Signed by Governor Greg Gianforte

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes changes in daylight savings time if neighboring states do the same.

Highlights:

• Classifies the year-round observed time of the entire state and all of the state's political subdivisions as mountain daylight time. The state exempts all areas of the state from mountain standard time (Sec. 1-1).

• Requires a consumer who wishes to allow access to the consumer's credit report by a specific party or for a specific period while a security freeze is in place to contact each consumer reporting agency, using a point of contact designated by the consumer reporting agency by regular or certified mail, telephone, or a secure electronic connection, request that the security freeze be temporarily lifted, and provide all of the following (Sec. 2-1):

• Proper identification;

• The unique personal identification number, password, or device provided by the consumer reporting agency;

• The proper information regarding the third party who is to receive the credit report or the period for which the credit report is to be available to users of the credit report; and

• A fee, if applicable.

• Authorizes the trustee to foreclose a trust indenture by advertisement and sale under this part if (Sec. 3):

• The trust indenture, any assignments of the trust indenture by the trustee or the beneficiary, and any appointment of a successor trustee are recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder of each county in which the property described in the trust indenture or some part thereof is situated;

• There is a default by the grantor or other person owing an obligation or by their successors in interest, the performance of which is secured by the trust indenture, concerning any provision in the indenture which authorizes sale in the event of default of such provision; and

• The trustee or beneficiary shall have filed for record in the office of the clerk and recorder in each county where the property described in the indenture or some part thereof is situated a notice of sale, duly executed and acknowledged by such trustee or beneficiary.

• Specifies this law is effective on the first Sunday of November following the day that the governor certifies to the code commissioner that (Sec. 6-1):

• Not fewer than four western states, including Montana, pass legislation to place all or a portion of those states on year-round daylight saving time, regardless of the time zone;

• Legislation enacted by congress goes into effect to amend 15 U.S.C. 260a to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round; or

• The United States department of transportation, according to the department authority in 15 U.S.C. 260, et seq., approves the state's transfer from mountain standard time to central standard time.

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