Montana § 5-5-232 Local Government Interim Committee

Montana Statutes

§ 5-5-232 — Local Government Interim Committee

Montana § 5-5-232

Title 5LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Ch. 5LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES

Part 2Organization -- Interim Committees

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Mont. Code Ann. § 5-5-232 (2026).

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5-5-232 . Local government interim committee. There is a local government interim committee. The committee is treated as an interim committee for the purposes of 5-5-211 through 5-5-214 . The local government interim committee shall:

(1)act as a liaison with local governments;

(2)promote and strengthen local government through recognition of the principle that strong communities with effective, democratic governmental institutions are one of the best assurances of a strong Montana;

(3)bring together representatives of state and local government for consideration of common problems;

(4)provide a forum for discussing state oversight of local functions, realistic local autonomy, and intergovernmental cooperation;

(5)identify and promote the most desirable allocation of state and local go

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5-5-232 . Local government interim committee. There is a local government interim committee. The committee is treated as an interim committee for the purposes of 5-5-211 through 5-5-214 . The local government interim committee shall:
(1) act as a liaison with local governments;
(2) promote and strengthen local government through recognition of the principle that strong communities with effective, democratic governmental institutions are one of the best assurances of a strong Montana;
(3) bring together representatives of state and local government for consideration of common problems;
(4) provide a forum for discussing state oversight of local functions, realistic local autonomy, and intergovernmental cooperation;
(5) identify and promote the most desirable allocation of state and local government functions, responsibilities, and revenue;
(6) promote concise, consistent, and uniform regulation for local government;
(7) coordinate and simplify laws, rules, and administrative practices in order to achieve more orderly and less competitive fiscal and administrative relationships between and among state and local governments;
(8) review state mandates to local governments that are subject to 1-2-112 and 1-2-114 through 1-2-116 ;
(9) make recommendations to the legislature, executive branch agencies, and local governing bodies concerning:
(a) changes in statutes, rules, ordinances, and resolutions that will provide concise, consistent, and uniform guidance and regulations for local government;
(b) changes in tax laws that will achieve more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationships between levels of government;
(c) methods of coordinating and simplifying competitive practices to achieve more orderly administrative relationships among levels of government; and
(d) training programs and technical assistance for local government officers and employees that will promote effectiveness and efficiency in local government;
(10) conduct interim studies as assigned pursuant to 5-5-217 ; and
(11) provide recommendations and a report, if one is written, in accordance with 5-5-216 for studies completed by the committee.