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Committee reviews bill to add ‘improvements’ to rural improvement district law
Summary
House Bill 159 would insert the word “improvements” into statutes governing Rural Improvement Districts (RIDs) and clarify budgeting and maintenance responsibilities, proponents said; MACo and a Broadwater County commissioner testified in favor.
Representative Alana Griffith (House District 60) introduced House Bill 159 to the Senate Local Government Committee, saying the measure makes a small change in statutory language that has broad implications across Montana. "This is adding the word improvements to our RIDs," Griffith said, adding that the change affects how counties and property owners classify and fund road, sidewalk and other public works in subdivisions.
Debbie Randolph, a Broadwater…
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