SB340 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise laws relating to challenges brought under MEPA.

What is the status of SB340?

Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).

Where is the official record for SB340?

On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3109

Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session

Montana SB340: Generally revise laws relating to challenges brought under MEPA

Q: What does SB340 do?

In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws related to the challenging of agency decisions under the montana environmental protection act; establishing an additional court fee for filing a challenge; requiring expedited agency action after a court remand; limiting subsequent challenges to new issues; requiring plaintiffs pay costs associated with record preparation by an agency; prohibiting the awarding of fees and costs; amending sections 25-1-201, 75-1-110, and 75-1-201, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and an applicability date.".

Status: Failed, May 23, 2025

What the bill says

A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws related to the challenging of agency decisions under the montana environmental protection act; establishing an additional court fee for filing a challenge; requiring expedited agency action after a court remand; limiting subsequent challenges to new issues; requiring plaintiffs pay costs associated with record preparation by an agency; prohibiting the awarding of fees and costs; amending sections 25-1-201, 75-1-110, and 75-1-201, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and an applicability date.".

From the engrossed text:

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE CHALLENGING OF AGENCY DECISIONS UNDER THE MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT; ESTABLISHING AN ADDITIONAL COURT FEE FOR FILING A CHALLENGE; REQUIRING EXPEDITED AGENCY ACTION AFTER A COURT REMAND; LIMITING SUBSEQUENT CHALLENGES TO NEW ISSUES; REQUIRING PLAINTIFFS PAY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RECORD PREPARATION BY AN AGENCY; PROHIBITING THE AWARDING OF FEES AND COSTS; AMENDING SECTIONS 25-1-201, 75-1-110, AND 75-1-201, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 25-1-201, MCA, is amended to read: "25-1-201. Fees of clerk of district court. (1) The clerk of district court shall collect the following fees: (a) at the commencement of each action or proceeding, except a petition for dissolution of marriage, from the plaintiff or petitioner, $90; for filing a complaint in intervention, from the intervenor, $80; for filing a petition for dissolution of marriage, $170; for filing a petition for legal separation, $150; and for filing a petition for a contested amendment of a final parenting plan, $120; (b) from each defendant or respondent, on appearance, $60; (c) on the entry of judgment, from the prevailing party, $50; (d) (i) except as provided in subsection (1)(d)(ii), for preparing copies of papers on file in …

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Montana SB340: Generally revise laws relating to challenges brought under MEPA

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