Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB553: Generally revise state policy laws
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising state policy laws; providing for residential development cost sharing; revising land and cash donation options for park dedications; providing rulemaking authority; prohibiting expiration dates on airline travel credits; associating ownership with the possessor of the travel credit; limiting fees; allowing cash redemption; providing definitions; renaming the energy and telecommunications interim committee; amending sections 5-5-202, 5-5-230, 5-11-222, 10-4310, 17-7-214, 30-14-102, 69-1-222, 69-8-402, 76-3-621, 85-1-501, and 90-3-1301, mca…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING STATE POLICY LAWS; PROVIDING FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COST SHARING; REVISING LAND AND CASH DONATION OPTIONS FOR PARK DEDICATIONS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; PROHIBITING EXPIRATION DATES ON AIRLINE TRAVEL CREDITS; ASSOCIATING OWNERSHIP WITH THE POSSESSOR OF THE TRAVEL CREDIT; LIMITING FEES; ALLOWING CASH REDEMPTION; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; RENAMING THE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERIM COMMITTEE; AMENDING SECTIONS 5-5-202, 5-5-230, 5-11-222, 10-4310, 17-7-214, 30-14-102, 69-1-222, 69-8-402, 76-3-621, 85-1-501, AND 90-3-1301, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE. Section 1. Residential development infrastructure -- rulemaking. (1) If a local government requires a residential development subdivider to pay or guarantee payment for part or all of the costs of extending or enhancing capital facilities pursuant to 76-3-510, the local government may enact a rule or regulation that provides for an equal share of the costs associated with extending or enhancing those capital facilities when a subsequent development also benefits from the expansion or enhancement of those capital facilities. (2) The department of transportation may establish rules that locally approved and platted residential developments may be allocated a future cost share of present-day intersection or other improvements to reduce the undue hardship and associated cost barriers for residential developments to move forward. This analysis should also recognize normal increases in traffic impacts beyond that which is or can be …