HOUSE BILL NO. 218

INTRODUCED BY S. ROSE

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT INCREASING THE INITIAL LICENSE FEE FOR FACILITIES THAT MANUFACTURE OR DISTRIBUTE COMMERCIAL FEED IN OR INTO MONTANA TO $75; SUBMITTING THE FEE INCREASE TO THE ELECTORATE; PROVIDING A CONTINGENT VOIDNESS PROVISION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."

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

NEW SECTION. Section 1. License fee -- new application. A license application for a new license issued under 80-9-201 must be accompanied by a license fee of $75.

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Submission to electorate. This act shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana, as provided in Title 13, chapter 1, MCA, 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 LICENSE FEE TAX FOR NEW APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS A COMMERCIAL FEED MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR BE INCREASED ANNUALLY BY $50, IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER?

[]	FOR establishing the license fee for applicants for a new license as a commercial feed manufacturer or distributor at $75.

[]	AGAINST establishing the license fee for applicants for a new license as a commercial feed manufacturer or distributor at $75.

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 80, chapter 9, part 2, and the provisions of Title 80, chapter 9, part 2, apply to [section 1].

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Contingent voidness. If Constitutional Initiative No. 75, enacting Article VIII, section 18, of the Montana constitution, is declared invalid, then [sections 2 and 5] are void.

NEW SECTION. Section 5. Effective date. This act is effective upon approval by the electorate.

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