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MT Code § 5-11-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-104. Officers -- rules of procedure -- records

  5-11-104. Officers -- rules of procedure -- records. The legislative council shall organize immediately following appointment by electing one of its members as its presiding officer and by electing other officers from among its membership that the council considers appropriate. The council may adopt rules of procedure, make arrangements for its meetings, and carry out the purpose for which it is created. The council shall keep accurate records of its activities and proceedings.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 431, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-715; amd. Sec. 249, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-11-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-105. Powers and duties of council

  5-11-105. Powers and duties of council. (1) The legislative council shall:  (a) employ and, in accordance with the rules for classification and pay established as provided in this section, set the salary of an executive director of the legislative services division, who serves at the pleasure of and is responsible to the legislative council;   (b) with the concurrence of the legislative audit committee and the legislative finance committee, adopt rules for classification and pay of legislative branch employees, other than those of the office of consumer counsel;   (c) with the concurrence of the legislative audit committee and the legislative finance committee, adopt rules governing personnel management of branch employees, other than those of the office of consumer counsel;   (d) adopt procedures to administer legislator claims for reimbursements authorized by law for interim activity;   (e) establish time schedules and deadlines for the interim committees of the legislature, including dates for requesting bills and completing interim work;   (f) review proposed legislation for agencies or entities that are not assigned to an interim committee, as provided in 5-5-223 through 5-5-228, or to the environmental quality council, as provided in 75-1-324;   (g) review proposed ballot initiatives and vote to either support or not support the placement of the text of an initiative on the ballot in accordance with 13-27-202; and   (h) perform other duties assigned by law.   (2) If a question of statewide importance arises when the legislature is not in session and a legislative interim committee has not been assigned to consider the question, the legislative council shall assign the question to an appropriate interim committee, as provided in 5-5-202, or to the appropriate statutorily created committee.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 431, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-710; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 596, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 1, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 19, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 265, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 554, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-11-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-106. Authority to investigate and examine

  5-11-106. Authority to investigate and examine. The legislative services division, on behalf of standing committees, select committees, or interim committees and any subcommittees of those committees, may investigate and examine state governmental activities and may examine and inspect all records, books, and files of any department, agency, commission, board, or institution of the state of Montana.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 431, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-712; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 210, L. 2001.
MT Code § 5-11-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-107. Powers relating to hearings

  5-11-107. Powers relating to hearings. (1) In the discharge of its duties, a statutory committee or an interim committee may hold hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony, and cause depositions of witnesses to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for taking depositions in civil actions in district court.   (2) If a person disobeys a subpoena issued by a statutory committee or an interim committee or if a witness refuses to testify on any matters regarding which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, the district court of any county shall, on application of the committee, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from a district court or a refusal to testify in the district court.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 431, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-713; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 19, L. 1999.
MT Code § 5-11-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-108. through 5-11-110 reserved

  5-11-108 through 5-11-110 reserved.
MT Code § 5-11-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-111. Legislative services division

  5-11-111. Legislative services division. There is a legislative services division under the direction of an executive director employed by the legislative council under 5-11-105. The executive director may engage personnel and consultants to fulfill the duties of the legislative services division within the limits of appropriations to the legislative services division. The executive director shall fix the compensation of the employees of the legislative services division in accordance with the rules for classification and pay adopted by the legislative council.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 431, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 30, L. 1974; effective date amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 12, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-711(1); amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-112. Functional organization and responsibilities

  5-11-112. Functional organization and responsibilities. (1) The legislative council may establish a functional organization within the legislative services division in order to effectively and efficiently carry out all of the responsibilities delegated to the division by law or legislative rule. The responsibilities of the legislative services division include the following:   (a) document services:   (i) bill drafting and preparation for introduction;   (ii) engrossing and enrolling;   (iii) distribution of legislative bills and information;   (iv) coordination of legislative printing; and   (v) publication of legislative records;   (b) research and reference services:   (i) general and specialized legislative research; and   (ii) legislative reference and information;   (c) legal services:   (i) legal review of draft bills;   (ii) legal counseling on legislative matters;   (iii) legal support for consolidated entities; and   (iv) support for the functions of the code commissioner provided in 1-11-201;   (d) committee services:   (i) research, legal, and administrative staff support for consolidated committees as assigned, including support for interim committees organized under Title 5, chapter 5, part 2; and   (ii) research and legal support for legislative standing and select committees;   (e) broadcasting services, in accordance with Title 5, chapter 11, part 11;   (f) management and business services:   (i) financial records;   (ii) claims and payrolls;   (iii) coordination of procurement of printing, supplies, and equipment; and   (iv) maintenance of property inventories;   (g) personnel and administrative services:   (i) rules for classification and pay; and   (ii) personnel and administrative policies; and   (h) information technology services:   (i) legislative branch network support services;   (ii) application support and development;   (iii) communications support and coordination; and   (iv) information technology planning.   (2) The responsibilities of the legislative services division must be fulfilled collaboratively with consolidated entities whenever the efficient operation of the legislative branch is served.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 431, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 30, L. 1974; effective date amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 12, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-711(2); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 608, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 302, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 557, L. 2001.
MT Code § 5-11-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-113. and 5-11-114 reserved

