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Missoula County staff brief commissioners on state bills affecting building codes, budget and property tax growth cap
Summary
County staff briefed commissioners on state legislation including HB 427 (stop-work order posting requirement), HB 2 (state budget), SB 117 (growth cap and newly taxable share reductions), and HB 848 (rail-authority funding amendment).
A county staff member briefed Missoula County commissioners on multiple state bills that could affect local permitting, budgets and property-tax distribution.
Staff said House Bill 427 would require stop-work orders issued under local building-code programs to cite the specific code section alleged to be violated. Staff told commissioners the county already includes that information on its notices. County lobbyists sought amendments to HB 427 to ensure any penalty for failing to list the code citation would be levied on the county rather than an individual county employee, and to allow adequate time for local governments…
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