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MINUTES OF TEE MEETING LOCAXA GOVERNMENT COMXSTTEE
MONTANA STATE SEXATE
March 2 0 , 1979
The mee t ing of t h e Loca l G o v e r n n e ~ t Committee was c a l l e d t o o r d e r by Chairman McCallum on March 20, 1 9 7 9 , a t 1 2 : l O i n Room 405 of t h e S t a t e C a p i t o l B u i l d i n g .
ROLL CALL: A l l members were p r e s e n t .
Dennis T a y l o r , s t a f f r e s e a r c h e r , was a l s o p r e s e n t .
Many v i s i t o r s were i n a t t e n d a n c e . (See a t t a c h m e n t . )
CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE B I L L 125: R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Ar lyne R e F - c h e r t of D i s t r i c t 3 7 , c h i e f s p o n s c r of House B i l l 125 , gave a b r i e f resume. T h i s b i l l i s a n a c t t o e s t a b l i s h t h e Montana s t a t e - l o c a l r evenue s h a r i n g program; t o p r o v i d e f o r the a l l o c a t i o n o f money t o m u n i c i p a l i t i e s and c o u n t i e s , t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f money a p p r o p r i a t e d f o r t h e s t a t e - l o c a l r evenue s h a r i n g program by t h e d e p a r t m e n t o f community a f f a i r s ; and t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e u s e by m u n i c i p a l i t i e s and c o u n t y governments o f noney r e c e i v e d from t h e s t a t e - l o c a l r evenue s h a r i n g program. R e p r e s e n t a t i v e R e i c h e r t s t a t e d t h i s i s a r a r e b i l l , a s it d o e s n o t r e q u i r e any money and r e d u c e s p r o p e r t y t a x e s .
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e R e i c h e r t o f f e r e d some a n e n d ~ e n t s , which s h e f e l t would improve t h e b i l l . (See a t t a c h m e n t . ) Montana i s one o f f o u r s ta tes which h a s no g e n e r a l s t a t e r evenue s h a r i n g .
Dan Mizner , o f t h e League of C i t i e s and Towns, s t o o d i n sup- p o r t of t h i s b i l l . H e s t a t e d many towns a r e a t t h e i r maximum i n b e i n g a b l e t o l e v y taxes, HB 125 would h s l p t o o f f s e t t h e e x p e n s e s .
David H u n t e r , o f t h e C i t y of Helena , s t a t e d h i s s u p p o r t o f t h e b i l l . H e t o l d t h a t a s i g n i f i c a n t amount of H e l e n a ' s costs are those mandated by t h e l e g i s l a t u r e . They a r e r i g h t up t o t h e i r m i l l l e v i e s and have had t o l a y p e o p l e o f f because t h e y d i d n o t have enough money t o pay them.
J a y Bruch, o f t h e League of Women V o t e r s , s t a t e d h e r g roup s u p p o r t s l e g i s l a t i o n which a l l o w s l o c a l governments a d e q u a t e re- s o u r c e s o f r e v e n u e t o b e used a s de te rmined by t h e local govern- ment. (See a t t a c h m e n t . )
J i m Nugent, r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e C i t y of M i s s o u l a , s t a t e d t h i s b i l l would e s t a b l i s h t h e mechanism t o a l l o w a s t a t e - l o c a l revenue s h a r i n g program f o r t h e S t a t e of Montana. M r . Nugent o f f e r e d w r i t - t e n t e s t i m o n y . (See a t t a c h m e n t . )
Ron X o f a r , Mayor o f Red Lodge, s t a t e d h i s s u p p o r t o f t h e b i l l .
With no f u r t h e r p r o p o n e n t s , Chairman McCallum c a l l e d on t h e opponen t s .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MARCH 20, 1979
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( Ed Nelson , of t h e Montana Taxpayers A s s o c i a t i o n , s t a t e d h i s
o p p o s i t i o n t o t h e b i l l . M r . Nelson s t a t e d t h a t t h i s b i l l would a l l o w l o c a l governments t o spend money w i t h o u t h a - ~ i n g t o l e v y t h e t a x e s . M r . Nelson o f f e r e d a news c l i p p i n g t o go w i t h h i s t e s t i - mony. (See a t t a c h m e n t . )
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e R e i c h e r t made t h e c l o s i n g remarks . She s t a t e d t h a t when t h e r e i s s u r p l u s , t h e money g o e s back t o t h e p e o p l e . T h i s b i i l w i l l p r o v i d e a v e h i c l e f o r j o i n i n g t h e o t h e r 4 6 s t a t e s t h a t a l r e a d y do t h i s . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e R e i c h e r t s t a t e d t h i s b i l l r e c e i v e d b i - p a r t i s a n s u p p o r t i n t h e House.
