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City staff briefs council on key bills: rental application refunds, impact-fee changes and other measures
Summary
Jessica Miller of Central Services briefed Missoula City Council on several state bills on April 14, 2025, including House Bill 311 (rental application fee refunds), Senate Bill 133 (impact-fee revisions), and other legislation affecting local authority and taxation; Miller described current status and potential implications for the city.
Jessica Miller of Central Services provided an update to the Missoula City Council on the 2025 Montana legislative session and several bills the city is tracking.
Miller reported that House Bill 311, which would require refunding unused portions of rental application fees to applicants, had passed second reading and appeared likely to head to the governor. "House bill 311 ... requires the refund of rental application fees for any unused portion of those fees has to be returned to the applicant," Miller said, and she told the council the bill had passed second reading in the second house.
She described Senate Bill 133 as a revision to impact-fee law that would restrict permitted uses of impact fees; Miller said the bill…
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