Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB213: Revise residential and commercial property tax rate
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the property tax rate for class four residential and commercial property; amending section 15-6-134, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR CLASS FOUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY; AMENDING SECTION 15-6-134, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 15-6-134, MCA, is amended to read: "15-6-134. Class four property -- description -- taxable percentage. (1) Class four property (b) subject to subsection (1)(e): (i) all improvements, including single-family residences, trailers, manufactured homes, or mobile homes used as a residence, except those specifically included in another class; (ii) appurtenant improvements to the residences, including the parcels of land upon which the residences are located and any leasehold improvements; (iii) vacant residential lots; and (iv) rental multifamily dwelling units. (c) all improvements on land that is eligible for valuation, assessment, and taxation as agricultural land under 15-7-202, including 1 acre of real property beneath improvements on land described in 15-6133(1)(c). The 1 acre must be valued at market value. (d) 1 acre of real property beneath an improvement used as a residence on land eligible for valuation, assessment, and taxation as forest land under 15-6-143. The 1 acre must be valued at market value. (e) all commercial and industrial property, as defined in 15-1-101, and including: (i) all commercial and industrial property …
Sponsors
- Byrne, Ed (R, 11) · 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
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
Subjects: Taxation, Revenue, State, Revenue, Local, Taxation--Property
Common questions
- What is HB213?
- HB213 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise residential and commercial property tax rate.
- What does HB213 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the property tax rate for class four residential and commercial property; amending section 15-6-134, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB213?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB213?
- Byrne, Ed (R, 11).
- Where is the official record for HB213?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3292
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