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House advances property tax relief bill after multiple failed amendments
Summary
The House recommended House Bill 231 do pass after debate and multiple amendment attempts; amendments to change rate structure or add rebates failed, and the bill passed second reading 72–27 in Committee of the Whole.
House Bill 231, a measure to revise property tax rates for certain class 4 residential and commercial property and to create application-based rebates, cleared second reading in the Committee of the Whole after extended debate and several failed amendments.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Doug Jones, said the measure lowers effective residential tax rates and aims to ease increases that followed recent revaluations. "This bill makes a significant difference for about 230,000 Montana homeowners, 130,000 long-term renters and…
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