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Tag: Jeff Mangan
Posted inMontana Legislature

Eliminating the enforcer

by Alex Sakariassen

House Bill 535 to the House State Administration Committee Thursday. The bill seeks to replace the governor-appointed Commissioner of Political Practices with a four-person bipartisan council selected by legislative leadership, and to transfer oversight of campaign finance reporting to the Secretary of State.