LC 4246 Legislature · 2025 Regular Session

Require land board to deny state land trust exchanges with tribes

This bill prohibits Montana's land board from exchanging or selling state lands to tribal governments. It amends three Montana statutes (77-1-202, 77-2-201, and 77-2-306) to explicitly ban such transactions, removing previous language that allowed them. The key provision states the board "may not exchange state lands with or sell state lands to a tribal government." This directly affects federally recognized tribes in Montana by blocking land exchanges or sales involving state trust lands. The bill also requires notifying tribal governments of this change.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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