Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB323: Allow counties to pay reserve deputy sheriff's officers
Status: Signed into law, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act allowing a county to provide compensation to reserve deputy sheriff's officers; and amending section 7-4-2503, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ALLOWING A COUNTY TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO RESERVE DEPUTY SHERIFF'S OFFICERS; AND AMENDING SECTION 7-4-2503, MCA. Section 1. Section 7-4-2503, MCA, is amended to read: "7-4-2503. Salary schedule for certain county officers -- county compensation board. (1) (a) The salary paid to the county treasurer, county clerk and recorder, clerk of the district court, county assessor, county superintendent of schools, county sheriff, county surveyor in counties where county surveyors receive salaries as provided in 7-4-2812, justice of the peace, county coroner, and county auditor in all counties in which the office is authorized must be established by the county governing body based upon the recommendations of the county compensation board provided for in subsection (4). (b) Except as provided in subsection (2), the annual salary established pursuant to subsection (1)(a) must be uniform for all county officers referred to in subsection (1)(a). (2) (a) An elected county superintendent of schools must receive, in addition to the salary based upon subsection (1), the sum of $400 a year, except that an elected county superintendent of schools who holds a master of arts degree or a master's degree in education, with an endorsement in school administration, from a unit of the Montana university system or an equivalent institution may, at the discretion of the county commissioners, receive, in addition to …
Sponsors
- Fitzpatrick, Steve (R, 24) · primary sponsor
- Fern, Dave (D, 2)
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 11, 2025): 47 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 47 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 20, 2025): 91 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 19, 2025): 91 yea, 9 nay, passed
Subjects: County Officers, Counties, Wages and Salaries, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB323?
- HB323 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Allow counties to pay reserve deputy sheriff's officers.
- What does HB323 do?
- In its own words: An act allowing a county to provide compensation to reserve deputy sheriff's officers; and amending section 7-4-2503, mca.
- What is the status of HB323?
- Signed into law as of May 8, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB323?
- Fitzpatrick, Steve (R, 24), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB323?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2402
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