Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB714: Revise laws for divisions of land exempt from subdivision review
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to the divisions of land that are exempt from subdivision review; requiring a governing body to review certain divisions and aggregations of land; requiring a governing body to use an affidavit form provided by the attorney general when determining whether an applicant intends to evade the requirements; increasing a fine; providing definitions; amending section 76-3-207, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE DIVISIONS OF LAND THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM SUBDIVISION REVIEW; REQUIRING A GOVERNING BODY TO REVIEW CERTAIN DIVISIONS AND AGGREGATIONS OF LAND; REQUIRING A GOVERNING BODY TO USE AN AFFIDAVIT FORM PROVIDED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER AN APPLICANT INTENDS TO EVADE THE REQUIREMENTS; INCREASING A FINE; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 76-3-207, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 76-3-207, MCA, is amended to read: "76-3-207. Divisions or aggregations of land exempted from review but subject to survey requirements and zoning regulations -- exceptions -- fees for examination of division -- definitions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), unless the method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of evading this chapter, the following divisions or aggregations of tracts of record of any size, regardless of the resulting size of any lot created by the division or aggregation, are not subdivisions under this chapter but are subject to the surveying requirements of 76-3-401 for divisions or aggregations of land other than subdivisions and are subject to applicable zoning regulations adopted under Title 76, chapter 2: (a) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions for the purpose of relocating common boundary lines between adjoining properties; (b) divisions made outside of platted subdivisions for the purpose of a single gift or …
Sponsors
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43) · primary sponsor
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
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 57 yea, 41 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 62 yea, 37 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 45 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 44 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 56 yea, 43 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 61 yea, 37 nay, passed
Subjects: Property, Planning, Cities and Towns, Counties, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB714?
- HB714 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws for divisions of land exempt from subdivision review.
- What does HB714 do?
- In its own words: An act revising laws related to the divisions of land that are exempt from subdivision review; requiring a governing body to review certain divisions and aggregations of land; requiring a governing body to use an affidavit form provided by the attorney general when determining whether an applicant intends to evade the requirements; increasing a fine; providing definitions; amending section 76-3-207, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB714?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB714?
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43).
- Where is the official record for HB714?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2268
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