Section 1-12-101 - Appointment, composition, term of office(1) There is a Montana commission on uniform state laws, which consists of three recognized members of the bar or members of the faculty of the law school of the university of Montana-Missoula and any resident of this state who, because of long service in the cause of the uniformity of state legislation, has been elected a life member of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. Commissioners must be appointed by the legislative council for terms of 4 years each or until their successors are appointed. The legislative council may accept recommendations for appointments from the state bar of Montana, the Montana judges' association, and the dean of the law school.(2) Commissioners shall serve for no salary. Commissioners are entitled to reimbursement for expenses as provided in 2-18-501.En. Sec. 1, Ch. 175, L. 1945; R.C.M. 1947, 12-401; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 99, L. 1993; amd. sec. 36, Ch. 308, L. 1995.