Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB209: Revise term length of conservation easements
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the term length of conservation easements; limiting conservation easements to a term of no more than 40 years; prohibiting a limit on agricultural activities for a conservation easement; prohibiting the conversion of land under easement to federal control; revising a definition; and amending sections 76-6-103, 76-6-104, 76-6-202, 76-6-203, and 76-6-208.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE TERM LENGTH OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; LIMITING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO A TERM OF NO MORE THAN 40 YEARS; PROHIBITING A LIMIT ON AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR A CONSERVATION EASEMENT; PROHIBITING THE CONVERSION OF LAND UNDER EASEMENT TO FEDERAL CONTROL; REVISING A DEFINITION; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 76-6-103, 76-6-104, 76-6-202, 76-6-203, AND 76-6-208." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Limits of easement. An easement or restriction under this chapter may not: (1) prohibit or limit the activities on land currently in use, or used within the past 10 years, for agricultural production by a producer of any agricultural and food product as defined in 81-8-701; or (2) impose conditions requiring conversion of the land to federal administration and control. Section 2. Section 76-6-103, MCA, is amended to read: "76-6-103. Purposes. In accordance with the findings in 76-6-102, the legislature states that the purposes of this chapter are to: (1) authorize and enable public bodies and certain qualifying private organizations voluntarily to provide for the preservation of native plants or animals, biotic communities, or geological or geographical formations of scientific, aesthetic, or educational interest; (2) provide for the preservation of other significant open-space land anywhere in the state either in perpetuity or for a term of …
Sponsors
- Tezak, Tony (R, 35) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Property, Environmental Protection
Common questions
- What is SB209?
- SB209 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise term length of conservation easements.
- What does SB209 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the term length of conservation easements; limiting conservation easements to a term of no more than 40 years; prohibiting a limit on agricultural activities for a conservation easement; prohibiting the conversion of land under easement to federal control; revising a definition; and amending sections 76-6-103, 76-6-104, 76-6-202, 76-6-203, and 76-6-208.".
- What is the status of SB209?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB209?
- Tezak, Tony (R, 35).
- Where is the official record for SB209?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2184
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