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MT Code § 5-3-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 3. Special Sessions|Part 1. Call of Special Session|5-3-106. Procedure for polling legislators

  5-3-106. Procedure for polling legislators. (1) Within 5 days after receiving a request, the secretary of state shall send to all legislators by certified mail a ballot that contains:  (a) the names of the legislators making the request;   (b) the reasons for calling the special session;   (c) the purposes of the special session;   (d) the requested convening date and time of the special session;   (e) subject to subsection (2), the date by which legislators shall return the ballot, which may not be more than 30 days after the date of the mailing of the ballots; and   (f) a stamped return envelope.   (2) Within 2 calendar days after receiving a request to consider an existing state of emergency or disaster declared under the authority of 10-3-303, the secretary of state shall send a ballot that complies with subsection (1) using any reasonable and reliable means, including electronic delivery, and is not required to use certified mail. The date by which legislators shall return the ballot specified in this subsection (2) may not be more than 7 calendar days after the date the ballots were sent.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 433, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 200, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 43-322; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 416, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 504, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-3-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 3. Special Sessions|Part 1. Call of Special Session|5-3-107. Notice of time of approved special session

  5-3-107. Notice of time of approved special session. If a majority of the legislators reply affirmatively to the poll, the secretary of state shall notify each legislator of the time and day on which the special session shall convene.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 433, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-324.
MT Code § 5-3-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 3. Special Sessions|Part 1. Call of Special Session|5-3-108. Failure to approve special session -- ballots void

  5-3-108. Failure to approve special session -- ballots void. (1) Subject to subsection (2), if a majority of the legislators fail to approve the call for a special session within 30 days after the secretary of state mails the ballots or notifies each legislator, all ballots are void and may not be used again.  (2) When the purpose of the special session is to consider an existing state of emergency or disaster declared under the authority of 10-3-303, if a majority of the legislators fail to approve the call for a special session within 7 calendar days after the secretary of state sends the ballots or notifies each legislator pursuant to 5-3-106(2), all ballots are void and may not be used again.   (3) If a poll is not approved under subsection (1) or (2), the entire process must be repeated to call the legislature into special session.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 433, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-325; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 504, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-4-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 1. General Provisions|5-4-101. Form of enacting clause

  5-4-101. Form of enacting clause. The enacting clause of every law shall be as follows: "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Montana:".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 7, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 43-516.
MT Code § 5-4-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 1. General Provisions|5-4-102. Limitation on title of referred legislation

  5-4-102. Limitation on title of referred legislation. All bills referred by the legislature to a vote of the people must have a title of no more than 100 words, exclusive of section numbers of any statutes being amended or repealed.  History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 400, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-4-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 1. General Provisions|5-4-103. Rulemaking authority

  5-4-103. Rulemaking authority. A statute delegating rulemaking authority to an agency must contain specific guidelines describing for the agency and the public what the rules may and may not contain.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 11, L. 1997.
MT Code § 5-4-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 1. General Provisions|5-4-104. Tax expenditure criteria -- legislation

  5-4-104. Tax expenditure criteria -- legislation. (1) The legislature recognizes the value of relevant information when making determinations regarding tax policy and tax expenditures. The legislature also recognizes the need to reevaluate tax expenditures after enactment. In consideration of these policy goals, the legislature encourages a policy of providing an explicit purpose of a tax expenditure and termination dates of no more than 6 years in any legislation creating, expanding, or continuing a tax expenditure.   (2) As used in this section, the term "tax expenditures" means those revenue losses attributable to provisions of Montana tax laws that allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or that provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability including:   (a) personal income and corporate income tax exemptions;   (b) property tax exemptions for which application to the department is necessary;   (c) deferral of income;   (d) credits allowed against Montana personal income tax or Montana corporate income tax;   (e) deductions from income; and   (f) any other identifiable preferential treatment of income or property.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 379, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 268, L. 2013.
MT Code § 5-4-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 1. General Provisions|5-4-105. Predrafting

  5-4-105. Predrafting. (1) Prior to the legislative services division working on a bill draft request, the legislative services division shall offer to provide to the requesting legislator a brief history on the subject matter in the legislature in the past five sessions, including but not limited to:   (a) any legislation introduced in the past five sessions; and   (b) links to any online materials, including bills, fiscal notes, audio or video files, and minutes.   (2) The legislative services division may request assistance from the legislative fiscal division or legislative audit division on any state budgetary, fiscal, or audit information related to the subject matter.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 309, L. 2017.
MT Code § 5-4-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-201. Requirement of fiscal notes with committee reports

