13-27-207. Petition for initiative for constitutional amendment. (1) The following is substantially the form for a petition for an initiative to amend the constitution:
PETITION TO PLACE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO.____ ON
THE ELECTION BALLOT
(a) If 10% of the voters in each of 40 legislative districts sign this petition and the total number of voters signing the petition is ....., this constitutional amendment will appear on the next general election ballot. If a majority of voters vote for this amendment at that election, it will become part of the constitution.
(b) We, the undersigned Montana voters, propose that the secretary of state place the following constitutional amendment on the ........, 20..., general election ballot:
(Title of the proposed constitutional amendment
written pursuant to 13-27-312)
(Statement of implication written pursuant to 13-27-312)
(c) Voters are urged to read the complete text of the measure, which appears (on the reverse side of, attached to, etc., as applicable) this sheet. A signature on this petition is only to put the constitutional amendment on the ballot and does not necessarily mean the signer agrees with the amendment.
(d)
WARNING
A person who purposefully signs a name other than the person's own to this petition, who signs more than once for the same issue at one election, or who signs when not a legally registered Montana voter is subject to a $500 fine, 6 months in jail, or both.
(e) Each person is required to sign the person's name and address in substantially the same manner as on the person's voter registration card or the signature will not be counted.
(2) Numbered lines must follow the above heading. Each numbered line must contain spaces for the signature, post-office address, legislative representative district number, and printed last name of the signer.
History: En. 37-121 by Sec. 7, Ch. 342, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 37-121; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 488, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 51, L. 1999.
