Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB20: Require voted levies to be in dollars rather than mills
Status: Signed into law, April 7, 2025
What the bill says
An act requiring voted levies to be stated in dollars rather than mills; allowing voted levies other than school district levies to be subject to the calculation provisions of 15-10-420; amending sections 15-10-420 and 15-10-425, mca; and repealing section 7-6-4431, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REQUIRING VOTED LEVIES TO BE STATED IN DOLLARS RATHER THAN MILLS; ALLOWING VOTED LEVIES OTHER THAN SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVIES TO BE SUBJECT TO THE CALCULATION PROVISIONS OF 15-10-420; AMENDING SECTIONS 15-10-420 AND 15-10-425, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTION 7-6-4431, MCA. Section 1. Section 15-10-420, MCA, is amended to read: "15-10-420. Procedure for calculating levy. (1) (a) Subject to the provisions of 15-10-425(2)(b) and this section, a governmental entity that is authorized to impose mills may impose a mill levy sufficient to generate the amount of property taxes actually assessed in the prior year plus one-half of the average rate of inflation for the prior 3 years. The maximum number of mills that a governmental entity may impose is established by calculating the number of mills required to generate the amount of property tax actually assessed in the governmental unit in the prior year based on the current year taxable value, less the current year's newly taxable value, plus one-half of the average rate of inflation for the prior 3 years. (b) A governmental entity that does not impose the maximum number of mills authorized under subsection (1)(a) may carry forward the authority to impose the number of mills equal to the difference between the actual number of mills imposed and the maximum number of mills authorized to be imposed. …
Sponsors
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (March 25, 2025): 57 yea, 42 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 24, 2025): 57 yea, 41 nay, passed
- Do Concur (February 27, 2025): 34 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Do Concur (February 26, 2025): 35 yea, 15 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 23, 2025): 63 yea, 37 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 22, 2025): 59 yea, 41 nay, passed
Subjects: Local Finance, Taxation, Revenue, Local, Education - School Finance, Local Government, Taxation--Property
Common questions
- What is HB20?
- HB20 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require voted levies to be in dollars rather than mills.
- What does HB20 do?
- In its own words: An act requiring voted levies to be stated in dollars rather than mills; allowing voted levies other than school district levies to be subject to the calculation provisions of 15-10-420; amending sections 15-10-420 and 15-10-425, mca; and repealing section 7-6-4431, mca.
- What is the status of HB20?
- Signed into law as of April 7, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB20?
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43).
- Where is the official record for HB20?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0088
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