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HOUSE BILL NO. 430

INTRODUCED BY L. SHELDON-GALLOWAY

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING A REFERENDUM TO CREATE MONTANA DAYLIGHT TIME; PROVIDING THAT THE PROPOSED ACT BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA; PROVIDING THAT THE PROPOSED REFERENDUM IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR CONGRESS OF THE TRANSFER OF THE STATE OF MONTANA FROM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME TO CENTRAL STANDARD TIME; AND PROVIDING A CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE."

 

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

 

     NEW SECTION.  Section 1.  Montana daylight time. The uniform time within the state shall be coordinated universal time offset by 6 hours throughout the year. The uniform time within the state shall be known as Montana daylight time.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Section 2.  Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 30, and the provisions of Title 30 apply to [section 1].

 

     NEW SECTION.  Section 3.  Contingent effective date. If approved by the electorate, [this act] is effective on the later of:

     (1) approval by the electorate; or

     (2) when the United States department of transportation pursuant to the department's authority in 15 U.S.C. 260, et seq. or the congress of the United States approves the state of Montana's transfer from mountain standard time to central standard time.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Section 4.  Submission to electorate. [This act] shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the general election to be held in November 2020 by printing on the ballot the full title of [this act] and the following:

     []      YES

     []      NO

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