  5-11-113 and 5-11-114 reserved.
MT Code § 5-11-115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-115. Renumbered 2-17-805

  5-11-115. Renumbered 2-17-805. Sec. 9, Ch. 476, L. 1997.
MT Code § 5-11-116 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-116. Renumbered 2-17-825

  5-11-116. Renumbered 2-17-825. Sec. 9, Ch. 476, L. 1997.
MT Code § 5-11-117 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-117. through 5-11-119 reserved

  5-11-117 through 5-11-119 reserved.
MT Code § 5-11-120 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-120. Legislative branch retirement termination reserve account

  5-11-120. Legislative branch retirement termination reserve account. (1) There is a legislative branch retirement termination reserve account in the state special revenue fund. Money may be deposited in the account through an allocation of money to the account or as provided in 17-7-304.   (2) (a) The money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the legislative services division to be used only for staff retirement termination pay in the legislative branch.   (b) The money in the account may be expended only with the approval of the appropriate branch division director for eligible termination pay expenditures for division staff.   (3) The account is limited to an amount to be calculated at the beginning of each biennium based on an analysis by branch division directors of the staff eligible for retirement within the biennium. For the 2009 biennium, the limit is set at $400,000.   (4) The money in the account must be invested pursuant to Title 17, chapter 6. The income and earnings on the account must be deposited in the account.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 309, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-11-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-201. Journals -- how authenticated -- filing

  5-11-201. Journals -- how authenticated -- filing. The journal of the senate must be authenticated by the signature of the president and the journal of the house of representatives by the signature of the speaker. Each authenticated journal must be filed with the secretary of state. A copy of each authenticated journal must be filed with the legislative services division.   History: En. Sec. 203, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 70, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 68, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 256; re-en. Sec. 68, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 43-304; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 22, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-202. Printing of session laws

  5-11-202. Printing of session laws. The legislative services division shall deliver to the appropriate printer, at the earliest practicable day after the final adjournment of each session of the legislature, copies of all laws and resolutions passed or adopted during the session. The session laws must be delivered to the appropriate printer in the form provided for in 5-11-205 and 5-11-206.   History: En. 43-711.1 by Sec. 3, Ch. 96, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-711.1; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 22, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-203. Distribution of session laws -- examination of journals

  5-11-203. Distribution of session laws -- examination of journals. (1) Immediately after the session laws are published, the legislative services division shall distribute them.   (2) The legislative services division shall make the house and senate journals available for examination or copying by the public as provided in Title 2, chapter 6, part 10. The legislative services division may publish the journals in an electronic format.   (3) The following entities may receive the number of copies of session laws listed at no cost:   (a) to the library of congress, eight copies;   (b) to the state library, two copies;   (c) to the state historical library, two copies;   (d) to the state law librarian, four copies for the use of the library and additional copies as may be required for exchange with libraries and institutions maintained by other states and territories and public libraries;   (e) to the library of each custodial institution, one copy;   (f) to each Montana member of congress, each United States district judge in Montana, each of the judges of the state supreme and district courts, and each of the state officers as defined in 2-2-102, one copy;   (g) to any agency, board, commission, or office of the state, other than a state officer, and to any other subdivision of the state upon request and approval by the legislative council, one copy;   (h) to each member of the legislature, the secretary of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house of representatives from the session at which the laws were adopted, one copy;   (i) to each of the community college districts of the state, as defined in 20-15-101, and each unit of the Montana university system, one copy;   (j) to each county clerk, one copy for the use of the county; and   (k) to each county attorney and to each clerk of a district court, one copy.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1907; re-en. Sec. 155, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 126, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 135, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 22, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 135, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 46, L. 1937; Sec. 82-2203, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 43-711.2 and amd. by Sec. 4, Ch. 96, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-711.2; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 65, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 3, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 22, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 348, L. 2015.
MT Code § 5-11-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-204. Secretary of state to assign chapter numbers to new laws

