69-1-105. Term of office -- term limits. (1) A term is for a period of 4 years. A commissioner when elected shall qualify at the time and in the manner provided by law for other state officers and shall take office on the first Monday of January after the election.
(2) A commissioner shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified.
(3) The secretary of state or other authorized official may not certify a candidate's nomination or election to the public service commission or print or cause to be printed on any ballot the name of a candidate for the public service commission if, at the end of the current term of that office, the candidate will have served in that office or, had the candidate not resigned or been recalled, would have served in that office for 8 or more years in a 16-year period.
(4) When computing the time served for the purposes of subsection (3), the provisions of subsection (3) do not apply to time served in terms that ended during or prior to January 1995.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 52, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 3879, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3879, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 339, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 70-101(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 271, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 1. Structure and Organization of State Agencies
Part 1. Public Service Commission
69-1-101. Definition of commission
69-1-102. Creation of public service commission
69-1-103. Composition of commission
69-1-104. Public service commission districts
69-1-105. Term of office -- term limits
69-1-107. Presiding officer of commission
69-1-110. Conduct of commission business
69-1-111. Reimbursement for expenses
69-1-112. Prohibition on acceptance of favors from railroads
69-1-113. Removal or suspension of commissioner
69-1-115. Commission recordkeeping and employment of personnel