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69th Legislature 2025 HB 181.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 181
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 181
2 INTRODUCED BY K. ZOLNIKOV, S. VINTON, S. FITZPATRICK, B. LER
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING CRIMINAL LAWS RELATING TO STATE
5 PROPERTIES TO INCLUDE THE CAPITOL COMPLEX; PROVIDING THAT PATROL OFFICERS ARE
6 CONSIDERED POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING ARRESTS OR SERVING
7 WARRANTS AT THE CAPITOL COMPLEX; AMENDING SECTION 44-1-1003, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN
8 IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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12 Section 44-1-1003, MCA, is amended to read:
13 "44-1-1003.
14 Patrol officers are considered police officers for
15 the purpose of making arrests for all offenses occurring on the highways, highway rest areas, state highway
16 properties adjacent to the highway, and the capitol complex as defined in 2-17-802 or involving the use of motor
17 vehicles or the registration thereof and for the purpose of serving warrants of arrest in connection with such
18 violations."
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20 NEW SECTION. Section 2. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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