Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB180: Revise sanitation in subdivision laws related to mixing zones
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising sanitation in subdivision laws; prohibiting a local board of health from adopting regulations that would allow for a mixing zone that encroaches on adjacent property; providing that the sanitation in subdivisions act does not apply to certain drainfield mixing zones; revising a definition; and amending sections 50-2116 and 76-4-102, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING SANITATION IN SUBDIVISION LAWS; PROHIBITING A LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH FROM ADOPTING REGULATIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A MIXING ZONE THAT ENCROACHES ON ADJACENT PROPERTY; PROVIDING THAT THE SANITATION IN SUBDIVISIONS ACT DOES NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN DRAINFIELD MIXING ZONES; REVISING A DEFINITION; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 50-2116 AND 76-4-102, MCA. Section 1. Section 50-2-116, MCA, is amended to read: "50-2-116. Powers and duties of local boards of health. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5), in order to carry out the purposes of the public health system, in collaboration with federal, state, and local partners, each local board of health shall: (a) recommend to the governing body the appointment of a local health officer who (ii) a person with a master's degree in public health; or (iii) a person with equivalent education and experience, as determined by the department; (b) elect a presiding officer and other necessary officers; (c) adopt bylaws to govern meetings; (d) hold regular meetings at least quarterly and hold special meetings as necessary; (e) identify, assess, prevent, and ameliorate conditions of public health importance (ii) screening and testing; (iii) isolation and quarantine measures; (iv) diagnosis, treatment, and case management; - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB 180 ENROLLED BILL - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 HB 180 (v) abatement of public health nuisances; …
Sponsors
- Sprunger, Courtenay (R, 7) · primary sponsor
- Mandeville, Forrest (R, 28)
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
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 9, 2025): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 8, 2025): 47 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 31, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 30, 2025): 100 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Water, Environmental Protection, Planning, Counties, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB180?
- HB180 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise sanitation in subdivision laws related to mixing zones.
- What does HB180 do?
- In its own words: An act revising sanitation in subdivision laws; prohibiting a local board of health from adopting regulations that would allow for a mixing zone that encroaches on adjacent property; providing that the sanitation in subdivisions act does not apply to certain drainfield mixing zones; revising a definition; and amending sections 50-2116 and 76-4-102, mca.
- What is the status of HB180?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB180?
- Sprunger, Courtenay (R, 7), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB180?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3143
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