SB 102 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise calculation of state education levies

SB 102 limits annual revenue growth for specific education levies in Montana. It caps the increase in property tax revenue from state school equalization levies and vocational-technical education levies at no more than 3% above the previous year's total. The bill also prevents school districts from carrying forward unused mill authority (property tax rate authority) for these specific levies. This directly affects school districts that rely on these levies for funding, ensuring their revenue growth cannot exceed 3% annually without voter approval. The policy change applies to the calculation method for these levies as outlined in Montana law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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LC0984.pdf SB0102_1.pdf · 1 edit
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The bill was officially renamed from LC0984 to SB 102 and sponsored by B. Beard. The document's header and footer were updated to reflect this new name and number, while the core legislative text regarding inflation rates and agricultural land definitions remains unchanged.
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The bill identifier was changed from LC0984 to SB 102, and the sponsor was added as B. Beard.

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Committee
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Amendments
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Jan 23, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Local Government
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Jan 13, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
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Jan 6, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
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Becky Beard
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