HB394 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise local government public notice and resolution requirements.

What is the status of HB394?

Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).

Where is the official record for HB394?

On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2263

Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session

Montana HB394: Revise local government public notice and resolution requirements

Q: What does HB394 do?

In its own words: An act revising local government laws; revising municipal public notice and public hearing requirements; revising the period of time that certain notices must be posted; aligning various municipal notices with applicable time periods; amending the date when certain resolutions must be adopted by a county or municipality; amending the deadlines for certain public hearings; and amending sections 7-1-4127, 7-12-4179, 7-12-4329, 7-12-4425, 7-12-4426, 15-6-221, 69-7-111, 76-1-602, 76-2-303, 76-2-306, 76-3-503, 763-605, 76-3-623, 76-8-107, and 76-25-307, mca.".

Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025

What the bill says

An act revising local government laws; revising municipal public notice and public hearing requirements; revising the period of time that certain notices must be posted; aligning various municipal notices with applicable time periods; amending the date when certain resolutions must be adopted by a county or municipality; amending the deadlines for certain public hearings; and amending sections 7-1-4127, 7-12-4179, 7-12-4329, 7-12-4425, 7-12-4426, 15-6-221, 69-7-111, 76-1-602, 76-2-303, 76-2-306, 76-3-503, 763-605, 76-3-623, 76-8-107, and 76-25-307, mca.".

From the engrossed text:

AN ACT REVISING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWS; REVISING MUNICIPAL PUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS; REVISING THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT CERTAIN NOTICES MUST BE POSTED; ALIGNING VARIOUS MUNICIPAL NOTICES WITH APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS; AMENDING THE DATE WHEN CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS MUST BE ADOPTED BY A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY; AMENDING THE DEADLINES FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC HEARINGS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 7-1-4127, 7-12-4179, 7-12-4329, 7-12-4425, 7-12-4426, 15-6-221, 69-7-111, 76-1-602, 76-2-303, 76-2-306, 76-3-503, 763-605, 76-3-623, 76-8-107, AND 76-25-307, MCA." Section 1. Section 7-1-4127, MCA, is amended to read: "7-1-4127. Publication of notice -- content -- proof. (1) A municipality shall comply with the notice requirements of 2-3-103, including publication of an agenda prior to a meeting. (2) When a municipality is required to publish notice, publication must be in a newspaper, except that in a municipality with a population of 500 or less, in a municipality in which a newspaper is not published, or in a municipality within a county where a newspaper does not meet the qualifications in subsection (3), publication must be made by posting in three public places in the municipality that have been designated by ordinance, one of which may be the municipality's website if the municipality has an active website. (3) The newspaper (b) be published at least once a week; (c) be published in the county where the municipality …

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