Montana State Library

Attorney General Opinions

41 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 91 - 1986 - opinion about county commission authority over salaries, library budgets, and mills levied (pdf)
42 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 98 - 1988 - opinion about the authority of city commission to overrule library board decision about library property (pdf)
46 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 19 - 1996 - opinion on ability of library to avoid taxing limitations and ability of county to contract with a city library for library services (pdf)
46 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 23 - 1996 - opinion about forming multijurisdictional service districts and taxing burdens within those districts (pdf)
47 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 6 - 1997 - opinion about whether or not a city and county can have a joint library and levy taxes in both the city and county (pdf)
48 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 3 - 1999 - opinion about authority of county commission over library budget when library is funded by a general fund levy (pdf)
49 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 16 - 2002 - opinion about general obligations to fund library budget and ability of counties to enter into interlocal agreements (pdf)
53 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2 - 2009 - opinion about hospital district budgets and similarities/differences to independent public library districts (pdf)
53 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 5 - 2010 - opinion about exempting city property from a county library levy when there is an independent city library (pdf)