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Montana Statutes § 13-27-311 Publication of proposed constitutional initiatives and constitutional referendums

⤴ Up to Part 3: Submission and Processing of Petitions

Statute Text

(1) If a constitutional initiative is submitted to the people, the secretary of state shall have the proposed constitutional initiative published in full twice each month for 2 months prior to the election at which it is to be voted upon by the people in not less than one newspaper of general circulation in each county.
(2)
(a) For a proposed constitutional referendum, the secretary of state may arrange for newspaper publication or radio or television broadcast of the constitutional referendum in each county.
(b) The ballot statements reviewed or prepared by the attorney general for the constitutional referendum, as described in 13-27-220 , are sufficient for the publication allowed by this subsection (2) and should be made at least twice each month for 2 months prior to the election.
(c) The secretary of state shall select the method of notification that the secretary of state believes is best suited to reach the largest number of potential electors.

History

Amended by Laws 2023 , Ch. 647 , Sec. 38 , eff. 5/19/2023 .

Amended by Laws 2017 , Ch. 368 , Sec. 30 , eff. 1/1/2018 .

En. Sec. 12, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 342, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 365, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-2802; amd. Sec. 213, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 297, L. 2009.

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