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Where do old executive orders go to die?

dniemeier — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:29:52 +0000

I was recently trying to find the actual text of Executive Order S-3-05, where then-Gov. Schwarzenegger established 2050 greenhouse gas targets of 80% below 1990 levels. I started at the obvious place, the state climate change portal. Here the links to all of the legislation and executive orders are listed. But if you try to follow the link to any of the Executive Orders by the previous administration, they are dead (well, not really dead – you land on Gov. Brown’s page). The executive order does not carry the force of law and can be revoked by future governors.

Brilliance in the Big Sky State

dniemeier — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:43:23 +0000

Introduced Today:

62nd Legislature HB0549.01

HOUSE BILL NO. 549

INTRODUCED BY J. READ

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT STATING MONTANA’S POSITION ON GLOBAL WARMING; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Public policy concerning global warming.

(1) The legislature finds that to ensure economic development in Montana and the appropriate management of Montana’s natural resources 11 it is necessary to adopt a public policy regarding global warming.

(2) The legislature finds:

(a) global warming is beneficial to the welfare and business climate of Montana;

(b) reasonable amounts of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere have no verifiable

impacts on the environment; and

(c) global warming is a natural occurrence and human activity has not accelerated it.

(3) (a) For the purposes of this section, "global warming" relates to an increase in the average temperature of the earth’s surface. It does not include a one-time, catastrophic release of carbon dioxide.

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an

integral part of Title 75, chapter 2, and the provisions of Title 75, chapter 2, apply to [section 1].

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.

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Rapid Succession

dniemeier — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:04:33 +0000

Another Caltrans Director leaves for a local agency.