{"data":{"id":"us-mt/5-2-501","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"5-2-501","heading":"Declaration of policy and purpose.","body":"It is the public policy of this state and the purpose of this part:\n(1) to create a structure of the legislative branch of state government that is efficient and responsive to the needs of the people of this state and is sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions;\n(2) to strengthen the legislative branch capacity to administer its affairs effectively and efficiently on behalf of the people of the state;\n(3) to provide means for coordination of branch activities; and\n(4) to eliminate unnecessary overlapping and duplication of effort within the legislative branch of state government.","path":["TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","CHAPTER 2. LEGISLATURE -- COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION","Part 5. Legislative Branch Consolidation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0050/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0010/0050-0020-0050-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:49Z","sha256":"efc328c6990b03a65a9c78fe5a98d72d4c3fcaa75deac6ba73c756e3fc28d88b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/5-2-407","next":"us-mt/5-2-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}