Senate approves $3,700 price tag for citizen ballot measures
The bill would also bar citizens from bringing a ballot measure similar to one proposed in the prior four years.
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The bill would also bar citizens from bringing a ballot measure similar to one proposed in the prior four years.
"Frankly I don't think that I have ever seen a more incompetent and pathetic performance," Rep. John Fitzpatrick said during the hearing.
A bill previously revived was killed off again, and other legislation related to obscene materials, fighting wildfires and reviewing subdivisions moved forward.
Senate Republicans on Monday voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would repeal the Ballot Interference Prevention Act, which was struck down by a Yellowstone County District Court judge in 2020.
The bill combines the Flathead Basin Commission and the Upper Columbia Conservation Commission, or UC3, into the Western Montana Conservation Commission.