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Committee advances bill to reclassify smaller oil counties for transportation funding
Summary
Senate Bill 2,397 would change the definition of 'oil producing county' to focus on major producers and allow additional Prairie Dog transportation funds to flow to counties experiencing increased oilfield traffic; committee recommended a due‑pass vote and the bill passed the committee vote 5–0.
The Finance and Taxation Committee recommended a due pass on Senate Bill 2,397 after testimony from county and industry representatives who said the current statutory definition of "oil producing county" groups low‑production counties with the major producing counties, excluding some counties from transportation funding streams intended to mitigate oilfield impacts.
Sponsor Senator Mark Engott described four smaller counties currently included by statute (Billings, Bowman, Burke and Divide) as distinct from the…
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