Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB324: Revise vehicle registration fees and allocate revenue for bridges and victims of crime
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing for an assessment fee based on the manufacturer's suggested retail price for the first year 11 years year of registration of certain vehicles; creating state special revenue accounts and allocating payments of fees to the accounts; providing funding to the board of crime control to fund services related to victims of crime; providing funding to the department of transportation for grants to local governments for bridge projects; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 44-1-504, 61-3-112, and 61-3-321, mca; repealing section 61-3-111, mca…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT FEE BASED ON THE MANUFACTURER'S SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE FOR THE FIRST YEAR 11 YEARS YEAR OF REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES; CREATING STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATING PAYMENTS OF FEES TO THE ACCOUNTS; PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE BOARD OF CRIME CONTROL TO FUND SERVICES RELATED TO VICTIMS OF CRIME; PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTIONS 44-1-504, 61-3-112, AND 61-3-321, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 61-3-111, MCA; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 44-1-504, MCA, is amended to read: " 44-1-504. (Temporary) Special revenue account to partially fund highway patrol officers' salaries expenses. (1) There is an account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 17-2-102. (2) The money in the account is for the department of justice to fund, pursuant to 2-18-303 (5): (a) the base salary and associated operating costs for highway patrol officer positions; and (b) biennial salary increases for highway patrol officers; and (c) other operating expenses of the h ighway p atrol. (3) (a) By August 15, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer $4 million from the account to the highway patrol officers' retirement pension trust fund. (b) By August 15, …