Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB327: Revise motor vehicle registration fees
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act and amending sections 15-1-121, 15-1-122, 61-3-321, and 61-3-562, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT AND AMENDING SECTIONS 15-1-121, 15-1-122, 61-3-321, AND 61-3-562, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: SECTION 1. SECTION 15-1-121, MCA, IS AMENDED TO READ: "15-1-121. Entitlement share payment -- purpose -- appropriation. (1) As described in 15-1120(3), each local government is entitled to an annual amount that is the replacement for revenue received by local governments for diminishment of property tax base and various earmarked fees and other revenue that, pursuant to Chapter 574, Laws of 2001, amended by section 4, Chapter 13, Special Laws of August 2002, and later enactments, were consolidated to provide aggregation of certain reimbursements, fees, tax collections, and other revenue in the state treasury with each local government's share. The reimbursement under this section is provided by direct payment from the state treasury rather than the ad hoc system that offset certain state payments with local government collections due the state and reimbursements made by percentage splits, with a local government remitting a portion of collections to the state, retaining a portion, and in some cases sending a portion to other local governments. (2) The sources of dedicated revenue that were relinquished by local governments in exchange for an entitlement share of the state general fund were: (a) personal property tax reimbursements pursuant to sections …
Sponsors
- Hertz, Greg (R, 7) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Committee
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Transmitted to House
- : (S) 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Pass (April 3, 2025): 43 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 1, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Revenue, State, Motor Vehicles, Local Government
Common questions
- What is SB327?
- SB327 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise motor vehicle registration fees.
- What does SB327 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act and amending sections 15-1-121, 15-1-122, 61-3-321, and 61-3-562, mca.".
- What is the status of SB327?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Committee (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB327?
- Hertz, Greg (R, 7).
- Where is the official record for SB327?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0987
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