HOUSE BILL NO. 41

INTRODUCED BY T. HAGENER

BY REQUEST OF THE SUPREME COURT

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT EXTENDING THE TERMINATION DATE FOR THE USER SURCHARGE IN CRIMINAL, CIVIL, AND PROBATE PROCEEDINGS FOR STATE FUNDING OF COURT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; AMENDING SECTION 4, CHAPTER 361, LAWS OF 1995; PROVIDING A CONTINGENT VOIDNESS PROVISION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."

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

Section 1. Section 4, Chapter 361, Laws of 1995, is amended to read:

"Section 4. Effective date -- termination. (1) [This act] is effective July 1, 1995.

(2) [This act] terminates June 30, 2003."

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Coordination instruction. If Constitutional Initiative No. 75, enacting Article VIII, section 17, of the Montana constitution is declared invalid or if that portion requiring submission of the extension of an expiring tax to the electorate is declared invalid, then __Bill No.__ [LC 0572] is void.

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Contingent voidness. If the user surcharge on court filings for court information technology is submitted to the electorate in conformance with Constitutional Initiative No. 75, then [this act] is void.

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. Subject to [section 3], [this act] is effective June 30, 1999.

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