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MT SB550

Bill

Status

Passed

5/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dave Fern

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands Class Five property tax classification to include telecommunications providers that furnish services in or own property in no more than three counties, regardless of whether they serve rural areas
  • Class Five property is taxed at 3% of market value, providing a lower tax rate for qualifying telecommunications companies
  • Amends Section 15-6-135, MCA, which governs property used by cooperative rural electrical and telephone associations, research and development firms, pollution control equipment, and ethanol production facilities
  • Effective immediately upon passage and applies retroactively to property tax years beginning after December 31, 2024

Legislative Description

Revise taxation of of certain telecommunications property

Revenue, State

Last Action

Chapter Number Assigned

5/16/2025

Committee Referrals

Taxation4/7/2025
Taxation3/26/2025

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