Mont. Code Ann. § 85-7-1004

In carrying out such plan and proposition, a corporation may be organized under the general laws for the purpose of acquiring the assets of said district, including the irrigation system, if any, dams, reservoirs, canals, franchises, water rights, and other property, which corporation shall have all the powers, rights, and franchises of corporate bodies organized under general laws and in addition shall have such further power as may be necessary to possess and carry on said irrigation system and exercise such franchise and water rights.