Montana § 5-11-305 Legislative Council Appointments To Interstate, International, And Intergovernmental Entities

Montana Statutes

§ 5-11-305 — Legislative Council Appointments To Interstate, International, And Intergovernmental Entities

Montana § 5-11-305

Title 5LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Ch. 11LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS

Part 3Interstate, International, and Intergovernmental Cooperation

This text of Montana § 5-11-305 (Legislative Council Appointments To Interstate, International, And Intergovernmental Entities) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Montana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 5-11-305 (2026).

Text

5-11-305 . Legislative council appointments to interstate, international, and intergovernmental entities.

(1)Unless otherwise provided by law, the legislative council shall appoint legislators to serve as members of appropriate interstate, international, and intergovernmental entities.

(2)The president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house may recommend nominees for the legislative council's consideration in making appointments to interstate, international, and intergovernmental entities.

(3)If the legislative council appoints more than one legislator to participate as a member in an interstate, international, or intergovernmental entity, the number of legislators appointed from the majority party and the minorit

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

5-11-305 . Legislative council appointments to interstate, international, and intergovernmental entities. (1) Unless otherwise provided by law, the legislative council shall appoint legislators to serve as members of appropriate interstate, international, and intergovernmental entities.
(2) The president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house may recommend nominees for the legislative council's consideration in making appointments to interstate, international, and intergovernmental entities.
(3) If the legislative council appoints more than one legislator to participate as a member in an interstate, international, or intergovernmental entity, the number of legislators appointed from the majority party and the minority party must be equal.
(4) If funds are available that the legislative council has the authority to expend, the legislative council, as the appropriate funding authority, may authorize that a legislator appointed as a member to an interstate, international, or intergovernmental entity receive a salary as provided in 5-2-301 (1) and have travel expenses associated with participating in an entity-sponsored activity reimbursed as provided in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503 .
(5) If a vacancy occurs in membership to an interstate, international, or intergovernmental entity, appointment to fill the vacancy must be made in the same manner as the original appointment.
(6) The legislative council shall make appointments to any policy committee established by the Pacific Northwest economic region as provided in 5-11-707 (2).