PETITION OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE FOR A CALL OF SPECIAL SESSION wHEREAS, Articre Vl , section 9, of the Montana constitution requires a baranced budget; and WHEREAS, the Governor cafled a speciar session of the sixty-Fifth Legisrature to convene on November 14,2017: and wHEREAS' the Governor submitted regislation to be considered in a speciar session by the Sixty-Fifth Legislature while also potentially limiting the ability of the Sixty-Fifth Legislature to revise the legislation based on the nanow call; and WHEREAS, the SirXy-Fifth Legislature needs additional flexibility to revise the Governor's legislation or introduce new legislation for the purpose of balancing the budget and providing budget stability; and wHEREAS, it is in the pubric interest of aI Montanans that the Legisrature consider legislation that balances the budget; and WHEREAS, Article V, section 6, of the Montana Constitution and section 5-3_101, MCA, provide that the Legislature may be convened in special session at the request of a majority of the members. Now, THEREFORE, wE THE UNDERSTGNED, being a majority of the members of the sixty-Fifth Legislature, pursuant to Article V, section 6, of the Montana constitution and section 5-3-101' MCA, hereby convene the sixty-Fifth Legisrature into speciar session in Herena to run concurrently with the special session beginning November 14,2011, called bythe Govemor. The special session hereby convened shall consider legislation to authorize furloughs for state employees and use the estimated savings for the purpose of barancing rhe budget and providing budget stability. 90 Total LAST l Patelis 1 Dan Salomon l Anderson l Redfield 1 Jason Small l Ballance l Regier 1 Cary Smith 1 Bartel l Ricci 1 Nels Swandal l Beard l Rosendale 1 Russ Tempel l Berglee l Sales 1 Fred Thomas l Brodehl 1 Shaw 1 'Gordy Vance 1 Brown 1 Sheldon-Golloway 1 Chas Vincent l Burnett 1skees 1 1 Roger Webb 1 Cook Staffanson 1 Jeff Welborn 1 Cuffe l Trebas l Custer l Tschida l Doane l Usher 1 Ehli l Vinton l Essmann 1 Wagoner l Fitzgerald 1 Webb l Flynn 1 .Welch 1 Galt l White l Garrier l Zolnikov 'I "1 1 Glimm Duane Anknev I I Greef I Marc Blasdel l Grubbs 1 Dee Brown l Gunderson 1 Ed Buttrey l Harris 1 Pat Corurell l Hertz 1 Jennifer Fielder l Hertz 1 Steve Fitzpatrick l Holmlund 1 Terry Gauthier l Hopkins 1 Steve Heinbauch l Jones 1 Jed Hinkle l Knokey 'I Brian Hoven l Knudsen 1 Dave Howard l Knudsen 'l Llew Jones 1 Lavin 1 Doug Kary l Lenz 1 Bob Keenan 1 Loge 1 Mike Lang l Mandeville 1 Eric Moore l Manzella 1 Al Olszewski l McKamey 1 Ryan Osmondson l Mortensen 1 Keith Regier l Noland 1 Tom fuchmond 1O'Hara 1 Scott Sales.