SB 5 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise compensation for county tax appeal board members

Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) revises the compensation for members of county tax appeal boards. It increases the daily pay for these board members when they meet to hear property tax appeals or attend state-level meetings. Specifically, the compensation for 4 hours of work or less will increase from $45 to $60, and for more than 4 hours, it will increase from $90 to $120. This change directly affects county tax appeal board members in Montana and will become effective on July 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Nov 19, 2024 Signed Apr 17, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill updates the compensation rates for members of county tax appeal boards in Montana, increasing the daily pay from $45/$90 to $60/$120 depending on the duration of the work. It also clarifies that compensation and travel expenses are only reimbursable when the board meets to hear taxpayer appeals or attends meetings called by the state tax appeal board. The bill maintains the existing requirement for staggered three-year terms and residency but removes redundant phrasing regarding employee disqualification. Finally, it changes the document status from a draft version to an enrolled bill, indicating it has been passed and signed into law.
Scope change
The scope of applicability remains the same (county tax appeal boards), but the financial scope has increased due to higher compensation rates.
FISCAL

Increased daily compensation for board members from $45 to $60 for short sessions and from $90 to $120 for long sessions.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that compensation and travel expenses are strictly limited to times when the board meets to hear appeals or attends state-mandated meetings.

TECHNICAL

Removed redundant text regarding the 36-month employee disqualification rule and streamlined the organizational meeting and term structure descriptions.

TIMELINE

Added the effective date of July 1, 2025, and updated the document status to reflect it is an enrolled bill.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2025 · House Mar 27, 2025

How they voted

490
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Jan 27, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 16, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 27, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-1)
senate
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Nov 19, 2024
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Becky Beard
Becky Beard
RRepublican
MT
38