Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records

Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records, 1978-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Montana. Legislature.
Title: Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records
Dates: 1978-1979 (inclusive)
19781979
Quantity: 17 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number: LR 46
Summary: Collection contains records (1978-1979) of the Montana 46th Legislature including minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; minutes of House Special Committee on Prisons and Water; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees, including a poll on the future of the Montana Children's Center at Twin Bridges; House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials; and miscellany.
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Montana State Legislature is made up of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Constitution of Montana limits the size of the Senate to no fewer than 40 and no more than 50 members and the size of the House of Representatives to no fewer than 80 and no more than 100 members. Each house is responsible for choosing its officers, creating committees and establishing its own rules. The Montana Legislature meets for 90 days every odd numbered year, beginning the first Monday in January, or the following Wednesday if the first Monday is New Years Day. The first State Legislature convened on November 23, 1889, fifteen days after Montana became a state. Each following Legislature has been numbered sequentially.

The 46th Montana Legislature met from January 3rd to April 20th, 1979. The leaders of the Senate were William Mathers (R-President), Allen Kolstad (R-President Pro Tempore), Stan Stephens (R-Majority Leader), and Chet Baylock (D-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were Harold Gerke (D-Speaker), Joe Brand (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Ann Mary Dussault (D-Majority Leader), and Jack Ramirez (R-Minority Leader).

Sources:The Constitution of the State of Montana as adopted by the Constitutional Convention March 22, 1972, and as ratified by the people, June 6, 1972, referendum no. 68, "A GUIDE TO THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE," The Montana Legislature,; “Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 – Present”.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection includes minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; minutes of House Special Committee on Prisons and Water; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees, including a poll on the future of the Montana Children's Center at Twin Bridges; and House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials. The collection also contains miscellany material including a sponsor list.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

[item description and date]. Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records, 1978-1979. Legislative Records 46. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives. Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany.

The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into these three subseries, Joint Subcommittee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), and Special Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically).

The series House of Representatives is organized into these eight subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Special Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), House Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), House Journals (arranged chronologically), Subject Index to House Bills (arranged chronologically), and House Memorial Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number).

The series Senate is organized into these nine subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Senate Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Confirmation Resolutions (arranged chronologically), Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), Senate Journals (arranged chronologically), Subject Index to Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), and Senate Memorial Resolutions (arranged chronologically).

Location of Collection

52:2-4

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Processing Note

Bill Summers processed the collection in 1986.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

House and Senate Joint CommitteesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Joint Subcommittee Minutes
Box/Folder
1 / 1-8	Appropriations: Education	1979 January 9 - April 3
1 / 9-14	Appropriations: Human Services	1979 January 10 - March 9
1 / 15-19	Appropriations: Institutions	1979 January 11 - March 7
2 / 1	Appropriations: Institutions	1979 March 8 - April 3
2 / 2-6	Appropriations: Legislative, Judicial and Administrative	1979 January 10 - March 29
2 / 7-8	Appropriations: Long-Range Building	1979 March 5 - April 10
2 / 9-11	Appropriations: Natural Resources	1979 January 10 - March 8
	Joint Committee Minutes
	[see Joint Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims Committee minutes under House of Representatives Appropriations Committee minutes]
	[see Joint Legislative Administration Committee minutes under House of Representatives Legislative Committee minutes]
Box/Folder
2 / 12	Rules	1979 January 9 - April 19
	[see Joint State Administration Committee minutes under House of Representatives State Administration Committee minutes]
	[see Joint House of Representatives Select Water Committee and Senate Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation Committee minutes under House of Representatives Select Committee on Water minutes]
	Special Joint Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
2 / 13	Select Committee on Employee Compensation	1979 February 8 - April 2

