Statutory Citation: Title 5, chapter 11, part 3, MCA
Section 5-11-301, MCA, designates the Legislative Council as the Montana Commission on Interstate and International Cooperation and, as such, as a member of the Council of State Governments (CSG), an organization of all the states and territories of the United States. The primary mission of CSG is to promote and strengthen state government in the federal system by providing staff services to organizations of state officials. Montana is a member of the Western Legislative Conference of CSG, which represents the governing bodies of 13 western states. The purpose of the Conference is to foster and encourage intergovernmental cooperation in the West through joint consideration of common problems. The basic work of the Conference is accomplished through study committees.
The 56th Legislature, following the actions of the 1991, 1993, 1995, and 1997 Legislatures, did not appropriate any funding for Montana's active participation in CSG during the next biennium.
CSG Western Office
Kent Briggs, Director CSG Western Office 121 Second St., 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: (415) 974-6422
