Montana Legislature (43rd: 1973) records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes minutes of the House Special Committee on Gambling, Wild River Bill (HB 133), and Scenic Rivers; Senate Special Committee on Gambling, Apportionment, and Executive Reorganization; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees; bills and resolutions; journals and status reports of the first and special sessions, interim session, and second regular session. The collection also contains miscellany material including a sponsor list and the Senate Democratic Caucus minutes (re SB 665 [Circuit Breaker] property tax relief bill; SB 264 regarding homestead exemption; SB 266 and SB 248 regarding personal property tax relief; SJR 45 limiting the rate of taxation of real and personal property; SB 27 regarding codification and general revision of the laws relating to the Department of Labor and Industry; HB 699 regarding new limit for general fund budget increases on operation and maintenance of a public school; SB 532 regarding appropriations to Warm Springs; HB 147 requiring that the Department of Revenue be informed of sale price of all properties with the exception of agricultural land; HB 632 requiring an economic impact statement for certain proposed legislation; SB 226 and HB 221 to be combined as a tax package to replace the "Circuit Breaker" bill; HB 305 ["Veteran's Bonus Bill"] to provide $2,500,000 for Montana's Vietnam veterans; SB 696 to create a coal tax account in the trust and legacy fund; SB 614 regarding financing the vocational technology school in Missoula; SB 266 to exempt household goods and personal property from taxation; HB 166, 509, and 517 regarding coal taxation; disallowing appropriations out of the general fund for the Labor Relations Board and thus keeping to the long-range building program; HB 221 to raise income tax exemption; and SB 696 regarding coal taxation).
Dates
- Creation: 1973-1974
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Biographical / Historical
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 43rd Montana Legislature met from January 1st to March 10th, 1973, a Special Session held March 12th through 24th, 1973, and a Second Regular Session held January 7th through March 16th, 1974. The leaders of the Senate in 1973 were Bill Christiansen (D-President), Corine Thiessen (D-President Pro Tempore), Neil Lynch (D-Majority Leader), and Jim Moore (R-Minority Leader), and in 1974 W. Gordon McOmber (D-President), P.J. Keenan (D-President Pro Tempore), Neil Lynch (D-Majority Leader), and Jim Moore (R-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House in 1973 were Harold Gerke (D-Speaker), Walter Laas (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Larry Fasbender (D-Majority Leader), and Oscar Kvaalen (R-Minority Leader), and in 1974 Harold Gerke (D-Speaker), (Speaker Pro Tempore – Vacant), Larry Fasbender (D-Majority Leader), and Oscar Kvaalen (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, http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/Constitution.htm; "Organization of the Montana Legislature," The Montana Legislature, http://www.leg.mt.gov/css/About-the-Legislature/organization.asp; “Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 – Present” http://leg.mt.gov/css/About-the-Legislature/Facts-and-Statistics/leadership-through-history.asp
Extent
17 linear feet
Abstract
Collection contains records (1973-1974) of the Montana 43rd Legislature including minutes of the House Special Committee on Gambling, Wild River Bill (HB 133), and Scenic Rivers; Senate Special Committee on Gambling, Apportionment, and Executive Reorganization; minutes of the Senate Democratic Caucus; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees; House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials; and miscellany of the first and special sessions, interim session, and second regular session.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the three subgroups, Regular and Special Sessions, Interim Session and Second Regular Session.
The subgroup Regular and Special Sessions is organized into four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany. The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into one subseries, Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically). The series House of Representatives is organized into nine 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 ten subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Senate Select 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).
The subgroup Interim Session is organized into these three series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, and Senate. The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into one subseries, Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically). The series House of Representatives is organized into two subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically) and House Special Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically). The series Senate is organized into one subseries, Senate Select Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically).
The subgroup Second Regular Session is organized into four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany. The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into one subseries, Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically). The series House of Representatives is organized into 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), and Subject Index to House Bills (arranged chronologically). The series Senate is organized into eight subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Senate Select 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).
Physical Location
51:8-1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request.
Processing Information
Brian Cockhill and Jeff Cunniff processed the collection in 1979.
- Title
- Guide to the Montana Legislature (43rd: 1973) records, 1973-1974
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Brian Cockhill and Jeff Cunniff, 1979
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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