Montana State Legislature

Legislative poll on 16 rules included in MAR Notice No. 44-2-207

State Administration and Veterans' Affairs

Results Official For Legislative Poll On Campaign Finance Rules

After 23 legislators objected to 16 administrative rules proposed by the commissioner of political practices, the State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Interim Committee was required by law to conduct a poll of the full Legislature. Presiding officer Sen. Dee Brown (R-Hungry Horse) and Vice Presiding Officer Rep. Bryce Bennett (D-Missoula) certified the poll’s results on Dec. 23, 2015.  The total votes by members of each house are provided in the accompanying table.

The poll asked legislators to vote on each of the 16 rules by identifying whether they considered the rule to be consistent with legislative intent or contrary to legislative intent. The text of each rule is available in the links below. Four senators and 15 representatives did not return a ballot. 

Rule No. 
in MAR Notice No. 
44-2-207

 Senators

 

Representatives

Consistent with Intent

Contrary to Intent

Consistent with Intent

Contrary to Intent

New Rule I

26

20

52

33

New Rule IV

27

19

50

35

New Rule V

26

20

50

35

New Rule VI

31

15

52

33

New Rule VII

26

20

49

36

New Rule VIII

26

20

49

36

New Rule X

26

20

50

35

New Rule XI

27

19

51

34

New Rule XII

26

20

50

35

Amended 44.10.201

34

12

65

19

Amended 44.10.301

26

20

50

35

Amended 44.10.307

27

19

50

35

Amended 44.10.321

26

19

49

36

Amended 44.10.323

26

20

49

36

Amended 44.10.327

26

20

49

36

Amended 44.10.329

26

20

49

36

The proposal notice for the COPP rules (which included more than the 16 rules on which the poll was conducted) was published in the Montana Administrative Register (MAR) on Aug. 13, 2015. After public comment and revisions, the rules were adopted on Nov. 24 when the COPP sent the final text of the rules to the secretary of state. The rules will become effective when the final rules are published in the MAR. The secretary of state is expected to publish the rules, along with the poll results on the 16 rules included in the poll, in the Jan. 8 issue of the MAR.

On February 10, the Committee reviewed the results of the poll and adopted a committee letter reflecting individual votes on each question by each legislative member.

How the poll was conducted on 16 rules included in MAR Notice No. 44-2-207

The State Administration and Veterans' Affairs Interim Committee was required by law to conduct a poll regarding whether 16 rules from Montana Administrative Register (MAR) Notice No. 44-2-207 are consistent with or contrary to legislative intent. The following documents explain the statutory requirement for conducting the poll and provide supplemental information.

The poll documents were mailed to each legislator on Dec. 1. Completed ballots had to be received by the Legislative Services Division (LSD) no later than Dec. 21. Legislators were instructed to return the ballot to LSD in person, by regular mail, by e-mail to the e-mail address provided on the ballot, or by fax to (406) 444-3036.

The ballot consisted of two pages; each page had to be signed, and any corrections had to be initialed next to the correction.

The following information was also provided on this web page as additional reference material.

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