MTLlr46.xml Guide to the Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records 1978-1979 Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records Finding aid prepared by Bill Summers, 1986 Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Montana Historical Society Research Center 2006
Helena, MT
Finding aid encoded by Ellie Arguimbau with assistance by Cuadra Associates 2006 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). September 2017 The electronic finding aid was edited for compliance to DACS 2nd Edition and ArchivesWest Best Practices by April Sparks. An Administrative History was added in addition to an updated Organization Statement. LR 46 Montana. Legislature. Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records 1978-1979 17 linear feet of shelf space 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. 52:2-4 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 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”.

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.

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).

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

Acquisition information available upon request.

Bill Summers processed the collection in 1986.

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. Montana--Politics and government. Twin Bridges (Mont.)--Education Montana Detailed Description of the Collection House and Senate Joint Committees Joint Subcommittee Minutes 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] 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 2 / 13 Select Committee on Employee Compensation 1979 February 8 - April 2 House of Representatives House Standing Committee Minutes 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 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 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 9 / 7-8 Bill nos. 1-70 1979 Status Sheets of House Bills 9 / 9-16 2nd-90th Legislative Days 1979 January 4 - April 20 House Journals 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 10 / 2 Subject index (includes subject index to Senate bills) 1979 March 29 10 / 3 Supplemental subject index 1979 April 19 House Memorial Resolutions 10 / 4 Memorial resolutions 1979 Senate Senate Standing Committee Minutes 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 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 17 / 7 Bill nos. 2 1979 Senate Joint Resolutions 17 / 8 Bill nos. 1-40 1979 Senate Confirmation Resolutions 17 / 9-11 Confirmation resolutions 1979 Status Sheets of Senate Bills 17 / 12-16 2nd-90th Legislative Days 1979 January 4 - April 20 Senate Journals 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 17 / 21 Memorial Resolutions 1979 Miscellany 17 / 22 Sponsor list 1979 April 18