Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB559: Provide for appeals of various DEQ permit decisions
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for appeals of department decisions on permits for air quality, water quality, or strip, underground, coal, uranium, or metal mines; providing for a filing fee; amending sections 75-2-211, 75-2-213, and 75-5107, mca; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR APPEALS OF DEPARTMENT DECISIONS ON PERMITS FOR AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, OR STRIP, UNDERGROUND, COAL, URANIUM, OR METAL MINES; PROVIDING FOR A FILING FEE; AMENDING SECTIONS 75-2-211, 75-2-213, AND 75-5107, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Hearing -- appeal -- venue. (1) Subject to 75-2-104, a person whose interests are or may be adversely affected by a final decision of the department to approve or disapprove a permit application or a permit amendment application is entitled to a hearing before a district court subject to subsection (2) if a written request stating the reasons for the appeal and a fee of $100 is submitted to the board within 30 days of the department's decision. (2) A petition for judicial review of a department decision made pursuant to this section must be brought in the county in which the permitted activity is proposed to occur. If an activity is proposed to occur in more than one county, the action may be brought in any of the counties in which the activity is proposed to occur. (3) The petition for judicial review must include the party to whom the permit was issued or the applicant unless otherwise …
Sponsors
- Ellis, Janet (D, 41) · 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) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
Subjects: Environmental Protection, Revenue, State, State Government
Common questions
- What is SB559?
- SB559 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for appeals of various DEQ permit decisions.
- What does SB559 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for appeals of department decisions on permits for air quality, water quality, or strip, underground, coal, uranium, or metal mines; providing for a filing fee; amending sections 75-2-211, 75-2-213, and 75-5107, mca; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of SB559?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB559?
- Ellis, Janet (D, 41).
- Where is the official record for SB559?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0648
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