Montana Historical Society
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LR 45
Montana. Legislature.
Montana Legislature (45th: 1977) records
1976-1977
17 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains records (1976-1977) of the Montana 45th
Legislature including minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; report
of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee on Fire Laws; minutes and reports of House and
Senate standing committees; House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint
resolutions and memorials; and miscellany. [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map case]
52:1-4
English
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 45th Montana Legislature met from January 3rd to April 19th, 1977. The leaders of the Senate were W. Gordon McOmber (D-President), Corine Thiessen (D-President Pro Tempore), Terry Murphy (D-Majority Leader), and Jean Turnage (R-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were John Driscoll (D-Speaker), Joe Brand (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Peter “Mike” Meloy (D-Majority Leader), and Bob Marks (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”.
Collection includes minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; report
of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee on Fire Laws; minutes and reports of House and
Senate standing committees; and House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint
resolutions and memorials. The collection also contains miscellany material including
exhibits from the Inland Forest Resource Council, Montana Job Service, Department of Health
and Environmental Sciences, Montana Criminal Law Information Research Center (HB 142), State
Tax Appeal Board, and Indian culture in education (including "Training of Indian Educators
in a Public School and College Setting"); report of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee
on Fire Laws; and a sponsor list of legislation.
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 two subseries, 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 six subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), House Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), House Journals (arranged chronologically), and Subject Index to House Bills (arranged chronologically.
The series Senate is organized into these seven 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), Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), Senate Journals (arranged chronologically), and Subject Index to Senate Bills (arranged chronologically).
Collection is open for research.
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.
[item description and date]. Montana Legislature (45th: 1977) records, 1976-1977.
Legislative Records 45. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Ellie Arguimbau processed the collection in 1979.
OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map case
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Committees--Montana.
Wine and wine making--Law and legislation.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Committee Minutes
1 / 1-4
Appropriations: Education
1977 January 10 - April 6
1 / 5-12
Appropriations: Elected Officials
1977 January 11 - April 8
1 / 13-17
Appropriations: Executive Agencies I (including:
Workers Compensation, Employment Security, Human Rights, Community Affairs, Health
and Environmental Sciences, Public Service Commission, Business Regulation)
1977 January 10 - March 18
1 / 18
Appropriations: Executive Agencies II (including
Professional and Occupational Licensing, Agriculture, Livestock, State Lands)
1977 January 10-28
1 / 19
Appropriations: Executive Agencies II (including
Fish and Game, Natural Resources)
1977 January 24 - March 17
1 / 20-21
Appropriations: Executive Agencies II (Social and
Rehabilitation Services)
1977 February 7 - March 16
1 / 22
Appropriations: Institutions
1977 January 10 - March 19
2 / 1-4
Appropriations: Institutions (including reports
in support of minutes by institution)
1977
2 / 5-9
Long Range Building
1977 February 12 - April 19
2 / 10
Priorities
1977 April 6-20
[for Joint House and Senate Rules Committee
minutes see Senate Rules Committee minutes]
Special Joint Committee Minutes
[for Legislative Branch Subcommittee
Recommendations of the Elected Officials Subcommittee see Joint Appropriations
Committee minutes]
[for Agency I Subcommittee report see Joint
Appropriations and House Appropriations Committee minutes]
2 / 11-12
Select Committee on Employee Compensation
1977 February 1 - April 18
House Of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
2 / 13-14
Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation
1977 January 6 - April 15
2 / 15-19
Appropriations
1977 January 4 - March 11
3 / 1-4
Appropriations
1977 March 11-15
4 / 1
Appropriations (includes questionaires on HB 725
regarding Veteran's Retirement Center in Twin Bridges)
1977 March 15
4 / 2-3
Appropriations
1977 March 16-18
4 / 4-5
Appropriations (combined meeting with Senate
Finance and Claims Committee)
1977 March 21-24
4 / 6-10
Appropriations
1977 March 25 - April 19
4 / 11-20
Business and Industry
1977 January 5 - March 23
5 / 1-3
Business and Industry
1977 March 24 - April 11
5 / 4-12
Education
1977 January 5 - April 14
5 / 13
Fish and Game
1977 January 4 - March 17
5 / 14-17
Highways and Transportation
1977 January 6 - April 11
