Montana § 16-11-149 Hearings Before Department

Montana Statutes

§ 16-11-149 — Hearings Before Department

Montana § 16-11-149

Title 16ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA

Ch. 11TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Part 1Tax on Tobacco Products

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Mont. Code Ann. § 16-11-149 (2026).

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16-11-149 . Hearings before department.

(1)A person aggrieved by any action of the department or its authorized agents taken to enforce the tax provisions of this part, except for a revocation of a license pursuant to 16-11-144 , may apply to the department, in writing, for a hearing or rehearing within 30 days after the action of the department or its authorized agents.

(2)The department shall promptly consider the application, set the application for hearing, and notify the applicant of the time and place fixed for the hearing or rehearing, which may be at its office or in the county of the applicant. After the hearing or rehearing, the department may make any further or other order on the grounds that it may consider proper and lawful and shall furnish a copy to the applicant.

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16-11-149 . Hearings before department. (1) A person aggrieved by any action of the department or its authorized agents taken to enforce the tax provisions of this part, except for a revocation of a license pursuant to 16-11-144 , may apply to the department, in writing, for a hearing or rehearing within 30 days after the action of the department or its authorized agents.
(2) The department shall promptly consider the application, set the application for hearing, and notify the applicant of the time and place fixed for the hearing or rehearing, which may be at its office or in the county of the applicant. After the hearing or rehearing, the department may make any further or other order on the grounds that it may consider proper and lawful and shall furnish a copy to the applicant.
(3) The department, on its own initiative, may order a contested case hearing on any matter concerned with licensing, as defined in 2-4-102 , in connection with the administration of this part upon at least 10 days' notice in writing to the person or persons to be investigated.
(4) A person may appeal a final order of the department to the Montana tax appeal board as provided in 15-2-302 .

Legislative History

En. Sec. 23, Ch. 140, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 405, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 155, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5606.24; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 414, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 578, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 511, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 44, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 364, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 142, L. 2021.