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Missoula updates disabled‑parking fines to match state law (HB 38)
Summary
Following state law changes that took effect Oct. 1, Missoula City Council updated local ordinance language to set disabled‑parking fines at $150 for a first violation, $250 for a second and $500 for third and subsequent violations; council approved the ordinance unanimously.
City Council updated Missoula’s parking penalties on Oct. 6 to align with a recent change in Montana state law (House Bill 38) that raised penalties for disabled‑parking violations.
Jody Pilgrim, director of the Missoula Parking Commission, told council the state law established a tiered fine schedule. Under the city’s updated ordinance language, the first disabled‑parking violation carries a $150 fine; a second violation is $250; third and subsequent violations are $500. The state law took…
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