Montana Legislature (45th: 1977) records

Montana Legislature (45th: 1977) records, 1976-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Montana. Legislature.
Title: Montana Legislature (45th: 1977) records
Dates: 1976-1977 (inclusive)
19761977
Quantity: 17 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number: LR 45
Summary: Collection contains records (1976-1977) of the Montana 45th Legislature including minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; report of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee on Fire Laws; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees; House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials; and miscellany. [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map case]
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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 45th Montana Legislature met from January 3rd to April 19th, 1977. The leaders of the Senate were W. Gordon McOmber (D-President), Corine Thiessen (D-President Pro Tempore), Terry Murphy (D-Majority Leader), and Jean Turnage (R-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were John Driscoll (D-Speaker), Joe Brand (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Peter “Mike” Meloy (D-Majority Leader), and Bob Marks (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”.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection includes minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; report of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee on Fire Laws; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees; and House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials. The collection also contains miscellany material including exhibits from the Inland Forest Resource Council, Montana Job Service, Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Montana Criminal Law Information Research Center (HB 142), State Tax Appeal Board, and Indian culture in education (including "Training of Indian Educators in a Public School and College Setting"); report of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee on Fire Laws; and a sponsor list of legislation.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

[item description and date]. Montana Legislature (45th: 1977) records, 1976-1977. Legislative Records 45. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives. Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

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 two subseries, 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 six subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), House 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 these seven 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), Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), Senate Journals (arranged chronologically), and Subject Index to Senate Bills (arranged chronologically).

Location of Collection

52:1-4

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Processing Note

Ellie Arguimbau processed the collection in 1979.

Separated Materials

OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map case

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

House and Senate Joint CommitteesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Joint Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
1 / 1-4	Appropriations: Education	1977 January 10 - April 6
1 / 5-12	Appropriations: Elected Officials	1977 January 11 - April 8
1 / 13-17	Appropriations: Executive Agencies I (including: Workers Compensation, Employment Security, Human Rights, Community Affairs, Health and Environmental Sciences, Public Service Commission, Business Regulation)	1977 January 10 - March 18
1 / 18	Appropriations: Executive Agencies II (including Professional and Occupational Licensing, Agriculture, Livestock, State Lands)	1977 January 10-28
1 / 19	Appropriations: Executive Agencies II (including Fish and Game, Natural Resources)	1977 January 24 - March 17
1 / 20-21	Appropriations: Executive Agencies II (Social and Rehabilitation Services)	1977 February 7 - March 16
1 / 22	Appropriations: Institutions	1977 January 10 - March 19
2 / 1-4	Appropriations: Institutions (including reports in support of minutes by institution)	1977
2 / 5-9	Long Range Building	1977 February 12 - April 19
2 / 10	Priorities	1977 April 6-20
	[for Joint House and Senate Rules Committee minutes see Senate Rules Committee minutes]
	Special Joint Committee Minutes
	[for Legislative Branch Subcommittee Recommendations of the Elected Officials Subcommittee see Joint Appropriations Committee minutes]
	[for Agency I Subcommittee report see Joint Appropriations and House Appropriations Committee minutes]
Box/Folder
2 / 11-12	Select Committee on Employee Compensation	1977 February 1 - April 18

House Of Representatives Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	House Standing Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
2 / 13-14	Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation	1977 January 6 - April 15
2 / 15-19	Appropriations	1977 January 4 - March 11
3 / 1-4	Appropriations	1977 March 11-15
4 / 1	Appropriations (includes questionaires on HB 725 regarding Veteran's Retirement Center in Twin Bridges)	1977 March 15
4 / 2-3	Appropriations	1977 March 16-18
4 / 4-5	Appropriations (combined meeting with Senate Finance and Claims Committee)	1977 March 21-24
4 / 6-10	Appropriations	1977 March 25 - April 19
4 / 11-20	Business and Industry	1977 January 5 - March 23
5 / 1-3	Business and Industry	1977 March 24 - April 11
5 / 4-12	Education	1977 January 5 - April 14
5 / 13	Fish and Game	1977 January 4 - March 17
5 / 14-17	Highways and Transportation	1977 January 6 - April 11
5 / 18-19	Judiciary	1977 January 4-19
6 / 1-2	Judiciary	1977 January 21 - February 14
7 / 1-2	Judiciary	1977 February 15 - April 14
7 / 3-4	Judiciary: Subcommittee on Water	1977 January 11 - March 25
7 / 5-8	Labor and Employment Relations	1977 January 5 - March 14
7 / 9	Legislative Administration	1976 December 16 - 1977 February 23
7 / 10-11	Local Government	1977 January 4-22
7 / 12	Local Government (includes transcript of hearing on HB 122 regarding revision of county and municipal government laws, and enacting local government code)	1977 January 22
7 / 13-18	Local Government	1977 January 24 - April 12
7 / 19-21	Natural Resources	1977 January 7 - February 9
8 / 1-4	Natural Resources	1977 February 10 - March 30
8 / 5	Natural Resources (including subcommittees on energy conversion and extraction, Montana energy and resources, and conservation and public participation)	1977 April 5-16
8 / 6-11	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety	1977 January 6 - April 12
8 / 12-15	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety: Subcommittee on Problems of the Elderly	1977 January 5 - April 1
8 / 16	Rules	1997 January 4 - April 19
8 / 17-21	State Administration	1977 January 4 - February 9
9 / 1-4	State Administration	1977 February 10 - April 6
9 / 5-17	Taxation	1977 January 4 - April 16
	House Bills
Box/Folder
9 / 18-20	Bill nos. 1-30	1977
10 / 1-22	Bill nos. 31-350	1977
11 / 1-21	Bill nos. 351-842	1977
	House Resolutions
Box/Folder
12 / 1-6	Bill nos. 1-106	1977
	Status Sheets of House Bills
Box/Folder
12 / 7-14	1st-90th Legislative Days	1977
	House Journals
Box/Folder
12 / 15-18	1st-90th Legislative Days	1977 January 3 - April 19
	Subject Index to House Bills
Box/Folder
12 / 19	Subject index	1977 February 28

SenateReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Senate Standing Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
12 / 20-21	Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation	1977 January 10 - February 25
13 / 1	Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (includes subcommittee on HB 809 regarding water rights)	1977 March 4-31
13 / 2	Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation	1977 April 4-11
13 / 3-4	Business and Industry	1977 January 4 - February 7
13 / 5-20	Business and Industry (includes petitions regarding selling of wine in grocery and drug stores)	1977 February 3
14 / 1	Business and Industry (includes petitions regarding selling of wine in grocery and drug stores)	1977 February 3
14 / 2-5	Business and Industry	1977 February 8 - April 7
14 / 6-15	Education	1977 January 6 - April 18
14 / 16-17	Finance and Claims	1977 January 5-12
15 / 1-9	Finance and Claims	1977 January 12 - April 12
16 / 1-4	Finance and Claims (including petitions on HB 250 regarding control of air pollution in Missoula Valley)	1977 April 12
16 / 5-6	Finance and Claims	1977 April 13-19
16 / 7-9	Fish and Game	1977 January 7 - April 11
16 / 10-14	Highways and Transportation	1977 January 6 - April 15
16 / 15-22	Judiciary	1977 January 4 - February 15
17 / 1-5	Judiciary [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: map case]	1977 February 16 - April 19
17 / 6-8	Labor and Employment Relations	1977 January 10 - March 23
17 / 9	Legislative Administration	1976 December 16 - 1977 April 19
17 / 10-13	Local Government	1977 January 5 - April 11
17 / 14-19	Natural Resources	1977 January 11 - April 14
17 / 20-21	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety	1977 January 6 - February 24
18 / 1-4	Public Health, Welfare, and Safety	1977 March 3 - April 16
18 / 5	Rules (including Joint Rules Committee)	1977 January 3 - April 19
18 / 6-15	State Administration	1977 January 5 - April 19
18 / 16-24	Taxation	1977 January 4 - April 18
	Senate Bills
Box/Folder
19 / 1-17	Bill nos. 1-350	1977
20 / 1-4	Bill nos. 351-450	1977
	Senate Resolutions
Box/Folder
20 / 5	Bill nos. 1-11	1977
	Senate Joint Resolutions
Box/Folder
20 / 6-7	Bill nos. 1-50	1977
	Status Sheets of Senate Bills
Box/Folder
21 / 1-5	1st-90th Legislative Days	1977 January 3- April 19
	Senate Journals
Box/Folder
21 / 6-7	1st-60th Legislative Days	1977 January 3 - March 15
22 / 1-2	61st-90th Legislative Records	1977 March 16 - April 19
	Subject Index to Senate Bills
Box/Folder
22 / 3	Subject index with supplement	1977 April 8-19

MiscellanyReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
22 / 4-5	Exhibits: Inland Forest Resource Council, Montana Job Service, land use laws, home health care, medical malpractice, Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Regulatory Lag, coal in McCone County, Montana Criminal Law Information Research Center (HB 142), local government, grizzly bears, State Tax Appeal Board, taxation, board of examiners, school finance, Indian culture in education (including "Training of Indian Educators in a Public School and College Setting")
22 / 6	Report of the Joint Local Government Subcommittee on Fire Laws	1976 December
22 / 7	Sponsor list of legislation	1977 April 20
	Hearing of Governor's Appointees: includes Ket Kleinkopf, Director of Business Regulation, January 21, 77; Harold Fryslie, Director of Department of Community Affairs, January 21, 1977; John Orth, Director of DNRC, January 24, 77; George Lackman, Commissioner of Agriculture, January 24, 1977; Jack Crosser, Department of Administration, January 31, 1977; William Hunt, Worker's Compensation Judge, January 31, 1977; Lawrence Zanto, Director of Department of Institutions, January 28, 1977; Dr. Robert Wambach, Director of Fish and Game, January 31, 1977 and April 1, 1977; and J.J. Klabunde, Fish and Game, April 8, 1977. [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: MM 15]	1977 January 21 - April 8

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