SB 351 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Limit the state's ability to bank statewide mills

SB 351 limits Montana local governments' ability to save ("bank") property tax authority for certain state-mandated tax programs. It specifically amends property tax law to prevent local entities from carrying forward unused mill authority (tax rate allowances) for taxes imposed under statutes 20-9-331, 20-9-333, 20-9-360, and 20-25-439. This change directly affects counties, cities, and school districts that rely on these specific state tax programs, requiring them to use their full annual tax authority each year rather than saving it for future use. The bill’s key provision removes these programs from the existing rule that allows governments to carry forward unused tax authority to future years.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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LC2277.pdf SB0351_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 2277 to Senate Bill 351 and introduced by Senator M. Regier. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a new provision (subsection (vii)) that allows school districts to apply a specific levy to reimburse counties for the costs of transferring property records.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include a new funding mechanism for county property record transfer costs, which was not present in the previous version.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 2277 to SB 351, and the sponsor was updated to M. Regier.

FISCAL

A new levy category was added to allow school districts to collect funds specifically to reimburse counties for the expenses of transferring property records.

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Total actions
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Committee
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Amendments
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Apr 2, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Taxation
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Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
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Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
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Matt Regier
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