Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB405: Increase on-schedule reimbursement rates for school transportation
Status: Chaptered, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act lowering school district property taxes for transportation by increasing the on-schedule reimbursement rates; amending section 20-10-141, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT LOWERING SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAXES FOR TRANSPORTATION BY INCREASING THE ON-SCHEDULE REIMBURSEMENT RATES; AMENDING SECTION 20-10-141, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 20-10-141, MCA, is amended to read: "20-10-141. Schedule of maximum reimbursement by mileage rates. (1) (a) The mileage rates in subsection (2) for school transportation constitute the maximum reimbursement to districts for school transportation from state and county sources of transportation revenue under the provisions of 20-10-145 and 20-10-146. These rates may not limit the amount that a district may budget in its transportation fund budget in order to provide for the estimated and necessary cost of school transportation during the ensuing school fiscal year. (b) All bus miles traveled on bus routes approved by the county transportation committee are reimbursable. (c) Nonbus mileage is reimbursable for a vehicle driven by a bus driver to and from an overnight location of a school bus when the location is more than 10 miles from the school. (d) A district may approve additional bus or nonbus miles within its own district or approved service area but may not claim reimbursement for the mileage. (e) Any vehicle, the operation of which is reimbursed for bus …
Sponsors
- Thane, Mark (D, 89) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Veto Override Failed in Legislature
- : (H) Veto Override Vote Mail Poll in Progress
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Vetoed 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
Votes
- Do Pass (February 20, 2025): 83 yea, 16 nay, passed
Subjects: Counties, Education - School Finance, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB405?
- HB405 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Increase on-schedule reimbursement rates for school transportation.
- What does HB405 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act lowering school district property taxes for transportation by increasing the on-schedule reimbursement rates; amending section 20-10-141, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB405?
- Chaptered as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (H) Veto Override Failed in Legislature (June 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB405?
- Thane, Mark (D, 89).
- Where is the official record for HB405?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2285
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