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Laws and our Resources
This page is to help keep
everyone informed on the bills that are being heard and voted on. Links to
other sites that are also tracking the session will help us keep on top of this
very important process. This site may not be current, so you
need to click on one of the above links to go directly to the source of this
important information.
2008 Is Here, and
Bills are being Written
Interim Committees are
now working on writing bills that will affect each and every one of us.
visit the committee sites often and stay involved!
Current Bills MMUA is
following
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LC
Number |
Sponsor |
Short Title |
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LC0023 |
Lewis |
Treasure state energy project funding |
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LC0025 |
Bales |
Generally revise water adjudication laws |
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LC0027 |
Bales |
Generally revise fish and game laws |
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LC0029 |
Bales |
Revise qualifications for fish and game commission |
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LC0034 |
Perry |
Eliminate business equipment taxes |
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LC0044 |
Perry |
Clarify laws related to immigration |
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LC0048 |
Wanzenried |
Develop & implement best practices for energy efficiency through
building code |
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LC0073 |
Groesbeck |
Revise energy conservation laws |
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LC0077 |
Bales |
Establish laws governing carbon sequestration |
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LC0078 |
Wanzenried |
Wildlife habitat conservation with oil and gas development |
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LC0080 |
Balyeat |
Adjust bear, mountain lion and other hunting license deadlines |
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LC0085 |
Balyeat |
Transparency in government act |
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LC0091 |
Bales |
Eliminate the Board of Environmental Review |
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LC0103 |
Leg.
Finance |
Land
board approval for abandoned mine and reclamation program land
transactions |
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LC0116 |
Laible |
Revise laws governing ATV registration and use |
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LC0119 |
Groesbeck |
Revise laws related to carbon markets |
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LC0124 |
“ |
Revise fish and game laws |
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LC0125 |
“ |
Revise environmental laws |
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LC0126 |
“ |
Revise stream access laws |
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LC0134 |
Perry |
Revise opencut mining law |
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LC0135 |
“ |
Revise opencut mining law |
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LC0136 |
“ |
Revise opencut mining law |
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LC0137 |
“ |
Revise opencut mining law |
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LC0138 |
“ |
Revise opencut mining law |
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LC0139 |
“ |
Revise opencut mining law |
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LC0160 |
Lewis |
Revise water law |
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LC0163 |
Mcnutt |
Clarify business equipment taxes |
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LC0185 |
Jackson |
Prohibit sale of water rights upstream by hydroelectric generators |
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LC0186 |
“ |
Clarify adverse affect in water law |
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LC0187 |
“ |
Generally revise water use act |
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LC0188 |
“ |
Challenge of certain water rights during adjudication |
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LC0189 |
“ |
Subordinate power generation water rights |
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LC0190 |
“ |
Revise laws related to power generation water rights |
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LC0191 |
Jent |
Emergency streamflow for fisheries |
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LC0194 |
Erickson |
Require BER standards for carbon dioxide capture for certain facilities |
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LC0195 |
Erickson |
Sequestration standards for carbon dioxide |
For more information,
visit our sister organization at
http://www.mtmultipleuse.org
MFMU has done an
excellent Job of Scoring 2007 legislators on a few of the 2007 session bills.
2007 Montana
Legislature
Montana Legislative information
Senate Standing Committee members
Standing House Committee members
LAWS Look Up
Bill Information
Montana Multiple Use Association
has members available to represent resource users across Montana. If you
have a law that is of concern, contact a representative. Send us to
the battle with sound information by email
mmua@earthlink.net
Or you can call 980-0533 and leave a message! You can also find more
information by clicking here
Action Alert
Our sister organization Montanans For
Multiple Use Are also working to help keep the citizens of Montana informed and
represented. Please visit the site for more help and information
http://www.mtmultipleuse.org
If you are hungry for more, there is
another site to help look for information Go to
http://www.badbills.com this site
has links to all of Montana government site pages in addition to a list of bill
that have been declared bad for Montanans.
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