SB 12: Eliminate board of county printing and transfer duties to Dept of Administration - Montana

SB0012_2(11).pdf → SB0012_X.pdf · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill eliminates the independent Board of County Printing and transfers its duties to the Department of Administration. It establishes new rules for setting maximum prices for county legal advertising, mandates annual price adjustments based on inflation, and repeals the old board's charter and meeting requirements.

Scope change

The bill changes the governing body for county legal advertising from an independent 'Board of County Printing' to the 'Department of Administration'.

DEFINITION

The independent Board of County Printing is eliminated and its functions are transferred to the Department of Administration.

REQUIREMENT

The board (now the Department of Administration) must set maximum prices for legal ads at $14 per folio for the first insertion and $12 for subsequent insertions.

County commissioners must verify that printed ads were published on ordered dates, in the approved style, and at or below the maximum price.

The old requirement for the board to hold meetings is repealed.

The Department of Administration is prohibited from setting maximum prices for printed county forms.

TIMELINE

Maximum prices must be adjusted annually on March 1 using the lower of a 2% inflation factor or the actual Consumer Price Index.

SB0012_2(3).pdf → SB0012_2(4).pdf · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill replaces the old 'Board of County Printing' with a new 'board department' and shifts authority from a county-level board to a state-level department. The changes mandate that the state department set maximum prices for legal ads and publish them as rules, while requiring county commissioners to enforce these price caps and verify that advertisements meet specific state standards for font and style. Additionally, the bill repeals the previous laws governing the county printing board and its compensation, effectively ending the old system.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope from a local county-level printing board to a state-level department, changing who sets prices and who enforces them.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced the 'Board of county printing' with a new 'board department' responsible for setting and publishing maximum prices for legal advertising.

Added a requirement for county commissioners to verify that legal ads are published on correct dates, in the approved style, and do not exceed state-set maximum prices.

Mandated that the state department establish specific standards for typeface, size, and style for all county legal advertising.

SCOPE

Repealed the existing laws governing the county printing board, its meetings, and the compensation of its members.

ENFORCEMENT

Empowered the state department to publish price schedules as official rules and required counties to distribute these schedules to local commissioners.

SB0012_1(6).pdf → SB0012_2.pdf · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill replaces the old Board of County Printing with a new 'board department' to oversee county legal advertising. It establishes specific maximum prices for ads ($14 for the first insertion and $12 for subsequent ones) and mandates that these prices be automatically adjusted annually by at least 2% or the actual inflation rate. The bill also repeals the old rules governing the Board of County Printing and its members.

Scope change

The scope shifted from a specific 'Board of County Printing' to a broader 'board department', and the pricing rules now explicitly apply to 'county legal advertising' with defined caps.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced the old Board of County Printing with a new 'board department' responsible for setting and enforcing advertising standards.

Set a fixed maximum price of $14 for the first ad insertion and $12 for any subsequent insertions.

Added a requirement for the department to publish adjusted prices as a formal rule.

ADDED

Mandated an annual price adjustment mechanism based on a 2% minimum or the actual Consumer Price Index.

ELIGIBILITY

Repealed the sections governing the composition, meetings, and compensation of the old Board of County Printing.

LC0277.pdf → SB0012_1.pdf · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 0277 to SB 12 and updated with an 'Authorized Print Version' header, indicating a formal transition from a committee draft to the official Senate version. The substantive text regarding the board department's duty to provide price schedules to county commissioners remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 0277 to SB 12, and the footer was updated to reflect the official Senate bill designation.

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