Dear Robert, Thank you for this message that needs our urgent support. I was lucky to find a surname that I'm researching (Brown) and asked her - Rep. Dee BROWN about her genealogical roots..hehe!! I asked her to reconsider her veto of Bill 443 and the importance of preserving historical and genealogical documents. Thanks for your homework, Marie LC ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Riddle <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: [RIDDLE-L] Fw: Montana Senate Bill 443 for records preservation > Any body interested in preserving any records anywhere! > This is a reply I received today from Montana Sen Ed Butchers Office > Rob't > ____________________________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luther, Marcia" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > "'[email protected]'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:43 PM > > > This message is being sent to you on behalf of Senator Ed Butcher in > response to the message you sent on March 17th. > > If you wish to respond to this message, please do so through the legislator > message form at http://leg.state.mt.us/leg_msg.htm > > --------------------------------------- > > > Thank you for your concern with my effort to preserve historical records > with Senate Bill 443. It passed the Senate Committee unanimously and through > the Senate 48-2. However, it has been tabled (killed) by the House Committee > and could only be revived this week if enough citizens pressure is placed on > the members of the House State Administration Committee to remove Senate > Bill 443 from the table and pass it through the House. > > 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) > > Thank you for your support, > > Senator Ed Butcher > Senate District 47 > > EB/ml > > > > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >