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MACo’s Previous Legislative Package (2023)

On September 28, 2022, MACo’s membership adopted the Association’s legislative package, encompassing an assortment of resolutions and policy statements for the 68th Legislative Session.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Adopted resolutions become proposed legislation; whereas policy statements guide the Association’s actions on issues during the Legislative Session and Interim. MACo staff works with legislators to get bill draft requests submitted and helps guide the proposed legislation through the legislative process.

Listed below are all adopted resolutions and policy statements.

MACo Legislation

Below is the legislation MACo initiated and ushered through the legislative process. “MACo Bills” are based on resolutions adopted at MACo’s Annual Conference prior to the Legislative Session.

MACo Resolutions that Became Bills

Bill #

Short Title

Res. #

Sponsor

Final Status 
HB 176 Revising county utility permitting laws 2022-03 Steven Galloway (R) HD 24 Process Completed
Effective 4/19/2023
HB 262 Revise local government financial reporting and audit requirements 2022-08 Jerry Schillinger (R) HD 37
Process Completed
Effective 10/1/2023
HB 299 Revise resolution and ordinance requirements re: land use regulation enforcement 2022-02 Jedediah Hinkle (R) HD 67 Process Completed
Effective 4/19/2023
HB 453 Clarifying the authority of the human rights bureau and appeals process 2022-09 Bill Mercer (R) HD 46 (H) Died in Standing Committee
SB 98 Revise the jurisdiction area of municipal health boards 2022-06 Keith Regier (R) SD 3 Process Completed
Effective 10/1/2023
SB 143 Allow for a referendum to terminate citizen initiated zoning district 2022-11 John Esp (R) SD 30 Process Completed
Effective 5/3/2023
SB 173 Revise county road abandonment process laws 2022-10 Kenneth Bogner (R) SD 19 Process Completed
Effective 10/1/2023
SB 174 Allow counties funding for broadband infrastructure 2022-01 Wendy McKamey (R) SD 12 Process Completed
Effective 10/1/2023
SB 220 Include public infrastructure and county-owned parks in municipal annexation 2022-05 Carl Glimm (R) SD 2 Process Completed
Effective 10/1/2023
SB 229 Reimburse counties for actual witness costs 2022-07 Barry Usher (R) SD 20 Process Completed
Effective 7/1/2023
SB 442 Allow marijuana tax revenue to be used for county road maintenance 2022-04 Mike Lang (R) SD 17 (S) Vetoed by Governor

Adopted Resolutions

Click on the links below to view the resolutions.

  • 2022-01 – Allow Counties to Act as a Conduit for Federal Funding of Broadband Service to Private Service Providers
  • 2022-02 – Clarification of 7-5-121
  • 2022-03 – Clarify that State & County Utility Corridors, Easements & ROWs may be Utilized for Broadband Deployment
  • 2022-04 – Expenditure of Funds Generated from Marijuana Tax
  • 2022-05 – Inclusion of Public Stormwater Infrastructure & County-owned Parks in Municipal Annexation
  • 2022-06 – Limit Municipal Health Board Jurisdiction to Municipal Boundaries
  • 2022-07 – Payment of Witness Fees
  • 2022-08 – Require the State of Montana to Cost Share County Audit Costs
  • 2022-09– Revise Hearing & Appeal Process Statutes and Clarify HRB has no Jurisdiction to Investigate Where There is no Allegation of a Violation of Rights
  • 2022-10 – Revise Statutes Related to Abandonment of County Roads
  • 2022-11 – Strike the Unconstitutional Protest Provision in Part 1 Zoning & Add a Referendum Provision
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Adopted Policy Statements

Questions? Contact:

Shantil Siaperas  | MACo Communications Director |  shantil@mtcounties.org  |   (406) 441-5480