Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB472: Revise laws related to state settlement money
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act requiring that settlement proceeds be deposited in the state general fund; providing that defraying costs of litigation is a discretionary use of funds; providing exceptions; providing an appropriation; amending sections 30-14-143 and 3014-226, mca; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT REQUIRING THAT SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE GENERAL FUND; PROVIDING THAT DEFRAYING COSTS OF LITIGATION IS A DISCRETIONARY USE OF FUNDS; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING SECTIONS 30-14-143 AND 3014-226, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Settlement funds. (1) Except as provided in [section 4] and this section, a settlement agreement or amounts otherwise ordered to be paid based on claims or litigation made on behalf of the state or its citizens by the department of justice or any other state agency, after reducing the amount for any costs and expenses incurred to obtain the recovery and attorney fees, whether or not received as a result of litigation, must be deposited in the state general fund. (2) This section does not apply (b) any money received for the Montana tobacco settlement trust fund, as authorized in Article of the Montana constitution; (c) any money recovered pursuant to 30-14-143 and 30-14-226; (d) funds designated in the settlement agreement as restitution that must be disbursed to victims; (e) funds otherwise authorized for disbursement pursuant to Title 30, chapter 10, and Title 33; and (f) recoveries relating to natural resource damages for restoration and remediation activities or cost recovery, which …
Sponsors
- Gillette, Jane (R, 77) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Requested
Subjects: Courts, Appropriations, State Finance, State Government
Common questions
- What is HB472?
- HB472 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws related to state settlement money.
- What does HB472 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act requiring that settlement proceeds be deposited in the state general fund; providing that defraying costs of litigation is a discretionary use of funds; providing exceptions; providing an appropriation; amending sections 30-14-143 and 3014-226, mca; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB472?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB472?
- Gillette, Jane (R, 77).
- Where is the official record for HB472?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4064
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