  5-4-201. (Temporary) Requirement of fiscal notes with committee reports. (1) All bills reported out of a committee of the legislature having an effect on the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or of a county or municipality, except appropriation measures carrying specific dollar amounts, must include a fiscal note incorporating an estimate of the effect. Fiscal notes must be requested by the presiding officer of either house, who shall determine the need for the note at the time of introduction.  (2) All bills reported out of a committee of the legislature having an effect on the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of a private entity engaged in business in the state, except appropriation measures carrying specific dollar amounts, must include a fiscal note incorporating an estimate of the effect, unless by September 1, 2022, the budget director is unable to identify and secure a qualified fiscal estimating provider in the state, such as the economics department of a college or university, willing to provide a draft estimate at no cost to the state. (Void on occurrence of contingency--sec. 3, Ch. 314, L. 2021.)   5-4-201. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Requirement of fiscal notes with committee reports. All bills reported out of a committee of the legislature having an effect on the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or of a county or municipality, except appropriation measures carrying specific dollar amounts, shall include a fiscal note incorporating an estimate of such effect. Fiscal notes shall be requested by the presiding officer of either house, who shall determine the need for the note at the time of introduction.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 53, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 43-1001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 229, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 314, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-4-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-202. Requests for notes by committee, house, or sponsor

  5-4-202. Requests for notes by committee, house, or sponsor. A fiscal note also may be requested on a bill, as the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives may allow, by:   (1) a committee considering the bill;   (2) a majority of the members of the house in which the bill is to be considered, at the time of second reading; or   (3) the sponsor, through the presiding officer.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 53, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 43-1005.
MT Code § 5-4-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-203. Budget director to prepare note

  5-4-203. Budget director to prepare note. The budget director, in cooperation with the state or local agencies or officials or organizations representing local agencies or officials affected by the bill, is responsible for the preparation of the fiscal note and shall return same within 6 days. The director may request additional time to complete a note, which extension must be submitted to the presiding officer or committee requesting the note for approval.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 53, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 97, Ch. 326, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 321, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 43-1002; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 229, L. 1983.
MT Code § 5-4-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-205. Contents of notes

  5-4-205. Contents of notes. (1) Fiscal notes must, when possible, show in dollar amounts the estimated increase or decrease in revenue or expenditures, costs that may be absorbed without additional funds, and long-range financial implications. A comment or opinion relative to the merits of the bill may not be included in the fiscal note. However, technical or mechanical defects may be noted.  (2) It is the legislature's intent that a fiscal note be prepared as an objective analysis of the fiscal impact of legislation [on both government entities and private entities engaged in business in the state as provided in 5-4-201]. The fiscal note should represent only the estimate of the revenue and expenditures that would result from the implementation of the legislation, if enacted, and may not in any way reflect the views or opinions of the preparing agencies, the sponsor, or other interested parties. Changes in revenue must be estimated for each reported year based upon appropriate revenue estimating methodologies for the source of revenue described and should reflect a change from the official revenue estimate provided for in 5-5-227. Expenditures must be estimated as the amount required for implementing the legislation, if enacted, in excess of or as a reduction to the present law base level of expenditures in each reported year regardless of whether or not the preparing agency determines that it can absorb the costs in its proposed budget.   (3) The fiscal note must clearly differentiate between facts and assumptions made in the preparation of the fiscal note while maintaining a logical flow of both fact and assumption in presenting how the fiscal impact is determined. (Bracketed language void on occurrence of contingency--sec. 3, Ch. 314, L. 2021.)   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 53, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 43-1004; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 392, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 314, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-4-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-206. Background information to legislators on request

  5-4-206. Background information to legislators on request. The budget director shall make available on request to any member of the legislature all background information used in developing a fiscal note.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 53, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 97, Ch. 326, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 321, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 43-1006.
MT Code § 5-4-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-207. Repealed

  5-4-207. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 274, L. 1993.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 266, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 195, L. 1991.
MT Code § 5-4-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-208. Report of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impact

  5-4-208. (Temporary) Report of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impact. (1) Except for the general appropriations act and any bill exempted by the legislature, for each bill with an estimated expenditure amount of over $1 million from the general fund in any 1 of the 4 fiscal years identified in the bill's fiscal note, or as required in the bill, that is passed and approved for which a fiscal note is prepared and presented to the legislature, the office of budget and program planning shall prepare and present an annual report to the legislative finance committee by October 1 of each year. The report must include the following information:  (a) the name of the bill;   (b) the actual expenditures incurred based on the bill as enacted for the past entire fiscal year and a description of how the funds were expended; and   (c) a comparison to the projected costs of the bill as projected in the fiscal note for that same fiscal year.   (2) The report to the legislature must include bills that qualify under subsection (1) for which a fiscal note was prepared which have been in effect for at least 1 fiscal year. The bill must be included in the report for each year a cost was projected in a corresponding fiscal note.   (3) The report must be provided in an electronic format.   (4) The report must also be submitted to the legislature as provided in 5-11-210. (Terminates December 31, 2025--sec. 6, Ch. 350, L. 2021.)   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 350, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-4-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-209. reserved

  5-4-209 reserved.
MT Code § 5-4-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 2. Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills|5-4-210. Estimate of fiscal impact on local government required

