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SENATE BILL NO. 270

INTRODUCED BY L. LARSON

 

AN ACT REVISING THE FILING DEADLINE FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL PARTIES NOT PARTICIPATING IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS; AND AMENDING SECTION 13-10-503, MCA.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

     Section 1.  Section 13-10-503, MCA, is amended to read:

     "13-10-503.  Filing deadlines. (1) A petition for nomination and the affidavits of circulation required by 13-27-302, accompanied by the required filing fee, must be filed with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed. Petitions must be submitted, at least 1 week before the deadline for filing, to the election administrator in the county where the signer resides for verification and certification by the procedures provided in 13-27-303 through 13-27-306. In the event If there are insufficient signatures on the petition, additional signatures may be submitted before the deadline for filing.

     (2)  Except as provided in 13-10-504, each petition must be filed before the scheduled primary election or the filing deadline for the special or general election if a primary election is not scheduled by the deadline established in 13-10-201(6)."

 

     Section 2.  Coordination instruction. If both House Bill No. 520 and [this act] are passed and approved and both amend 13-10-503, then the sections amending 13-10-503 are void and 13-10-503 must read as follows:

     "13-10-503.  Filing deadlines. (1) A petition for nomination and the affidavits of circulation required by 13-27-302, accompanied by the required filing fee, must be filed with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed. Petitions must be submitted, at least 1 week before the deadline for filing, to the election administrator in the county where the signer resides for verification and certification by the procedures provided in 13-27-303 through 13-27-306. In the event If there are insufficient signatures on the petition, additional signatures may be submitted before the deadline for filing. If sufficient signatures are verified and certified pursuant to 13-10-502, the county election administrator shall file the petition for nomination with the same officer with whom other nominations for the office sought are filed.

     (2)  Except as provided in 13-10-504, each petition for nomination, accompanied by the required filing fee, must be filed before the scheduled primary election or the filing deadline for the special or general election if a primary election is not scheduled by the deadline established in 13-10-201(6)."

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