MEDA Legislative Working Group

MEDA LEGISLATIVE WORKING GROUP

Chairperson: Rick Edwards
Partnership Liaison: (vacant)
Members: Rick Edwards, Linda Twitchell, Paul Tuss, Tony Preite, Jon Marchi, Dick King, Jim Davison, Rosalie Cates, Jim Smitham, Evan Barrett, Mike McGinley, Dan Villa, Andy Poole, Charlie Wright, Brett Doney, Jan Tusick, Lad Barney, Brian Gion and Linda Beck.
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Next Meeting: April 11th, 2008 Lewis and Clark Library, Helena. 10:30am - Noon.
During the Session: Conference call every Wednesday morning at 7:00am throughout the Legislative session. For an up-to-date legislative agenda, contact Gloria.
Recent Activities:
An Impact Report of the programs listed in SB42 has been prepared. This report will be used for talking points to encourage removing the 2010 sunset of these programs and to increase funding.
PREVIOUS UPDATES:
MEDA Legislative Committee conference calls were held December 5th and December 20th, 2006 to fill in details of the MEDA 2007 Legislative Agenda.
View the MEDA Prioritized List resulting from a vote held during the 2006 Fall Conference.
A face-to-face MEDA Board and Legislative Committee meeting was held on August 23rd in Anaconda. Items were proposed for the 2007 Legislative agenda and plans made for the 2006 fall MEDA conference.
A conference call was held Friday, February 24th, 2006 to discuss issues raised during the Outlook Seminars. After much discussion it was decided to email the MEDA Members information on several of these issues to prepare for a discussion on same during the MEDA 2006 Spring Conference.
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During the MEDA 2005 Fall Conference, the framework for the MEDA 2007 Legislative Agenda was set in motion. For the benefit of those who could not attend, those present used their votes (4) to indicate personal preference for issues they believed should be considered for MEDA's legislative agenda. The voting results were tallied and documented with the information available upon request. The list is dynamic and will change with further feedback from MEDA members and information gathered over the months leading to the 2007 legislative session. Members are encouraged to email their comments/feedback to the MEDA legislative committee as soon as possible.
In the months ahead, the MEDA Legislative Committee, with continuing input and comment from our membership, will work to fully define each of these items. Again, please feel free to make comments or suggestions about these items and issues.

Previous MEDA Legislative Activities and Reports

Informational Letter Regarding Governor's Veto of SB511

MEDA Bills List for 2005 Legislative Session as of 04/21/05.

MEDA Agenda for 2005 Legislative Session (Nov 2004)

MEDA Final Legislative Report 2003 Session

MEDA Legislative Report 01/20/03

MEDA Pre-Legislative Report 2003 Session

MEDA surveyed its membership in November 2002 and met on November 21st to set a legilative agenda for the coming session. Thirty percent of MEDA's 180 members responded to the survey. In addition, a full discussion of legislative issues took place at the MEDA semi-annual meeting in Great Falls on November 21. This document are the Key Support Issues developed out of that meeting based upon the responses to a Legislative Questionnaire and the discussions at the meeting.

RESULTS OF MEDA LEGISLATIVE SURVEY NOV 2002

This document details the questions asked and the data information that corresponds to the above report.

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