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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. O02-11ORDINANCE NO. O02-11 ORDINANCE AMENDING CI]APTER 2.68.030 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO JURISDICTION WHEREAS, changes have been recommended to bring the Laurel City Code into compliance with state laws; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the residents of the City of Laurel to pass such an ordinance; IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, that the LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE is hereby amended as is set forth below. Chapter 2.68.030 shall be amended as follows: 2.68.030 Jurisdiction. A. The city court has concurrent jurisdiction with the justice's court of all proceedings mentioned and provided for under Chapter 10, Part 3, of Title 3, Montana Code Annotated. B. A criminal action brought for violation of a city ordinance must be brought in the name of the city as the plaintiffand against the accused as the defendant. C. A criminal action brought for violation of a state law within the city may be brought either in the name of the state as the plaintiff or in the name of the city as the plaintiff and must be brought against the accused as the defendant. D. A criminal action brought for violation of a state law within the county and within the city court's concurrent jurisdiction with the justice's court must be brought in the name of the state as the plaintiff and against the accused as the defendant. E. A civil action brought in the city court must be prosecuted or defended in the same manner as a civil action in justice's courts under the Montana lustice and City Courts Rule of Civil Procedure (Title 25, Chapter 23, MCA). F. Application for search warrants and complaints charging the commission of a felony may be filed in the city court as provided under Section 3-11-102(2), MCA. (Ord. 931 (part), 1988: prior code § 2.16.030) This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage by the City council and approved by the Mayor. Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on February 19, 2002, by Alderman Dart: PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second reading this 19th day of I~rch ,2002, upon motion of Alderman I~Iace ATTEST: Mary K~nbleton, Clerk-Treasurer ,2002.