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Committee backs clarity on disaster tax-relief claims with two-year filing deadline

House Taxation Committee · January 10, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 89 would add a two-year deadline to file for property-tax relief after a natural disaster; Department of Revenue witnesses said the window balances owners’ needs to recover with the agency’s need to verify damage before repairs occur.

House Bill 89, sponsored by Representative Shane Clacken at the request of the Department of Revenue, would add a two-year deadline for property owners to apply for property-tax relief following destruction caused by a natural disaster.

Representative Clacken said the bill simply amends section 15-16-611 of the Montana Code Annotated to require an application for disaster-related value adjustments be filed within two…

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