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Sponsor asks to table bill seeking committee oversight of MDT prioritization; department offers education instead
2129118 · January 15, 2025
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Summary
Representative Zach Wirth, sponsor of House Bill 172, acknowledged flaws in the bill that would have required committee involvement in MDT project prioritization and asked the committee to table it; Montana DOT staff offered to provide training on how project nominations and budgeting work.
Representative Zach Wirth opened House Bill 172 but said he had picked up the wrong bill and that the measure—intended to probe how the Department of Transportation prioritizes projects—would improperly interfere with MDT’s statutory role. He told the committee he planned to…
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