MEA-MFT v. Fox (LR 127)

¶28 Since 1906, tibe people of Montana have reserved to themselves the power to approve or reject by referendum any act of the Legislature, except an appropriation of money. Nicholson v. Cooney, 265 Mont. 406, 410, 877 F.2d 486, 488 (1994). The referendum provision is set forth in Article III, Section 5, of Montana’s Constitution. In interpreting this provision, we must be guided by the principle that “initiative and referendum provisions of the Constitution should be broadly construed to maintain the maximum power in the people,” Nicholson, 265 Mont. at 411, 877 P.2d at 488 (citing Chouteau…