BACKGROUND Every ten years the cities and towns call for an election on the question of conducting a local government review. (7-3-173, MCA) If the electorate of a city or town approves conducting a review, then the city or town has an election for study commission members. At times the…
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BACKGROUND Realty Transfer Certificates, which are documents required to be filed when recording deeds, contain sales information needed by the Montana Department of Revenue for appraisal purposes. These are considered confidential information and are not presently releasable to the public. ACTION The League will monitor legislation allowing public disclosure of…
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BACKGROUND Currently TSEP funds may be used by a city or town to create quite zones along railroad routes used by coal hauling trains. Primarily the trains hauling coal are on the southern route, but actually there is more overall train traffic on the northern route. Train noise is train…
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BACKGROUND A substantial number of cities have passed ordinances prohibiting driving while using a handheld electronic device. This was done because using handheld devices such as cellphones while driving distracts the driver from being fully attentive to driving. Though these ordinance are consistent in concept, there are differences in the…
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