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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5-4-306. Return when legislature not in session. (1) If, on the day the governor desires to return a bill without approval and with objections to the bill to the house in which it originated, that house has adjourned for the day, but not for the session, the governor may deliver the bill with the message to […]
5-4-307. Bills remaining with governor. (1) A bill that has passed both houses of the legislature and has not been returned by the governor within 10 days after its delivery to the governor becomes law. (2) The governor shall deliver the bill to the secretary of state and direct the secretary of state to authenticate it by […]
5-4-308. Transmittal of veto messages to legislative services division. The governor shall transmit one copy of each veto message to the legislative services division. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 3, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 42, L. 1997.
