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County staff updates commissioners on property-tax hearings and proposed impact-fee changes; concerns about excluding county services
Summary
County staff reported on recent legislative activity: competing proposals on homestead exemptions drew robust hearings and a bill proposed by a senator would narrow allowable impact-fee categories, potentially excluding county services such as 9-1-1 and Office of Emergency Management unless amended.
County staff briefed Missoula County commissioners on legislative activity, focusing on property-tax proposals and a pending bill that would narrow the types of projects eligible for local impact fees.
Staff said both Democratic and Republican proposals to change the homestead exemption were recently heard and drew significant testimony. The county presentation noted broad concern that narrowing the tax base or changing exemptions could shift property-tax burden to agricultural lands in smaller counties where agriculture is the primary nonresidential property class; staff cited Daniels County as an example used in hearings.
Separately, staff described a bill introduced by a…
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