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The high court Judiciary Montana is the Montana Supreme Court, composed of seven JudgesElected by the people of the state for a term of up to eight years’ duration. Each of the 56 counties of the state has a district court, serving the main civil and criminal cases are the district courts. The judges of these courts are elected by the population of their respective counties for terms of up to six years duration. Other courts are municipal courts, police and courts of peace (peace court).
Montana is divided into 56 counties. 53 of these counties are governed by boards composed of three commissioned, elected by the people for a term of up to six years duration. Two other counties are governed by a board composed of CEOs, and the last county is governed by a director elected by the population. About 120 cities in Montana are governed by a Mayor and a municipal council. Other cities use a city council and an administrator. Only 45% of the state budget comes from taxes state. The state relies heavily on monies received from the federal government, providing the remaining 55%.
About 45% of the budget revenue of the government budget of Montana is generated by taxes state, with the rest coming from funds provided by the federal government and Loans. In 2002The state government has spent billions of 4265 dollars, and generated 4033 billion dollars. A government debt Montana is 2752 billion dollars. Debt per capita 3 is 024 dollars, the value of state taxes per capita is 1 585 dollars, and the value of government spending per capita is 4 687 dollars.
Historically, the government of Montana, as well as state representatives in the federal government – has been dominated by Democratic. Since God first years as a territory, most of the state governors were Democrats, although in recent decades the situation has to balanced with the Republican going to have greater presence in the legislature and the judiciary, as well as Republicans were elected as governors of the state. Already in the presidential election U.S., the Republicans stood out in more than 60% of these elections.