5 / 18-19
Judiciary
1977 January 4-19
6 / 1-2
Judiciary
1977 January 21 - February 14
7 / 1-2
Judiciary
1977 February 15 - April 14
7 / 3-4
Judiciary: Subcommittee on Water
1977 January 11 - March 25
7 / 5-8
Labor and Employment Relations
1977 January 5 - March 14
7 / 9
Legislative Administration
1976 December 16 - 1977 February 23
7 / 10-11
Local Government
1977 January 4-22
7 / 12
Local Government (includes transcript of hearing
on HB 122 regarding revision of county and municipal government laws, and enacting
local government code)
1977 January 22
7 / 13-18
Local Government
1977 January 24 - April 12
7 / 19-21
Natural Resources
1977 January 7 - February 9
8 / 1-4
Natural Resources
1977 February 10 - March 30
8 / 5
Natural Resources (including subcommittees on
energy conversion and extraction, Montana energy and resources, and conservation
and public participation)
1977 April 5-16
8 / 6-11
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety
1977 January 6 - April 12
8 / 12-15
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety: Subcommittee
on Problems of the Elderly
1977 January 5 - April 1
8 / 16
Rules
1997 January 4 - April 19
8 / 17-21
State Administration
1977 January 4 - February 9
9 / 1-4
State Administration
1977 February 10 - April 6
9 / 5-17
Taxation
1977 January 4 - April 16
House Bills
9 / 18-20
Bill nos. 1-30
1977
10 / 1-22
Bill nos. 31-350
1977
11 / 1-21
Bill nos. 351-842
1977
House Resolutions
12 / 1-6
Bill nos. 1-106
1977
Status Sheets of House Bills
12 / 7-14
1st-90th Legislative Days
1977
House Journals
12 / 15-18
1st-90th Legislative Days
1977 January 3 - April 19
Subject Index to House Bills
12 / 19
Subject index
1977 February 28
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
12 / 20-21
Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation
1977 January 10 - February 25
13 / 1
Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (includes
subcommittee on HB 809 regarding water rights)
1977 March 4-31
13 / 2
Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
1977 April 4-11
13 / 3-4
Business and Industry
1977 January 4 - February 7
13 / 5-20
Business and Industry (includes petitions
regarding selling of wine in grocery and drug stores)
1977 February 3
14 / 1
Business and Industry (includes petitions
regarding selling of wine in grocery and drug stores)
1977 February 3
14 / 2-5
Business and Industry
1977 February 8 - April 7
14 / 6-15
Education
1977 January 6 - April 18
14 / 16-17
Finance and Claims
1977 January 5-12
15 / 1-9
Finance and Claims
1977 January 12 - April 12
16 / 1-4
Finance and Claims (including petitions on HB 250
regarding control of air pollution in Missoula Valley)
1977 April 12
16 / 5-6
Finance and Claims
1977 April 13-19
16 / 7-9
Fish and Game
1977 January 7 - April 11
16 / 10-14
Highways and Transportation
1977 January 6 - April 15
16 / 15-22
Judiciary
1977 January 4 - February 15
17 / 1-5
Judiciary [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: map case]
1977 February 16 - April 19
17 / 6-8
Labor and Employment Relations
1977 January 10 - March 23
17 / 9
Legislative Administration
1976 December 16 - 1977 April 19
17 / 10-13
Local Government
1977 January 5 - April 11
17 / 14-19
Natural Resources
1977 January 11 - April 14
17 / 20-21
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety
1977 January 6 - February 24
18 / 1-4
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety
1977 March 3 - April 16
18 / 5
Rules (including Joint Rules Committee)
1977 January 3 - April 19
18 / 6-15
State Administration
1977 January 5 - April 19
18 / 16-24
Taxation
1977 January 4 - April 18
Senate Bills
19 / 1-17
Bill nos. 1-350
1977
20 / 1-4
Bill nos. 351-450
1977
Senate Resolutions
20 / 5
Bill nos. 1-11
1977
Senate Joint Resolutions
20 / 6-7
Bill nos. 1-50
1977
Status Sheets of Senate Bills
21 / 1-5
1st-90th Legislative Days
1977 January 3- April 19
Senate Journals
21 / 6-7
1st-60th Legislative Days
1977 January 3 - March 15
22 / 1-2
61st-90th Legislative Records
1977 March 16 - April 19
Subject Index to Senate Bills
22 / 3
Subject index with supplement
1977 April 8-19
Miscellany
22 / 4-5
Exhibits: Inland Forest Resource Council, Montana
Job Service, land use laws, home health care, medical malpractice, Department of
Health and Environmental Sciences, Regulatory Lag, coal in McCone County, Montana
Criminal Law Information Research Center (HB 142), local government, grizzly
bears, State Tax Appeal Board, taxation, board of examiners, school finance,
Indian culture in education (including "Training of Indian Educators in a Public
School and College Setting")
22 / 6
Report of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee
on Fire Laws
1976 December
22 / 7
Sponsor list of legislation
1977 April 20
Hearing of Governor's Appointees: includes Ket
Kleinkopf, Director of Business Regulation, January 21, 77; Harold Fryslie, Director
of Department of Community Affairs, January 21, 1977; John Orth, Director of DNRC,
January 24, 77; George Lackman, Commissioner of Agriculture, January 24, 1977; Jack
Crosser, Department of Administration, January 31, 1977; William Hunt, Worker's
Compensation Judge, January 31, 1977; Lawrence Zanto, Director of Department of
Institutions, January 28, 1977; Dr. Robert Wambach, Director of Fish and Game, January
31, 1977 and April 1, 1977; and J.J. Klabunde, Fish and Game, April 8, 1977.
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1977 January 21 - April 8