2-15-1523. Ground water assessment steering committee. (1) There is a ground water assessment steering committee consisting of an employee of each of the following state agencies that have responsibility for ground water protection, management, or information. The member must be appointed by the head of the respective state agency:
(a) the department of natural resources and conservation;
(b) the department of environmental quality;
(c) the department of agriculture; and
(d) the Montana state library, natural resource information system.
(2) The ground water assessment steering committee may include representatives of the following agencies and units of government with expertise or management responsibility related to ground water and representatives of the organizations and groups specified in subsection (2)(h), who shall serve as ex officio members:
(a) the legislative services division;
(b) the board of oil and gas conservation;
(c) the Montana bureau of mines and geology;
(d) a unit of the university system, other than the Montana bureau of mines and geology, appointed by the board of regents of higher education for the Montana university system;
(e) a county government, appointed by an organization of Montana counties;
(f) a city, town, or city-county government, appointed by an organization of Montana cities and towns;
(g) each principal federal agency that has responsibility for ground water protection, management, or research, appointed by the Montana head of the respective federal agency; and
(h) one representative of each of the following, appointed by the governor:
(i) agricultural water users;
(ii) industrial water users;
(iii) a conservation or ecological protection organization; and
(iv) the development community.
(3) The ground water assessment steering committee shall elect a presiding officer from its voting members.
(4) The Montana bureau of mines and geology shall provide staff support to the committee.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 769, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 436, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 2. Government Structure and Administration
Chapter 15. Executive Branch Officers and Agencies
2-15-1501. State board of education
2-15-1502. through 2-15-1504 reserved
2-15-1505. Board of regents of higher education
2-15-1506. Commissioner of higher education
2-15-1507. Board of public education
2-15-1508. Appointments to board of public education and board of regents -- conditions -- vacancy
2-15-1509. and 2-15-1510 reserved
2-15-1511. Agencies allocated to state board of education
2-15-1512. Boards and offices associated with state historical society
2-15-1513. Montana arts council
2-15-1514. State library commission -- natural resource data system advisory committee
2-15-1515. Commission on federal higher education programs
2-15-1516. Fertilizer advisory committee
2-15-1518. Director of fire services training school
2-15-1519. Fire services training advisory council
2-15-1521. Cultural and aesthetic projects advisory committee
2-15-1522. Certification standards and practices advisory council
2-15-1523. Ground water assessment steering committee
2-15-1525. Seed laboratory advisory board -- duties
2-15-1526. through 2-15-1529 reserved
2-15-1530. Montana university system interunit benefits advisory committee -- composition