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Committee hears broad support for expanding ‘grandfather’ protections in covenants
Summary
After extensive public testimony from homeowners, landlords and industry groups, the House Judiciary Committee advanced HB 761, which would extend existing HOA grandfathering protections to covenants without HOAs and allow limited family transfers to inherit protection.
Rep. Greg Overstreet told the committee HB 761 would extend protections currently found in MCA 70‑17‑901 so that non‑HOA covenants and families inheriting property would preserve previously permitted uses under a 'grandfather' rule.
"This is a simple bill that does two things to protect property rights for people with residential covenants," Overstreet said, describing the change as clarifying existing law so owners without…
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