Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB477: Revise subdivision family transfer laws
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to divisions of land exempt from subdivision review; requiring a public hearing; requiring an affidavit; and amending section 76-3-207, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO DIVISIONS OF LAND EXEMPT FROM SUBDIVISION REVIEW; REQUIRING A PUBLIC HEARING; REQUIRING AN AFFIDAVIT; AND AMENDING SECTION 76-3-207, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 76-3-207, MCA, is amended to read: "76-3-207. Divisions or aggregations of land exempted from review but subject to survey requirements and zoning regulations -- exceptions -- fees for examination of division. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), unless the method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of evading this chapter, the following divisions or aggregations of tracts of record of any size, regardless of the resulting size of any lot created by the division or aggregation, are not subdivisions under this chapter but are subject to the surveying requirements of 76-3-401 for divisions or aggregations of land other than subdivisions and are subject to applicable zoning regulations adopted under Title 76, chapter 2: (a) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions for the purpose of relocating common boundary lines between adjoining properties; (b) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions for the purpose of a single gift or sale in each county to each member of the landowner's immediate family; (c) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions by gift, sale, or agreement to buy and …
Sponsors
- Manzella, Theresa (R, 44) · 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
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Property, Planning, Local Government
Common questions
- What is SB477?
- SB477 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise subdivision family transfer laws.
- What does SB477 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to divisions of land exempt from subdivision review; requiring a public hearing; requiring an affidavit; and amending section 76-3-207, mca.".
- What is the status of SB477?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB477?
- Manzella, Theresa (R, 44).
- Where is the official record for SB477?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4238
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