SENATE BILL NO. 17
INTRODUCED BY D. MCGEE
BY REQUEST OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ALL LEGISLATION ENACTED DURING A SPECIAL SESSION UNLESS A DIFFERENT TIME IS PRESCRIBED IN THE ENACTING LEGISLATION; AMENDING SECTION 1-2-201, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 1-2-201, MCA, is amended to read:
"1-2-201. Statutes -- effective date. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), or (1)(c), or (1)(d), every statute adopted after January 1, 1981, takes effect on the first day of October following its passage and approval unless a different time is prescribed in the enacting legislation.
(b) Every Subject to subsection (1)(d), every statute providing for appropriation by the legislature for public funds for a public purpose takes effect on the first day of July following its passage and approval unless a different time is prescribed in the enacting legislation.
(c) Every Subject to subsection (1)(d), every statute providing for the taxation of or the imposition of a fee on motor vehicles takes effect on the first day of January following its passage and approval unless a different time is prescribed in the enacting legislation.
(d) Every statute enacted during a special session of the legislature takes effect upon passage and approval unless a different time is prescribed in the enacting legislation.
(2) "Passage", as used in subsection (1), means the enactment into law of a bill, which has passed the legislature, either with or without the approval of the governor, as provided in the constitution."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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