HOUSE BILL NO. 104

INTRODUCED BY HAGENER T

BY REQUEST OF THE SUPREME COURT

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE THE ELIMINATION OF 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 IMMEDIATE 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 . [This act] is effective July 1, 1995.

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NEW SECTION. Section 2. Submission to electorate of extension of court information technology surcharge. This act shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the tax election to be held in 1999 by printing on the ballot the full title of this act and the following:

SHALL THE COURT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USER SURCHARGE TAX BE INCREASED ANNUALLY BY $5 IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER?

[]	FOR continuing the user surcharge in criminal, civil, and probate proceedings for state funding of court information technology.

[]	AGAINST continuing the user surcharge in criminal, civil, and probate proceedings for state funding of court information technology.

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Contingent voidness. 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 [section 2] is void on the date of the determination of invalidity

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NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. This act is effective on passage and approval.

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