Category: Legislature 2007
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Hodgepodge
If a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/20/news/state/62-tax.txt">local option sales tax</a> is such a good thing, why not just make life easy and make it a state wide sales tax? That way everybody can get involved in the thing. Making it local option just gives certain areas the choice to build that fence tighter and tighter while building different…
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Be Careful What You Want
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/18/news/state/33-foster.txt" >Lawmaker wants parents' values respected in foster care</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A lawmaker wants children to be raised with their parents' values, even when the children are in foster care.<br />n<br />nHouse Majority Leader Michael Lange, R-Billings, told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that his bill would require the state to prepare…
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Useless Thoughts
Some things that quickly caught my eye.<br />n<br />nWhen did the Doomsday Clock, which was used to show the threat of a nuclear cataclysm, begin to be used to show <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_DOOMSDAY_CLOCK?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">environmental catastrophe</a>? I was not aware of this change, not that I'm in the loop on this one. It seems like an………interesting change.<br />n<br…
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Headlights
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/17/news/state/56-headlights.txt" >Senator wants headlights on</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Sen. Sam Kitzenberg wants all motorists in the state to drive with their headlights on all the time, but he knows many Montanans don't like being told what to do.<br />n<br />nSo his proposed law makes it optional.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI have earlier <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2356-Headlights-SB-194.html">stated my opinion</a> on this…
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Status Quo
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/16/news/state/54-bill.txt" >Governor, developers split on bill</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>If Montana is going to develop more of its wind, coal, oil and gas, it will need ways to move energy products beyond its borders, and a new state board or authority can help encourage new power lines and pipelines, supporters of the idea said Monday.<br />n<br…
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Hearing Aid Coverage SB 151
Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0151.htm" >SB 151</a><br />n<br />nMandatory hearing aid coverage in…
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Energy Authority HB 114
Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0114.htm">HB 114</a><br />n<br />nEstablish Montana energy transmission and transportation…
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Enhanced Wireless 911 HB 27
Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0027.htm">HB 27</a><br />n<br />nEstablish wireless enhanced 9-1-1 system<br />n<br…
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Candidates Live In District HB 103
Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0103.htm">HB 103</a><br />n<br />nAmend constitution to revise qualifications for…