  5-11-204. Secretary of state to assign chapter numbers to new laws. The secretary of state shall, when bills passed by any legislature are filed in the secretary's office as directed in 5-4-302 and 5-4-305, note on the bill the date of filing and number the bills, except resolutions, in the order of their reception, chapter 1 and upwards, using Arabic numerals.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 17, L. 1903; re-en. Sec. 162, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 141, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 141, L. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 82-2209; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 95, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 250, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-11-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-205. Publication of laws -- format

  5-11-205. Publication of laws -- format. (1) The legislative services division shall publish all laws and resolutions passed or adopted by each session of the legislature in a publication to be known as the Laws of Montana.   (2) Laws of each session must be printed in the Laws of Montana in the order that they have been filed in the office of the secretary of state with the chapter number assigned by the secretary of state as the heading. The chapter number must also appear as part of each page heading. In all laws containing amendments to an existing law, the new parts designated in the act by underlining must be printed in italics in the Laws of Montana and deleted provisions must be shown as stricken. The senate or house bill number may be omitted from each act.   (3) Reference to the laws of a legislative session may be made as follows: "Chapter.... (giving number), Laws of.... (giving the year enacted)".   (4) Resolutions adopted by each session of the legislature must be printed in a separate section of the Laws of Montana with the type of resolution and its number as a heading.   (5) The legislative services division shall also publish in the Laws of Montana the indexes required by 5-11-206.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 17, L. 1903; re-en. Sec. 163, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 142, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 142, L. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 10, L. 1939; Sec. 82-2210, R.C.M. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 59, L. 1973; redes. 43-711.3 and amd. by Sec. 5, Ch. 96, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-711.3; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 95, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-206. Index -- list

  5-11-206. Index -- list. (1) The legislative services division shall prepare a suitable index of all the laws and resolutions passed or adopted at each session of the legislature. The index must be a thorough index of the laws and resolutions and of each subject contained in or covered by the laws and resolutions, together with a cross-index to assist in readily finding any subject contained in each volume. A separate index must be prepared for appropriation bills passed by each session of the legislature.   (2) For the purpose of uniformity in indexes, the index of each succeeding publication of the session laws must conform as nearly as practicable with those of the volumes preceding it.   (3) There must also be prepared for each publication of the session laws a "code sections affected list" showing what sections of the Montana Code Annotated have been amended or repealed by any laws enacted by that session of the legislature.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 153, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 44-411; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 95, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-207. Description of county boundaries included in session laws

  5-11-207. Description of county boundaries included in session laws. The legislative services division shall include in the published session laws a description of the county boundaries of any new counties of the state created by petition and election, commencing with counties created after January 1, 1921, by inserting in each set of session laws new counties that have been created since the publication of the laws of the previous session.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 67, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 143, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 143, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 82-2211, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 43-711.4 and amd. by Sec. 6, Ch. 96, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-711.4; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-208. Expenses

  5-11-208. Expenses. The expenses incurred by the legislative services division in carrying into effect 5-11-202, 5-11-203, and 5-11-205 through 5-11-207 must be paid out of money appropriated for that purpose.   History: En. Sec. 409, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 164, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 144, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 144, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 97, L. 1961; Sec. 82-2212, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 43-711.5 and amd. by Sec. 7, Ch. 96, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-711.5; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 2. Dissemination of Laws and Proceedings|5-11-209. Codes -- availability to legislators -- reserved for use by legislative committees

  5-11-209. Codes -- availability to legislators -- reserved for use by legislative committees. (1) When it becomes available after each regular legislative session, each legislator is entitled to purchase for $10 each one set of the printed and bound Montana Code Annotated statute text and histories and one Montana Code Annotated that is produced for sale to the public on computer-readable media, such as CD-ROM.   (2) The legislative services division shall reserve 50 sets of the printed versions of Montana Code Annotated statute text and histories for the use of the standing and select committees of the legislature.   (3) Costs associated with providing code sets as required by this section must be paid out of the state special revenue fund account established under 1-11-301.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 382, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 412, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 545, L. 1995.