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The daily administration of the state’s laws, as defined in the Montana Code Annotated, are carried out by the chief executive—the Governor, and their second in command the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary Of State, the Attorney General, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Auditor, and by the staff and employees of the 14 executive branch agencies.
The Montana Legislature passed enabling legislation, the Executive Reorganization Act, in 1971, which gave Governor Forrest H. Anderson the legal authority to reorganize state government. [2] On December 20, 1971, Governor Anderson used this authority to create, by executive order, the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. [ 3 ]
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is a state-level government agency in Montana. The agency was founded by the Montana Legislature in 1995 as the Montana Board of Environmental Review. [1] It is responsible for monitoring air, water, energy, and mining standards, in addition to regulatory services. [2] [3] [4]
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Montana: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State; Attorney General; State Treasurer; State Auditor; Superintendent of Public Instruction; The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State House of Representatives
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 Montana Constitution dictates that the legislature meet in regular session for no longer than 90 days in each odd-numbered year. [1]
9th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1905 November 1904 [6] 10th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1907 11th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1909 12th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1911 13th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1913 14th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1915 15th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1917 16th Montana legislature [Wikidata] 1919
The Secretary is the keeper of the Montana state seal, and also serves on the Montana Board of Land Commissioners, which administers school trust lands. [1]The Montana Secretary of State Records Center, located in Helena, shares the duty of archiving official state e-mails with an archivist who reports to the Governor.
The Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) is the state education agency of Montana. Elsie Arntzen currently serves as the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction. The agency is headquartered in Helena. The people of Montana have elected a Superintendent of Public Instruction as one of the five members of the executive branch since 1889.