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Department of Commerce objects to Senate amendment to shrink Heritage Commission
Summary
SB116 would reduce the Montana Heritage Commission from 14 to 9 members and clarify reporting lines; the Department of Commerce opposed a Senate amendment that shifts appointment power to legislative leadership, citing risks to continuity and noting a recent embezzlement investigation into the prior executive director.
Senate Bill 116, sponsored by Senator Tony Tzczak at the House State Administration committee, would reduce the Montana Heritage Commission from 14 members to 9 and clarify the commission's reporting relationships to create stronger checks on the executive director.
Mandy Rambo, deputy director and acting director at the Department of Commerce, testified in opposition to an amendment added in the Senate that would reallocate…
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