{"data":{"id":"us-mt/2-4-402","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"2-4-402","heading":"Powers of committees -- duty to review rules.","body":"(1) The administrative rule review committees shall review all proposed rules filed with the secretary of state.\n(2) Subject to 2-4-112, the appropriate administrative rule review committee may:\n(a) request and obtain an agency's rulemaking records for the purpose of reviewing compliance with 2-4-305;\n(b) prepare written recommendations for the adoption, amendment, or rejection of a rule and submit those recommendations to the department proposing the rule and submit oral or written testimony at a rulemaking hearing;\n(c) require that a rulemaking hearing be held in accordance with the provisions of 2-4-302 through 2-4-305;\n(d) institute, intervene in, or otherwise participate in proceedings involving this chapter in the state and federal courts and administrative agencies;\n(e) review the incidence and conduct of administrative proceedings under this chapter.","path":["TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT","Part 4. Legislative Review of Rules"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0020/chapter_0040/part_0040/section_0020/0020-0040-0040-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:42:43Z","sha256":"a442d420f7cd3b433707c9e3c0fef4e5b4d8512bb4e4606b976fe48854a32f49","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/2-4-401","next":"us-mt/2-4-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}