HOUSE BILL NO. 611

INTRODUCED BY G. GOLIE

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT SUBMITTING THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR LICENSE FEE 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. Issuance of license -- fee. (1) Upon receipt of the fee prescribed in subsection (2), the department shall issue a license to each person who meets the requirements as prescribed in [section 4 of LC 1270]. The license must include the dates of issuance and expiration, a serial number, and the signature of the appropriate department official.

(2) The department shall charge a license fee of $60.

(3) The fee collected pursuant to subsection (2) must be:

(a) deposited in the state special revenue account provided for in [section 7 of LC 1270]; and

(b) used by the department only to meet the administrative costs of [sections 1 through 12 of LC 1270].

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Submission to electorate. This amendment 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 A NEW TAX, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, BE IMPOSED?

[]	FOR imposing a forklift operator license fee of $60.

[]	AGAINST imposing a forklift operator license fee of $60.

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Contingent voidness. (1) If Constitutional Initiative No. 75, enacting Article VIII, section 17, of the Montana constitution, is declared invalid, then this act is void.

(2) If LC 1748 is submitted to and not approved by the electorate, then this act is void.

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. This act is effective July 1, 1999.

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