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Department of Revenue outlines implementation priorities, public outreach and property tax operations
Summary
Director Bridal Beatty and senior staff from the Montana Department of Revenue briefed the committee on department philosophy, outreach efforts, property tax responsibilities and staff points of contact for the session.
Bridal Beatty, director of the Montana Department of Revenue, told the Senate Local Government Committee that the department intends to implement legislative intent rather than act as an activist agency, and urged committee members to provide clear statutory language to minimize the need for interpretive rulemaking.
"We are not an activist agency," Beatty said, and added that the department’s role is to "execute the will of the legislature." He emphasized the department’s recent outreach on property taxation, noting multi-year town halls and public education work, and…
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