Rule 86(a). Effective date and application to pending proceedings. These rules became effective January 1, 1962. In accordance with Chapter 16, Laws of 1963, proposed amendments to these rules shall be first prepared by the advisory committee, which shall distribute copies thereof to the bench and resident bar of the state for their consideration and suggestions. Submission of proposed amendments to the court shall be made by the advisory committee only after the advisory committee has considered suggestions received from the bench and bar. Submissions to the court shall be noticed by the court by mailing notice, containing copies of the submitted proposals to all district judges and resident attorneys licensed to practice in the Montana courts as shown by the records of the clerk of the court, and the court will receive written suggestions and objections within the time fixed in the notice, which shall be not less than 90 days thereafter. Oral hearings on proposals will be held only on special order of the court. Amendments adopted by the court will become effective on January 1 unless a different time be fixed in the order.
     The court will annually, at least 30 days prior to January 1, cause to be published all amendments to these rules which are to become effective on the succeeding January 1, and transmit the same to all judges and resident lawyers of the state. Such rules as are to become effective at times other than January 1 will be published and transmitted at least 30 days prior to their effective date. These rules and amendments govern all proceedings and actions brought after they take effect, and also all further proceedings in actions then pending, except to the extent that in the opinion of the district court their application in a particular action pending when the rules or amendments take effect would not be feasible, or would work injustice, in which event the procedure existing at the time the action was brought applies.

     History: En. Sec. 79, Ch. 13, L. 1961; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. June 1, 1964, eff. July 1, 1964.