Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB556: Create board of passenger ropeway safety
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing for composition and duties of the board; requiring registration of passenger ropeways through an application and certification process; providing for fees and assessments of receipts; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 23-2-702 and 23-2-734, mca; and repealing section 23-2-731, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COMPOSITION AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD; REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF PASSENGER ROPEWAYS THROUGH AN APPLICATION AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS; PROVIDING FOR FEES AND ASSESSMENTS OF RECEIPTS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTIONS 23-2-702 AND 23-2-734, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTION 23-2-731, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Purpose. (1) The legislature finds that: (a) skiing is a major recreational sport and a major industry in the state, and among the attractions of the sport are the inherent dangers and risks of skiing; (b) the state has a legitimate interest in maintaining the economic viability of the ski industry by discouraging claims based on damages resulting from the inherent dangers and risks of skiing, defining the inherent dangers and risks of skiing, and establishing the duties of skiers and ski area operators; and (c) in order to safeguard the life, health, property, and welfare of the citizens of the state while using passenger ropeways, as defined in 23-2-702, the policy of the state must be to: (i) protect its citizens and visitors from unnecessary mechanical hazards in the design, construction, and operation of passenger ropeways; (ii) ensure that each passenger ropeway in the state is registered and undergoes periodic inspections to meet the rules set forth …
Sponsors
- Curdy, Willis (D, 49) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Missed Deadline for Revenue Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
Subjects: Transportation, Revenue, State
Common questions
- What is SB556?
- SB556 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Create board of passenger ropeway safety.
- What does SB556 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act providing for composition and duties of the board; requiring registration of passenger ropeways through an application and certification process; providing for fees and assessments of receipts; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 23-2-702 and 23-2-734, mca; and repealing section 23-2-731, mca.".
- What is the status of SB556?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB556?
- Curdy, Willis (D, 49).
- Where is the official record for SB556?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0139
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