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HB954 • 2025
Extend PL280 termination date
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Extend PL280 termination date
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Extend PL280 termination date
**** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 954 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 954 ENROLLED BILL AN ACT EXTENDING THE DATE BY WHICH LAKE COUNTY MAY WITHDRAW FROM ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL JURISDICTION WITHIN THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION ON BEHALF OF THE STATE; AMENDING SECTION 5, CHAPTER 556, LAWS OF 2021; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 5, Chapter 556, Laws of 2021, is amended to read: "Section 5. Termination. [This act] terminates June 30, 2027 2031." Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval. - END - I hereby certify that the within bill, HB 954, originated in the House. ___________________________________________ Chief Clerk of the House ___________________________________________ Speaker of the House Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. ___________________________________________ President of the Senate Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. HOUSE BILL NO. 954 INTRODUCED BY S. FITZPATRICK, J. MORIGEAU, S. FYANT, T. SHARP, G. HERTZ, S. MORIGEAU AN ACT EXTENDING THE DATE BY WHICH LAKE COUNTY MAY WITHDRAW FROM ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL JURISDICTION WITHIN THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION ON BEHALF OF THE STATE; AMENDING SECTION 5, CHAPTER 556, LAWS OF 2021; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.