Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB519: Prohibit tax assessor entry to private property without permission
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising access to private property by department of revenue property valuation employees; requiring written permission to enter private land to appraise or audit property; amending sections 15-7-139 and 15-7-140, mca; and providing a delayed effective date and an applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY BY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE PROPERTY VALUATION EMPLOYEES; REQUIRING WRITTEN PERMISSION TO ENTER PRIVATE LAND TO APPRAISE OR AUDIT PROPERTY; AMENDING SECTIONS 15-7-139 AND 15-7-140, MCA; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 15-7-139, MCA, is amended to read: "15-7-139. Requirements for entry on property by property valuation staff employed by department -- authority to estimate value of property not entered -- rules. (1) Subject to the conditions and restriction of this section, the provisions of 45-6-203 do not apply to property valuation staff employed by the department and acting within the course and scope of the employees' official duties. (2) A person qualified under subsection (1) may not enter private land to appraise or audit property for property tax purposes without the written permission of the landowner or the landowner's agent. (3) (a) No later than November 30 of each year, the department shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in each county a notice that the department may enter property for the purpose of appraising or auditing property. (b) The published notice must indicate: (i) that a landowner may require that the landowner or the landowner's agent be …
Sponsors
- Tezak, Tony (R, 35) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
Subjects: Property, Taxation, Taxation--Property
Common questions
- What is SB519?
- SB519 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Prohibit tax assessor entry to private property without permission.
- What does SB519 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising access to private property by department of revenue property valuation employees; requiring written permission to enter private land to appraise or audit property; amending sections 15-7-139 and 15-7-140, mca; and providing a delayed effective date and an applicability date.".
- What is the status of SB519?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB519?
- Tezak, Tony (R, 35).
- Where is the official record for SB519?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2192
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