House of RepresentativesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	House Standing Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
2 / 14-15	Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation	1979 January 8 - March 30
2 / 16	Appropriations	1979 January 4 - March 6
2 / 17-18	Appropriations (includes Joint Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims Committee)	1979 March 10-16
2 / 19-20	Appropriations	1979 March 17-19
3 / 1-5	Appropriations	1979 March 20 - April 7
3 / 6	Appropriations (includes Joint Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims Committee)	1979 April 11-20
3 / 7-13	Business and Industry	1979 January 5 - March 13
3 / 14-19	Business and Industry (petitions in favor of SB 99 to keep table wine in state liquor stores)	1979 January
4 / 1	Education	1979 January 5-31
4 / 2	Education (includes joint hearing with Senate Education Committee on HB 219)	1979 February 2-5
4 / 3-7	Education	1979 February 7 - March 30
4 / 8-10	Fish and Game	1979 January 9 - April 11
4 / 11-12	Highways and Transportation	1979 January 16 - March 22
4 / 13-16	Human Services	1979 January 5 - March 8
4 / 17-19	Judiciary	1979 January 4-31
4 / 20-21	Judiciary (includes testimony on HB 452)	1979 February 1-5
5 / 1-5	Judiciary	1979 February 6 - April 18
5 / 6-9	Labor and Employment Relations	1979 January 9 - March 8
5 / 10	Legislative Administration (includes Joint House and Senate Legislative Administration Committee, April 10, 1979)	1978 December 15 - 1979 April 10
5 / 11-16	Local Government	1979 January 4 - April 18
5 / 17	Local Government: Subcommittee on HB 45; Subcommittee on HB 46; Subcommittee on HB 56; Subcommittee on HB 61; Subcommittee on HB 81	1979 January 12 - March 13
5 / 18-19	Natural Resources	1979 January 8 - February 14
6 / 1-6	Natural Resources	1979 February 16 - April 9
6 / 7	Rules	1979 January 5 - April 13
6 / 8	State Administration (includes Joint House-Senate Committee, January 11, 1979)	1979 January 8-16
6 / 9-14	State Administration	1979 January 17 - April 10
6 / 15-20	Taxation	1979 January 4 - March 2
7 / 1-6	Taxation	1979 March 8 - April 19
	House Special Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
7 / 7	Select Committee on Prisons	1979 January 23 - April 18
7 / 8	Select Committee on Water (includes House Committee minutes of joint hearings of the House Select Water Committee and the Senate Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation Committee, regarding SB 76, adjudication of water rights, January 19, 1979)	1979 January 19 - February 2
7 / 9	Select Committee on Water (includes Subcommittee on SB 76, March 30 - April 3, 1979)	1979 February 7 - April 19
	House Bills
Box/Folder
7 / 10-20	Bill nos. 1-250	1979
8 / 1-21	Bill nos. 251-800	1979
9 / 1-6	Bill nos. 801-927	1979
	House Joint Resolutions
Box/Folder
9 / 7-8	Bill nos. 1-70	1979
	Status Sheets of House Bills
Box/Folder
9 / 9-16	2nd-90th Legislative Days	1979 January 4 - April 20
	House Journals
Box/Folder
9 / 17-19	1st-75th Legislative Days	1979 January 3 - April 2
10 / 1	76th-90th Legislative Days	1979 April 3-20
	Subject Index to House Bills
Box/Folder
10 / 2	Subject index (includes subject index to Senate bills)	1979 March 29
10 / 3	Supplemental subject index	1979 April 19
	House Memorial Resolutions
Box/Folder
10 / 4	Memorial resolutions	1979

SenateReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Senate Standing Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
10 / 5	Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (includes Senate minutes of a joint hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Committee and the House Select Committee on Water, January 19, 1979)	1979 January 8-24
10 / 6-7	Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation	1979 January 26 - April 4
10 / 8-16	Business and Industry	1979 January 10 - April 2
10 / 17-22	Education	1979 January 5 - March 21
10 / 23-26	Finance and Claims	1979 January 8 - March 3
11 / 1-10	Finance and Claims	1979 March 8 - April 19
11 / 11-20	Finance and Claims (future disposition of Twin Bridges Children's Center poll: Alder-Dillon)	1979 January 9
12 / 1-15	Finance and Claims (future disposition of Twin Bridges Children's Center poll: Drummond-Wise River)	1979 January 9
12 / 16	Finance and Claims (future disposition of Twin Bridges Children's Center poll: out-of-state)	1979 January 9
12 / 17	Finance and Claims (future disposition of Twin Bridges Children's Center poll: no location given)	1979 January 9
12 / 18	Finance and Claims (future disposition of Twin Bridges Children's Center poll: choices other than veterans' home)	1979 January 9
12 / 19	Finance and Claims (future disposition of Twin Bridges Children's Center poll: more than one choice or no choice indicated)	1979 January 9
12 / 20-23	Fish and Game	1979 January 5 - April 17
13 / 1-4	Highways and Transportation	1979 January 6 - March 17
13 / 5-17	Judiciary	1979 January 5 - April 19
13 / 18-21	Labor and Employment Relations	1979 January 6 - April 18
13 / 22	Legislative Administrative	1978 December 1 - 1979 April 19
14 / 1-8	Local Government	1979 January 5 - April 11
14 / 9-14	Natural Resources	1979 January 8 - April 7
14 / 15-19	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety	1979 January 5 - February 19
14 / 20	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety (petitions to legalize laetrile in Montana)	1979 February 16
14 / 21-22	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety	1979 February 28 - March 12
15 / 1	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety	1979 March 14-16
15 / 2	Rules	1979 January 5 - April 17
15 / 3-10	State Administration	1979 January 6 - April 18
15 / 11-17	Taxation	1979 January 9 - April 19
	Senate Bills
Box/Folder
15 / 18-21	Bill nos. 1-45	1979
16 / 1-22	Bill nos. 46-400	1979
17 / 1-6	Bill nos. 401-525	1979
	Senate Resolutions
Box/Folder
17 / 7	Bill nos. 2	1979
	Senate Joint Resolutions
Box/Folder
17 / 8	Bill nos. 1-40	1979
	Senate Confirmation Resolutions
Box/Folder
17 / 9-11	Confirmation resolutions	1979
	Status Sheets of Senate Bills
Box/Folder
17 / 12-16	2nd-90th Legislative Days	1979 January 4 - April 20
	Senate Journals
Box/Folder
17 / 17-20	1st-90th Legislative Days	1979 January 3 - April 20
	Subject Index to Senate Bills
	[see Subject Index to House Bills]
	Senate Memorial Resolutions
Box/Folder
17 / 21	Memorial Resolutions	1979

MiscellanyReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
17 / 22	Sponsor list	1979 April 18

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