3-1-607. Supreme court justice or district court judge candidacy for nonjudicial office -- resignation required. (1) If a person occupying the office of chief justice or associate justice of the supreme court or judge of a district court of the state of Montana becomes a candidate for election to any elective office under the laws of the state of Montana other than a judicial position, he shall immediately, and in any event at or before the time when he must file as a candidate for such office in any primary or special or general election, resign from his office of chief justice, associate justice, or district judge.
     (2) The resignation becomes effective immediately upon its delivery to the proper officer or superior.
     (3) The resignation requirement applies except when the person is a bona fide candidate for reelection to the identical office then occupied by him or for another judicial position.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 139, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 344, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 93-219(1); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 3, L. 1985.