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Mont. Code Ann. § 5-5-229 (2026)

State-Tribal Relations Committee

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  5. 5-5-229 State-tribal relations committee

TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHAPTER 5. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES

Part 2. Organization -- Interim Committees

State-Tribal Relations Committee

5-5-229. State-tribal relations committee. (1) There is a state-tribal relations committee. Except as provided in subsection (2), the committee is treated as an interim committee for the purposes of 5-5-211 through 5-5-214. The committee shall:

(a) act as a liaison with tribal governments;

(b) encourage state-tribal and local government-tribal cooperation;

(c) conduct interim studies as assigned pursuant to 5-5-217; and

(d) provide recommendations and a report, if one is written, in accordance with 5-5-216 for studies completed by the committee.

(2) The composition of the state-tribal relations committee must be as follows:

(a) six members of the house, three from the majority party and three from the minority party; and

(b) four members of the senate, two from the majority party and two from the minority party.

History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 210, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 261, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 432, L. 2023.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Citizens for Balanced Use v. Maurier, 2013 MT 166 (Mont. 2013).
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Citizens for Balanced Use v. Maurier, 2013 MT 166 (Mont. 2013). · cites it 4× “2 Many other examples of express statutory references to tribes exist, including but not limited to: §§ 2-15-141 to 143, MCA (directing state agencies in implementing policies that “have direct tribal implications”); § 2-15-3112, MCA (livestock loss mitigation programs apply on…”
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