Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB742: Revise nuisance compliance laws
Status: Signed into law, May 21, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising local government nuisance laws; requiring a minimum complaint threshold before a county officer may conduct site inspections; further defining public nuisance; amending sections 7-5-2111 and 7-5-4104, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LOCAL GOVERNMENT NUISANCE LAWS; REQUIRING A MINIMUM COMPLAINT THRESHOLD BEFORE A COUNTY OFFICER MAY CONDUCT SITE INSPECTIONS; FURTHER DEFINING PUBLIC NUISANCE; AMENDING SECTIONS 7-5-2111 AND 7-5-4104, MCA; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 7-5-2111, MCA, is amended to read: "7-5-2111. Control of community decay. (1) The governing body of a county may regulate, control, and prohibit conditions that contribute to community decay on or adjacent to any public roadway within the county by adoption of an ordinance that substantially complies with the provisions of 7-5-103 through 7-5-107. (2) An ordinance adopted under subsection (1) may include time limits for removal or shielding of such conditions as considered appropriate by the governing body. (3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b), if the governing body of a county allows for community decay complaints to be filed by citizens, complaints must be received by at least three property owners located within one-fourth of a mile from the property for which the complaint is filed before an officer of the county may conduct a site inspection. (b) If the governing body of a county determines that a condition is a health violation that may affect the surrounding community, the governing body may proceed to regulate, control, or prohibit the condition without receiving citizen complaints as required in …
Sponsors
- Gist, Steve (R, 25) · 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): 64 yea, 35 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 8, 2025): 30 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 7, 2025): 25 yea, 24 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 69 yea, 30 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 79 yea, 20 nay, passed
Subjects: Cities and Towns, Counties, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB742?
- HB742 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise nuisance compliance laws.
- What does HB742 do?
- In its own words: An act revising local government nuisance laws; requiring a minimum complaint threshold before a county officer may conduct site inspections; further defining public nuisance; amending sections 7-5-2111 and 7-5-4104, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.
- What is the status of HB742?
- Signed into law as of May 21, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB742?
- Gist, Steve (R, 25).
- Where is the official record for HB742?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2290
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