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Missoula, Bozeman approve hiring full-time judges after mandate from legislature

May 25, 2021

Missoula and Bozeman are taking action after the governor signed Senate Bill 127 in April, an unfunded mandate cutting all part-time assistant judges in municipal court.

Many judges appoint a part-time assistant judge to help with their caseload, and assistant judges pack the full weight of an elected judge. That means they, as an appointed official, could put someone away for up to a year. That didn’t sit right with Montana legislators.

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