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HB782 • 2025

Revise local planning board laws

Revise local planning board laws

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Steven Kelly
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
(H) Died in Process
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Revise local planning board laws

Revise local planning board laws

What This Bill Does

  • Revise local planning board laws

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-20 HOUSE

    (H) Died in Process

  2. 2025-03-12 HOUSE

    (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal

  3. 2025-03-04 HOUSE

    (H) Tabled in Committee

  4. 2025-02-26 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  5. 2025-02-26 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  6. 2025-02-26 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  7. 2025-02-25 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  8. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  9. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  10. 2025-02-22 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  11. 2025-02-22 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  12. 2025-02-22 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  13. 2025-02-19 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  14. 2025-02-18 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold

  15. 2025-02-18 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  16. 2024-12-07 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

  17. 2024-12-07 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft On Hold

Official Summary Text

Revise local planning board laws

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 782.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 782
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 782
2 INTRODUCED BY S. KELLY, L. SCHUBERT, E. BYRNE, C. SPRUNGER, B. MITCHELL
3
4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS OF A COUNTY
5 PLANNING BOARD; AND AMENDING SECTION 76-1-211, MCA.”
6
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
8
9Section 1. Section 76-1-211, MCA, is amended to read:
10 "76-1-211. Membership of county planning board. (1) County planning boards consist of not less
11 than five members appointed by the board of county commissioners. At least one member of a county planning
12 board existing on or formed after July 1, 1973, must may be a member of the governing board of a conservation
13 district as provided for in chapter 15, an associate member of a conservation district designated by the
14 governing board of a conservation district, or a member of a state cooperative grazing district if officers of either
15 of the districts or the designated associate member of a conservation district reside resides in the county.
16 (2) If a city or town subsequently becomes represented on the county planning board pursuant to
17 76-1-111, additional members of the planning board representing the cities or towns must be appointed by the
18 respective city councils."
19 - END -