HB517 • 2025

Revising classification and motor carrier certificate laws

Energy Technology

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Brad Barker
Last action: 2025-05-20
Official status: (H) Died in Process
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Revising classification and motor carrier certificate laws

What This Bill Does

Revising classification and motor carrier certificate laws

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Amendments

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Amendment 1

COMMITTEE

Plain English: Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Brad Barker - (H) Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Griffin Burns, HB0517.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 517 1 HOUSE BILL NO.

Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Brad Barker - (H) Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Griffin Burns, HB0517.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 517 1 HOUSE BILL NO.
517 2 INTRODUCED BY B.
BARKER, C.
HINKLE, P.

Bill History

2025-05-20 HOUSE
(H) Died in Process
2025-03-12 HOUSE
(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
2025-02-26 HOUSE
(H) Tabled in Committee
2025-02-19 HOUSE
(H) Hearing
2025-02-17 HOUSE
(H) Referred to Committee
2025-02-17 HOUSE
(H) First Reading
2025-02-14 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
2025-02-14 HOUSE
(H) Introduced
2025-02-13 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
2025-02-12 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
2025-02-12 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
2025-02-12 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Assembly
2025-02-10 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Edit
2025-02-07 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Legal Review
2025-01-30 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
2025-01-30 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
2024-12-14 HOUSE
(LC) Drafter Assigned
2024-12-14 HOUSE
(LC) Draft On Hold

Official Summary Text

Revising classification and motor carrier certificate laws

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 517.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 517
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 517
2 INTRODUCED BY B. BARKER, C. HINKLE, P. TUSS, K. BOGNER
3
4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING CLASSIFICATION AND MOTOR CARRIER
5 CERTIFICATE LAWS; AMENDING SECTION 69-12-314, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE
6 EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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10Section 1. Section 69-12-314, MCA, is amended to read:
11 "69-12-314. Class D motor carrier certificate of public convenience and necessity. (1) Class D
12 carriers shall conduct operations pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the
13 commission authorizing the transportation of the commodities described in 69-12-301(3). Class D carriers,
14 when applying for a new or additional certificate of public convenience and necessity, shall file an application
15 with the commission in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the rules of the commission.
16 (2) A motor carrier may not possess a Class D motor carrier certificate of public convenience or
17 necessity or operate as a Class D motor carrier unless the motor carrier intends to engage or actually engages
18 in the transportation of garbage on a regular basis as part of the motor carrier's usual business operation."
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20 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
21 - END -