Senate bill NO. 443
INTRODUCED
BY C. Friedel, J. Cohenour
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ADDING A MISDEMEANOR PROBATION OFFICER TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE MONTANA PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL; AMENDING SECTION 44-4-402, MCA; and providing an immediate effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 44-4-402, MCA, is amended to read:
"44-4-402. Membership -- composition. (1) The council consists of no more than 13 voting members appointed by the governor in accordance with 2-15-124 and as provided in this section.
(2) Membership must include but is not limited to:
(a) one state government law enforcement representative;
(b) one chief of police, who may be appointed based on recommendations from the Montana association of chiefs of police;
(c) one sheriff, who may be appointed based on recommendations from the Montana sheriffs and peace officers association;
(d) one representative from the department of corrections established in 2-15-2301;
(e) one local law enforcement officer in a nonadministrative position, who may be appointed based on recommendations from the Montana police protective association;
(f) one detention center administrator or detention officer;
(g) one Montana-certified tribal law enforcement representative;
(h) one county attorney, who may be appointed based on recommendations from the Montana county attorneys association;
(i) two members of the board of crime control established in 2-15-2008;
(j) one misdemeanor probation officer, as defined in 46-23-1001, who is certified by the Montana public safety officer standards and training council and who may be appointed based on recommendations from an association representing misdemeanor probation officers; and
(j)(k) three two Montana citizens at large who are informed and experienced in the subject of law enforcement."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.