13-27-305. Retention of copies by county official. The county official certifying the sheets or sections of a petition shall keep a copy of the sheets or sections certified in the official files of the official's office. The copies may be destroyed 3 months after the date of the election specified in the petition unless a court action is pending on the sufficiency of the petition.
History: En. 37-123 by Sec. 9, Ch. 342, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 37-123(2); amd. Sec. 86, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 3. Submission and Processing of Petitions
13-27-301. Submission of petition sheets -- withdrawal of signatures
13-27-302. Certification of signatures
13-27-304. County official to forward verified sheets
13-27-305. Retention of copies by county official
13-27-306. Challenge to signatures by elector of county
13-27-307. Consideration and tabulation of signatures by secretary of state
13-27-308. Certification of petition to governor
13-27-311. Publication of proposed constitutional amendments
13-27-315. Statements by attorney general on issues referred by legislature
13-27-316. Court review of attorney general opinion or approved petitioner statements