2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 2. Government Structure and Administration › Chapter 17. Property and Systems Development and Management › Part 1. Real Property and Buildings › 2-17-108. Allocation of legislative space

2-17-108. Allocation of legislative space.
(1) (a) Legislative space in the capitol and on the capitol complex may not be reduced without the consent of the legislature. The control of the rooms, committee hearing rooms, and offices for legislators and session and exempt legislative staff may not be changed without the permission of the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the house, the president of the senate, and the minority leader of the senate.
(b) From December 1 in an even-numbered year through the 7th day after sine die of a session the:
(i) president of the senate shall allocate and reserve parking spaces in the capitol south lower lot for members of the senate; and
(ii) speaker of the house of representatives shall allocate and reserve parking spaces in the capitol north circle lot for members of the house of representatives.
(2) (a) During the interim between legislative sessions from the day after sine die of a session through December 1 in an even-numbered year, the legislative services division, under the direction of legislative council in consultation with the legislative audit committee and the legislative finance committee, shall schedule and reserve legislative committee hearing rooms.
(b) During the interim between legislative sessions from the 7th day after sine die of a session through December 1 in an even-numbered year, the legislative services division, under the direction of legislative council may allocate up to 30 reserved parking spaces in the capitol north circle lot or the capitol south lower lot for the legislature. At the request of the legislative council, the department shall place permanent reserved signs on the allocated parking spaces.
(3) (a) There are:
(i) five permanent year-round parking spaces in the Capitol south oval lot reserved as legislative parking space, consisting of three spaces allocated to legislative branch division directors, one space allocated for the house representatives, and one space allocated by the legislative services division for the legislative branch;
(ii) seven permanent year-round parking spaces in the capitol south lower lot reserved as legislative parking space allocated to senate leadership, the secretary of the senate, the clerk of the house, the senate sergeant at arms, and the house sergeant at arms;
(iii) four permanent year-round parking spaces in the capitol north circle lot reserved as legislative parking space allocated by the speaker of the house for house leadership; and
(iv) except as provided for in subsection (3)(b), 10 permanent year-round parking spaces on the south side capitol north circle lot adjacent to the capitol building reserved as executive branch space.
(b) From December 1 in an even-numbered year through the 7th day after sine die of a session, one of the executive branch parking spaces provided for in subsection (3)(a)(iv) that is occupied by the secretary of state must revert to the speaker of the house of representatives.
(4) (a) Upon completion of the relocation of the legislative audit division out of the capitol as provided under 2-17-805(6), the legislative council with the concurrence of the legislative audit committee and the legislative finance committee shall allocate office space for five contiguous offices on the first floor of the capitol to the legislative audit division.
(b) If the allocated office space in subsection (4)(a) displaces existing office space for legislative fiscal division or legislative services division staff, the legislative council with the concurrence of legislative audit committee and the legislative finance committee shall allocate the equivalent office space for the displaced legislative fiscal division or legislative services division staff on the first floor of the capitol.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 655, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 20, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 762, L. 2023.