Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB830: Create a local emergency quick response funding program
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act creating a local emergency quick response program; providing for grants to property owners for damage due to catastrophic natural events; providing that a conservation district may enter into a cost-share agreement with a property owner and distribute funds; providing an appropriation; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT CREATING A LOCAL EMERGENCY QUICK RESPONSE PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR GRANTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS FOR DAMAGE DUE TO CATASTROPHIC NATURAL EVENTS; PROVIDING THAT A CONSERVATION DISTRICT MAY ENTER INTO A COST-SHARE AGREEMENT WITH A PROPERTY OWNER AND DISTRIBUTE FUNDS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Local emergency quick response account. (1) There is a local emergency quick response account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. All funds received pursuant to [section 3] must be deposited in the account and distributed pursuant to [section 2]. (2) Money deposited in the account is appropriated to the department of natural resources and conservation and may only be used for immediate aid to property owners who reside outside the boundaries of an incorporated city or town and who have experienced property damage or loss due to catastrophic natural events, including but not limited to: (a) removal of fallen or uprooted trees to create a safety zone at a homesite or to provide access to private roads used to access private property; (b) removal of timber or other natural materials that may cause a future fire risk; (c) immediate acquisition of feed for livestock due to the destruction …
Sponsors
- Weber, Jane (D, 19) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Requested
Subjects: County Officers, Appropriations, Emergency Services, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB830?
- HB830 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Create a local emergency quick response funding program.
- What does HB830 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act creating a local emergency quick response program; providing for grants to property owners for damage due to catastrophic natural events; providing that a conservation district may enter into a cost-share agreement with a property owner and distribute funds; providing an appropriation; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB830?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB830?
- Weber, Jane (D, 19).
- Where is the official record for HB830?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3334
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