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Montana bill would let agencies summarily dismiss citizen rulemaking petitions outside their jurisdiction
Summary
Representative Neil Durham introduced House Bill 33 to let agencies summarily dismiss citizen petitions that concern matters outside the agencies' legislative rulemaking authority.
Representative Neil Durham introduced House Bill 33 to the House State Administration Committee, saying the measure would amend the citizen petition provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act to allow agencies to decline petitions that do not concern matters within their statutory rule‑making authority.
The change would amend MCA 2‑4‑315 (citizen petitions for rulemaking), Representative Durham said, and was requested by the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. "This bill is going to amend that to essentially say that if it's not within their purview or their jurisdiction, that they can't make a…
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