Legislative Council Staff Reports

Legislative Council Lead Staff:

Lois Menzies, Executive Director
Legislative Services Division
Phone: (406) 444-3064
e-mail:lomenzies@mt.gov
FAX number: (406) 444 - 3036

Staff Reports:

The following staff reports have been presented to or prepared for presentation to the Legislative Council during the current biennium:

• 1999 Interim Study Poll
• Summary of the August 1999 planning session
• List of strategic issues priorities established in September 1999
• A preliminary discussion of possible strategies for the civic education strategic issue
• Televising the Legislature: Bright Idea or Dim Prospect?
• A Member's Guide to the Legislative Council
• TvMT: The Montana Channel -- A work plan outline for the broadcasting study
• Developing Legislator Education Strategies for the Montana Legislative Council
•  Appendix to Legislator Education Strategies above: Western States New Legislator Orientation Programs 1998 -- 1999 (a large .tif file)
• House Bill No. 339 Study on the Necessity of Judicial Redistricting DRAFT Study Plan
• Preliminary 1999 District Court Caseload and Population Statistics and Information Packet on Judicial Redistricting  Attachments: 1 (district map) 2 (99 county pop est  3 (Map pop % change 90-99)  4 (Map pop density 99) 5 (99 dispositions/judge) 6 (99 county dispositions) 7 (99 county filings) 8 & 9 (survey questions and outlier districts +/- 25%) 10 (lease car information) 11 (judiciary service stats)
• Request to Develop Options for Participation in the Redistricting Data Program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census
• Montana Legislative Services Publications Update January 24, 2000
• Progress Report -- Legislative Council Subcommittee on Public Information: HJR 18 Project -- March 23, 2000
• Implementing Legislator Education Strategies