  5-4-210. Estimate of fiscal impact on local government required. (1) A bill that, if enacted, may require a local government unit to perform an activity or provide a service or facility that requires a direct expenditure of additional funds without a specific means to finance the activity, service, or facility in violation of 1-2-112 or 1-2-113 must be accompanied, at the time that the bill is presented for introduction to the chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate, by an estimate of all direct and indirect fiscal impacts on a local government unit. The estimate of fiscal impacts must be prepared by the budget director in cooperation with a local government unit affected by the bill. The budget director has 10 days to prepare the estimate.   (2) The estimate must show in dollar amounts the increase in expenditures that may be required by the bill. Comment or opinion relative to the merits of the bill may not be included in the estimate. However, technical or mechanical defects may be noted. Upon completion of the estimate, the budget director shall submit the estimate to the requestor of the bill.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 416, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-4-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 3. Action by Governor on Bills|5-4-301. Bills received by governor -- how endorsed

  5-4-301. Bills received by governor -- how endorsed. Each bill passed by the legislature, except bills proposing amendments to the Montana constitution, bills ratifying proposed amendments to the United States constitution, resolutions, and initiative and referendum measures, must be submitted to the governor for the governor's signature. Each bill must, as soon as it is delivered to the governor, be endorsed as follows: "This bill was received by the governor this .... day of ...., 20...". The endorsement must be signed by the governor or by an assistant authorized by the governor.   History: En. Sec. 270, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 100, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 84, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 309; re-en. Sec. 84, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 31, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-501; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 51, L. 1999.
MT Code § 5-4-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 3. Action by Governor on Bills|5-4-302. Approval of bills

  5-4-302. Approval of bills. When the governor approves a bill, the governor shall sign the bill with the date of approval and deposit the bill in the office of the secretary of state.   History: En. Sec. 271, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 101, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 85, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 310; re-en. Sec. 85, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-502(1); amd. Sec. 225, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-4-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 3. Action by Governor on Bills|5-4-303. Line item veto

  5-4-303. Line item veto. If a bill presented to the governor contains several distinct items of appropriation of money, the governor may disapprove one or more items while approving other portions of the bill. If an item is disapproved, the governor shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items objected to and the reasons for the objection. The governor shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated, or to the secretary of state if the legislature is not in session, a copy of the statement, and the items objected to must be separately reconsidered in the same manner as bills that have been disapproved by the governor.   History: En. Sec. 271, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 101, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 85, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 310; re-en. Sec. 85, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-502(2); amd. Sec. 226, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-4-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 3. Action by Governor on Bills|5-4-304. Amendatory veto

  5-4-304. Amendatory veto. The governor may return any bill to the originating house with the governor's recommendations for amendment. The originating house shall reconsider the bill under its rules relating to an amendment offered in committee of the whole. The bill is then subject to the following procedures:   (1) The originating house shall transmit to the second house, for consideration under its rules relating to amendments in committee of the whole, the bill and the originating house's approval or disapproval of the governor's recommendations.   (2) If both houses approve the governor's recommendations, the bill must be returned to the governor for reconsideration.   (3) If both houses disapprove the governor's recommendations, the bill must be returned to the governor for reconsideration.   (4) If one house disapproves the governor's recommendations and the other house approves, then either house may request a conference committee, which may be a free conference committee:   (a) If both houses adopt a conference committee report, the bill, in accordance with the report, must be returned to the governor for reconsideration.   (b) If a conference committee fails to reach agreement or if its report is not adopted by both houses, the governor's recommendations are considered not approved and the bill must be returned to the governor for further consideration.   (5) The governor may not return the bill for amendment a second time.   History: En. Sec. 271, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 101, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 85, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 310; re-en. Sec. 85, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 43-502(3); amd. Sec. 227, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-4-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 4. Bills|Part 3. Action by Governor on Bills|5-4-305. Bills returned without approval

  5-4-305. Bills returned without approval. (1) A bill or item or items of an appropriations bill become law whenever:   (a) the bill passes both houses of the legislature;   (b) the bill is returned by the governor without signature and with objections to the bill or, if it is a bill containing several items of appropriation of money, with objections to one or more items; and   (c) upon reconsideration the bill or item or items pass both houses by the constitutional majority.   (2) The bill or item or items must be authenticated by a certificate endorsed on or attached to the bill or the copy of the statement of objections. The form of the certificate must be: "This bill having been returned by the governor with objections and, after reconsideration, having passed both houses by the constitutional majority has become a law this .... day of ...., A.D. ...." or "The following items in the within statement (naming them) having, after reconsideration, passed both houses by the constitutional majority have become a law this .... day of ...., A.D. ...". The endorsement, signed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house, is sufficient authentication of the bill or item or items.   (3) The authenticated bill or statement must be delivered to the governor, who shall deposit it with the laws in the office of the secretary of state.   History: En. Sec. 272, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 102, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 86, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 311; re-en. Sec. 86, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-503; amd. Sec. 228, Ch. 61, L. 2007.