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Committee hears bill to let agencies quickly dismiss out-of-jurisdiction petitioners
Summary
House Bill 33 would let executive-branch agencies summarily dismiss citizen petitions for rulemaking that fall outside an agency’s legislatively granted rulemaking jurisdiction, aiming to reduce staff time spent processing petitions that must instead be addressed by the Legislature or another agency.
Representative Neil Durham (House District 1) introduced House Bill 33 to amend Montana’s Administrative Procedure Act (MAPPA) so agencies may summarily dismiss citizen-initiated petitions for rulemaking when the petition addresses matters outside an agency’s statutory rulemaking authority. Durham said the request came from the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Jeff Hindoyen, chief legal counsel for Fish, Wildlife & Parks, testified the change would let agencies quickly notify petitioners that their request belongs elsewhere—either…
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