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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
5-11-210. Clearinghouse for reports to legislature. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), an entity required to report to the legislature in accordance with 5-11-222 shall provide to the executive director of the legislative services division: (i) the final title of the report; (ii) an abstract or description of the contents of the report, not to exceed […]
5-11-211. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (1) ”One complete set” means one copy of each item of the proceedings of a session, regular or special, of the legislature. (2) ”Person” means any person, firm, corporation, or association. (3) ”Proceedings of the legislature” means status sheets, daily journals, reproduced bills, reproduced resolutions, printed bills, […]
5-11-212. Fees for proceedings. (1) A complete set of the proceedings of a regular or special session of the legislature may be purchased from the legislative services division for the amount prescribed by the legislative council. Upon receipt of payment, the executive director of the legislative services division shall supply the purchaser with a complete set […]
5-11-213. Exclusions. Each general circulation newspaper published in Montana and each radio or television station broadcasting in Montana that has registered with the executive director of the legislative services division is exempt from 5-11-212 and shall receive one complete set of the proceedings of the legislature for the ensuing biennium without charge. History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. […]
5-11-214. Exemptions from fees. All elected state officials, state department heads, the state law library, and county clerk and recorders shall be exempted from 5-11-212. History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 223, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 292, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 43-904.
5-11-215 through 5-11-220 reserved.
5-11-221. Repealed. Sec. 48, Ch. 19, L. 2011. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1985.
5-11-222. Reports to legislature. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) and (6), a report to the legislature means a biennial report required by the legislature and filed in accordance with 5-11-210 on or before September 1 of each year preceding the convening of a regular session of the legislature. (b) If otherwise specified in law, […]
