2021 Montana Code Annotated
Title 13. Elections
Chapter 27. Ballot Issues
Part 2. Form of Petitions
13-27-211. Petitions for initiative -- requirements and limitations

Universal Citation: MT Code § 13-27-211 (2021)

13-27-211. Petitions for initiative -- requirements and limitations. (1) In accordance with Article III, section 4, of the Montana constitution, the text of an initiative may not provide for the appropriation of revenue.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "appropriation" includes but is not limited to the act of designating or setting aside budgetary authority or directly or indirectly incurring a financial obligation with the expectation that a certain amount of money will be expended or directed for a specific use or purpose. The term also includes increasing or expanding eligibility to a government program.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 554, L. 2021.

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