Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB713: Revise municipal zoning laws
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising municipal zoning laws; providing for methods to establish, amend, or repeal certain regulations, restrictions, or boundaries; repealing a method of protest for altering zoning regulations; amending section 76-2-303, mca; and repealing section 76-2-305, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING MUNICIPAL ZONING LAWS; PROVIDING FOR METHODS TO ESTABLISH, AMEND, OR REPEAL CERTAIN REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, OR BOUNDARIES; REPEALING A METHOD OF PROTEST FOR ALTERING ZONING REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 76-2-303, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTION 76-2-305, MCA. Section 1. Section 76-2-303, MCA, is amended to read: "76-2-303. Procedure to administer certain annexations and zoning laws -- hearing and notice. (1) (a) A regulation, restriction, or boundary may be determined, established, enforced, amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed in conformance with this section. (b) The city or town council or other legislative body of a municipality shall provide for the manner in which regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of districts are determined, established, enforced, and amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed subject to the requirements of subsection (2). (2) (a) A The determination, establishment, enforcement, amendment, supplement, change, modification, or repeal of a regulation, restriction, or boundary may not become effective until after a public hearing in relation to the regulation, restriction, or boundary at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard has been held. At least 15 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published in an official paper or a paper of general circulation in the municipality. (b) If a zone map boundary only is proposed to be …
Sponsors
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43) · primary sponsor
- Mandeville, Forrest (R, 28)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 16, 2025): 49 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 96 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 96 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Planning, Cities and Towns, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB713?
- HB713 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise municipal zoning laws.
- What does HB713 do?
- In its own words: An act revising municipal zoning laws; providing for methods to establish, amend, or repeal certain regulations, restrictions, or boundaries; repealing a method of protest for altering zoning regulations; amending section 76-2-303, mca; and repealing section 76-2-305, mca.
- What is the status of HB713?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB713?
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB713?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2267
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