Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB472: Revise penalties for violations under 310 permit process
Status: Chaptered, June 12, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising civil penalties under the natural streambed and land preservation act of 1975; removing the cap on the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed; providing an exception for a person engaging in allowable forest practices in stream management zones; amending sections 3-10-601; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER THE NATURAL STREAMBED AND LAND PRESERVATION ACT OF 1975; REMOVING THE CAP ON THE MAXIMUM CIVIL PENALTY THAT MAY BE IMPOSED; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR A PERSON ENGAGING IN ALLOWABLE FOREST PRACTICES IN STREAM MANAGEMENT ZONES; AMENDING SECTIONS 3-10-601; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 3-10-601, MCA, is amended to read: "3-10-601. Collection and disposition of fines, penalties, forfeitures, and fees. (1) Except as provided in 61-8-726 and 75-7-123, a justice's court shall collect the fees prescribed by law for justices' courts and shall pay them into the county treasury of the county in which the justice of the peace holds office, on or before the 10th day of each month, to be credited to the general fund of the county. (2) Except as provided in 61-8-726, 75-7-123, and subsection (4) of this section, all fines, penalties, and forfeitures that are required to be imposed, collected, or paid in a justice's court must, for each calendar month, be paid by the justice's court on or before the 5th day of the following month to the treasurer of the county in which the justice's court is situated, except that they may be distributed as provided in 44-12-213 if imposed, collected, or paid for a violation of Title 45, chapter 9 or 10. …
Sponsors
- Loge, Denley (R, 45) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Veto Override Failed in Legislature
- : (S) Veto Override
- : (S) Veto Override Vote Mail Poll in Progress
- : (S) Veto Override Vote in Progress
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- : (H) 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
Votes
- Do Adopt (April 30, 2025): 98 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Adopt (April 30, 2025): 42 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Do Adopt (April 29, 2025): 94 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Adopt (April 29, 2025): 33 yea, 17 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 17, 2025): 20 yea, 30 nay, failed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 96 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Water
Common questions
- What is SB472?
- SB472 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise penalties for violations under 310 permit process.
- What does SB472 do?
- In its own words: An act revising civil penalties under the natural streambed and land preservation act of 1975; removing the cap on the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed; providing an exception for a person engaging in allowable forest practices in stream management zones; amending sections 3-10-601; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB472?
- Chaptered as of June 12, 2025. Latest action: (S) Veto Override Failed in Legislature (June 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB472?
- Loge, Denley (R, 45).
- Where is the official record for SB472?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1992
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