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The Montana Constitution dictates that the legislature meet in regular session for no longer than 90 days in each odd-numbered year. [1] The primary work of the legislature is to pass a balanced biennial budget which must then be approved by the governor. If the governor vetoes a bill, the legislature may override the veto by a two-thirds vote.
Montana State Government. As established and defined by the Montana Constitution, the government of the State of Montana is composed of three branches, the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative. The powers of initiative and referendum are reserved for the citizens of Montana. The second and current state constitution was enacted in 1972. [1]
Montana became a state in 1889. A state constitution was drafted in 1884, which established a system of courts: A supreme court, district courts, county courts, justices of the peace, and municipal courts such as the legislature might see fit to create. [1]
January 5, 2009. Lead position ends. January 3, 2025. The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court which reviews civil and criminal decisions of Montana's trial ...
41st Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1969. 42nd Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1971. 1972 Constitution of Montana [7] 43rd Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1973.
The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate. [1] The representatives are distributed as follows: Republican Party: 68 seats; Democratic Party: 32 seats
The United States District Court for the District of Montana (in case citations, D. Mont.) is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana (except the part of the state within Yellowstone National Park, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming). [1][2] The ...
Billings Police Department. The Billings Police Department(BPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Billings, Montana. It is the largest city police force in Montana with 162 sworn officers/80 civilian employees covering 41 square miles (110 km 2) and a population of about 120,000. The city is divided into nine beats and patrolled by 77 ...