Montana § 7-15-4278 Legislative Findings -- Purpose

Montana Statutes

§ 7-15-4278 — Legislative Findings -- Purpose

Montana § 7-15-4278

Title 7LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 15HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION

Part 42Urban Renewal

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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-15-4278 (2026).

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7-15-4278 . Legislative findings -- purpose. The legislature finds and declares that:

(1)infrastructure-deficient areas exist in the local governments of the state and constitute a serious impediment to the development of infrastructure-intensive, value-adding economic development in Montana;

(2)local governments lack sufficient capital to rectify the infrastructure shortage in infrastructure-deficient areas, thus impeding their ability to achieve economic growth through the development of value-adding industries;

(3)the creation of infrastructure in support of value-adding economic development is a matter of state policy and state concern because the state and its local governments will continue to suffer economic dislocation due to the lack of value-adding industries; and

(4)the stat

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7-15-4278 . Legislative findings -- purpose. The legislature finds and declares that:
(1) infrastructure-deficient areas exist in the local governments of the state and constitute a serious impediment to the development of infrastructure-intensive, value-adding economic development in Montana;
(2) local governments lack sufficient capital to rectify the infrastructure shortage in infrastructure-deficient areas, thus impeding their ability to achieve economic growth through the development of value-adding industries;
(3) the creation of infrastructure in support of value-adding economic development is a matter of state policy and state concern because the state and its local governments will continue to suffer economic dislocation due to the lack of value-adding industries; and
(4) the state's tax increment financing laws should be used to encourage the creation of areas in which needed infrastructure for value-adding industries could be developed.