----- Original Message ----- From: Luther, Marcia <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:11 PM Subject: [MONTANA-L] House Bill 443 > To: Genealogical Societies and all those interested: > > Senate Bill 443 passed the Senate 48-2. It has been tabled in the House. > > This Bill is an act requiring that State Public Documents and Local Public > Records be offered to certain entities and to the general public before > being destroyed; Protection of our old records is critical to family and > history research. Although there are currently administration rules > regarding record preservation, they are being ignored by county officials > who are hauling records out to land fills which are irreplaceable. > > The county officials lobbied heavily against this as well as some attorneys > claiming it infringed upon privacy laws (which it did not). > > If this bill is to be revived and passed, the following committee members > must be contacted in the next few days. > > Bill supporters are: (who politely might be asked to work to revive.) > > Representative Holly Raser (D-Missoula 70) > Representative Clarice Schrumpf (R-Billings 12) > Representative Donald Hedges (R-Antelope 97) > Representative Larry Jent (D-Bozeman 29) > > Bill opponents are: (who might politely be urged to reconsider.) > > Representative Allen Walters (R-Hamilton 60) > Representative Debby Barrett (R-Dillon 34) > Representative Tom Dell (D-Billings 19) > Representative Norma Bixby (D-Lame Deer 5) (concerned about > Indian heritage - would she be also concerned about the rest of history) > Representative Dee Brown (R-Hungry Horse 83) > Representative Hal Jacobson (D-Helena 54) > Representative Michelle Lee (D-Livingston 26) > Representative Larry Rehman (R-Power 87) > Representative Ralph Lenhart (D-Glendive 2) > Representative Gay Ann Masolo (R-Townsend 40) > Representative Doug Mood (R-Seeley Lake 58) > Representative Alan Olson (R-Roundup 8) (made motion to table) > Representative Frank Smith (D-Popular 98) > > Thanks, > Marcia Luther 3838 Beechnut #1 East Helena, MT 59635 406-227-2240 > [email protected] > > > ==== MONTANA Mailing List ==== > MTGenWeb Project: > http://www.imt.net/~corkykn/montana.html > > > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >