Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB701: Provide for calculation of attorney fees against government entity
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing how to calculate attorney fees awarded against a government entity; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING HOW TO CALCULATE ATTORNEY FEES AWARDED AGAINST A GOVERNMENT ENTITY; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Calculating attorney fees awarded against government entity. In a legal action in which attorney fees are assessed, awarded, or otherwise incurred, whether by operation of law or by order of a court, against the state, a political subdivision, or an agency of the state or a political subdivision, the attorney fees must be calculated not to exceed the hourly salary rate paid to the attorney general, as determined under 2-16-405, multiplied by the number of attorney hours devoted to the action. NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 25, chapter 10, part 7, and the provisions of Title 25, chapter 10, part 7, apply to [section 1]. NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval. - END - - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB
Sponsors
- Gregg, Randyn (R, 78) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Judges and Justices, Courts, Civil Procedure
Common questions
- What is HB701?
- HB701 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for calculation of attorney fees against government entity.
- What does HB701 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing how to calculate attorney fees awarded against a government entity; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB701?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB701?
- Gregg, Randyn (R, 78).
- Where is the official record for HB701?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3845
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