A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE PRIMARY ELECTION DATE IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS; AMENDING SECTION 13-1-107, MCA; and PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 13-1-107, MCA, is amended to read:
"13-1-107. Times for holding primary elections -- cost of municipal election. (1) On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June March preceding a general election held in an even-numbered year, a primary election must be held throughout the state.
(2) On the Tuesday following the second Monday in September preceding a general election held in an odd-numbered year, a primary election, if required, must be held throughout the state.
(3) The cost of a municipal election must be paid by the municipality."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Applicability. [This act] applies to the primary election in 2022 and each subsequent even-numbered year.