge must be admitted
I to practice law before the Montana Bar for a period of two (2) years.
Section III
Limitation on Consecutive Terms: The term for the office of Municipal Judge shall be
limited to one elected four-year term in succession, which shall be held during the General
Election, irrespective of time spent in the office by those individuals appointed by the
City Commission to fill a vacancy created during the four-year term of another office holder.
Section IV
Vacancy: Should a vacancy occur in the office of Municipal Judge, the City Commission
shall appoint a qualified individual to serve for the remainder of the term.
Section V
Administrative Functions -- Office Hours: The office hours of the Municipal Judge, place
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and time where Court is held, and monthly report requirements shall be prescribed by the City
Commission.
Section VI
Salary: The salary for Municipal Judge shall be set by the City Commission in accordance
with the State law.
I Section VII
Non-partisan Election: Names of candidates for the office of Municipal Judge shall be
placed on the ballot without party designation.
Section VIII
All other ordinances or resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
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Section IX
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any Court of competent jurisdiction, then said holding shall in no way
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, on this I
4th day of April, 1979.
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ATTEST:
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ERNA V. HARDING, Clerk of the Commission
State of Montana ) I
County of Gallatin)
City of Bzoeman )
I, Erna V. Harding, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1025 was published by
title and number in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in said Bozeman in the issue of the
8th day of April, 1979, and due proof of such publication is on file in
my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate
seal of my office this 18th day of April, 1979. }. .
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Clerk of the City Commission
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ORDINANCE NO. ~025
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