Montana § 90-6-401 Declaration Of Necessity And Purpose

Montana Statutes

§ 90-6-401 — Declaration Of Necessity And Purpose

Montana § 90-6-401

Title 90PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

Ch. 6COMMUNITY IMPACT -- PLANNING AND ABATEMENT

Part 4Hard-Rock Mining Impact Property Tax Base Sharing

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Mont. Code Ann. § 90-6-401 (2026).

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90-6-401 . Declaration of necessity and purpose. The commencement of new large-scale hard-rock mineral developments often results in revenue disparities among adjacent local government units. This occurs primarily when a mine that locates in one taxing jurisdiction causes population influxes in neighboring jurisdictions. The result can be that some jurisdictions will experience a need to increase expenditures and receive no corresponding increase in revenue, while others will experience an increase in revenue and receive no comparable increase in expenditures. There is therefore a need to allocate the increase in property tax base resulting from the development and operation of new large-scale mines so that property tax revenues will be equitably distributed among affected local government

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90-6-401 . Declaration of necessity and purpose. The commencement of new large-scale hard-rock mineral developments often results in revenue disparities among adjacent local government units. This occurs primarily when a mine that locates in one taxing jurisdiction causes population influxes in neighboring jurisdictions. The result can be that some jurisdictions will experience a need to increase expenditures and receive no corresponding increase in revenue, while others will experience an increase in revenue and receive no comparable increase in expenditures. There is therefore a need to allocate the increase in property tax base resulting from the development and operation of new large-scale mines so that property tax revenues will be equitably distributed among affected local government units.