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County prepares fact sheet on proposed luxury light vehicle tax ahead of June ballot
Summary
Treasurer Ashley Todd presented a draft fact sheet explaining the luxury light motor vehicle county option tax to appear on the June ballot; the commission directed staff to post the information on the county website and organize public Q&A sessions in Drummond and Philipsburg.
Granite County Treasurer Ashley Todd presented an initial fact sheet explaining the proposed luxury light motor vehicle county option tax that would appear on the June ballot. The sheet reproduces the ballot language and summarizes how revenue would be distributed under Montana law: 50% to the county general fund and the remaining 50% allocated by population to incorporated towns and unincorporated areas.
Todd said the draft includes an example distribution and noted areas that need clarification for the public version, including the statutory definition of “light motor vehicle” and the depreciation schedule used to compute taxable value. Commissioners asked for the statutory citation to be explicit and for the depreciation table to be legible in the public flyer.
Commissioners approved posting the fact sheet on the county website and directed staff to coordinate public Q&A sessions at local libraries and to provide a clear, two-page informational flyer; staff noted a full mailer would be more costly and that social-media outreach must remain informational and neutral given election rules.
