13-27-315. Statements by attorney general on issues referred by legislature, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 27. BALLOT ISSUES

Part 3. Submission and Processing of Petitions

Statements By Attorney General On Issues Referred By Legislature

13-27-315. Statements by attorney general on issues referred by legislature. Upon receipt of a ballot issue referred by the legislature from the secretary of state pursuant to 13-27-209, the attorney general shall prepare and forward to the secretary of state, within 30 days, ballot statements as provided in 13-27-312, except that the attorney general may not prepare a statement of purpose and implication of a vote for or against a ballot issue if the statement has been provided by the legislature.

History: En. 37-127 by Sec. 13, Ch. 342, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 37-127(6); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 400, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 336, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 481, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 372, L. 2011.