Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB160: Repeal uniform auxiliary container regulation laws
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act repealing the local government prohibition of the regulation of auxiliary containers; amending sections 7-1-111 and 7-5-131, mca; and repealing section 7-1-121, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REPEALING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROHIBITION OF THE REGULATION OF AUXILIARY CONTAINERS; AMENDING SECTIONS 7-1-111 AND 7-5-131, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTION 7-1-121, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 7-1-111, MCA, is amended to read: "7-1-111. Powers denied. A local government unit with self-government powers is prohibited from exercising the following: (1) any power that applies to or affects any private or civil relationship, except as an incident to the exercise of an independent self-government power; (2) any power that applies to or affects the provisions of 7-33-4128 or Title 39, except that subject to those provisions, it may exercise any power of a public employer with regard to its employees; (3) any power that applies to or affects the public school system, except that a local unit may impose an assessment reasonably related to the cost of any service or special benefit provided by the unit and shall exercise any power that it is required by law to exercise regarding the public school system; (4) any power that prohibits the grant or denial of a certificate of compliance or a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Title 69, chapter 12; (5) any power that establishes a rate or price otherwise determined by …
Sponsors
- Stafman, Ed (D, 59) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : 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
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Subjects: Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB160?
- HB160 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Repeal uniform auxiliary container regulation laws.
- What does HB160 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act repealing the local government prohibition of the regulation of auxiliary containers; amending sections 7-1-111 and 7-5-131, mca; and repealing section 7-1-121, mca.".
- What is the status of HB160?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB160?
- Stafman, Ed (D, 59).
- Where is the official record for HB160?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1972
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