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- ↑ Montana Legislature. "Jim Peterson" . Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ↑ The Republic (1 April 2011). "Eminent domain study backed by Senate, other bills to act on the issue remain stalled" . Retrieved 1 April 2011.[ permanent dead link ]