HOUSE BILL NO. 30
INTRODUCED BY WANZENRIED
BY REQUEST OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
AN ACT CLARIFYING THAT LEGISLATORS-ELECT ARE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES FOR AUTHORIZED PRESESSION ACTIVITY; AMENDING SECTION 5-2-203, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 5-2-203, MCA, is amended to read:
"5-2-203. Compensation and expenses -- definition. (1) Members of the legislature attending the presession caucus, provided for in 5-2-201, and legislative orientation and training are entitled to receive compensation and expenses as provided in 5-2-302. The legislative services division shall place the members on the payroll roster, provided for in 2-18-404, in order to pay the compensation and expenses.
(2) While engaged in presession business, members nominated to serve as officers of the legislature and members of the committees named in 5-2-202 are entitled to receive compensation and expenses as provided in 5-2-302.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "holdover senator" means a senator who was not required to seek election at the general election held immediately prior to the presession caucus; and
(b) "member" means a holdover senator, senator-elect, or representative-elect who is eligible to serve in the ensuing legislative session."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
Section 3. Retroactive applicability. [This act] applies retroactively, within the meaning of 1-2-109, to November 2, 2004.
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