The mee t ing was opened t o a q u e s t i o n and answer p e r i o d from t h e Committee. D i s c u s s i o n was h e l d .
S e n a t o r Rasmussen asked how t h i s would work. R e p r e s e n t a t i v e R g i c h e r t used t h e c o a l t a x a s a n example w i t h t h e money g o i n g t o t h e g e n e r a l fund and t h e n d i s t r i b u t e d t o t h e l o c a l governments .
CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE EILL 2 4 4 : R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Gene E r n s t of D i s t r i c t 4 7 , qave a b r i e f resume of t h e bill. R e p r e s e n t a t i v e E r n s t i s t h e s p o n s o r of HB 2 4 4 . T h i s b i l l i s a n act-amending- t h e Montana Major F a c i l i t y S i t i n g A c t , r e q u i r i n g local governments e n t i t l e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a c e r t i f i c a t i o n p r o c e e d i n g t o f i l e a s t a t e m e n t o f i n t e n t t o p a r t i c i p a t e ; i n v o l v i n g local governments i n t h e l o n g r a n g e p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s . T h i s b i l l assists t h e o r i g i - n a l Major F a c i l i t y S i t i n g A c t . C i t i z e n s f e e l t h e y are l e f t o u t , which i s a f a u l t i n t h e p r e s e n t law. House B i l l 244 g i v e s t h e l o c a l p e o p l e some i n p u t .
Bob Gannon, r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e Montana Power Company, s t o o d i n s u p p o r t of t h e b i l l . M r . Gannon s t a t e d t h e i n t e n t of t h e b i l l i s t o i n v o l v e t h e l o c a l govern ing body. H e s a i d he would 1i;ke t o see t h e b i l l amended on page 5 , l i n e s 14-18, a l l t o b e s t r i c k e n .
P e t e r P a u l y , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e Montana - Dakota U t i l i t i e s , s t a t e d he s u p p o r t e d t h e p r i n c i p l e o f t h e b i l l w i t h t h e proposed amendmen t s .
T h e r e w e r e no opponen t s t o t h e b i l l . T h e r e f o r e , Represen ta - t i v e E r n s t made t h e c l o s i n g remarks . H e s t a t e d t h a t t h e proposed amendments w i l l n o t harm t h e b i l l . The nicknname o f t h i s b i l l i s " l andowners r e l a t i o n s b i l l " .
The m e e t i n g was opened t o a q u e s t i o n and answer p e r i o d from t h e Committee. D i s c u s s i o n was h e l d .
CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE E I L L 6 8 2 : R e p r e s e n t a t i v e B i l l Hand of D i s t r i c t 8 2 , c h i e f sponsor o f HB 6 8 2 , qave a b r i e f resume. This bill i s an a c t t o a l l o w c o u n t y c o ~ m i s s i o n e r s i n c e r t a i n coun- t i e s t o e s t a b l i s h t h e o f f i c e of c o u n t y a t t o r n e y a s a f u l l - t i m e p o s i t i o n ; t o i n c r e a s e t h e s a l a r y o f c e r t a i n coun ty a t t o r n e y s ; and t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e r e n d i t i o n of c o u n t y l e g a l s e r v i c e s by p e r s o n s - -
o t h e r t h a n t h e coun ty a t t o r n e y .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MARCH 2 0 , 1979
PAAGE THREE
W. G . G i l b e r t 111, o f t h e Montana Caunty A t t o r n e y s Associa- t i o n , s t a t e d t h a t t h i s b i l l w i l l g i v e t h e c o u n t i e s t h e f l e x i b i l i - t i e s t o make t h e a d j u s t m e n t t h e y need t o make. T h i s would b e t h e u l t i m a t e o p t i o n f o r c o u n t i e s . H e s t o o d i n s u p p o r t o f t h e b i l l .
Tom Honzel , o f t h e Montana County A t t o r n e y s A s s o c i a t i o n , s t a t e d t h a t t h i s i s a v e r y i n p o r t a n t b i l i . Very l i t t l e h a s been done s i n c e t h e o r i g i n a l a c t was e n a c t e d . The work l o a d i s g e t t i n g l a r g e r a l l t h e t i m e . Needs v a r y from coun ty t o c o u n t y and t h i s b i l l w i l l g i v e them t h e f l e x i b i l i t y t h e y need.
There were no opponen t s t o t h e b i l l . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Hand made t h e c l o s i n g remarks . H e s t a t e d t h a t he f e e l s t h i s i s a v e r y n e c e s s a r y b i l l f o r t h e c o u n t i e s .
CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE BILL e51 : R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Bobby S p i l - k e r of Dis t r i c t 3 2 , c h i e f sponsor of HB 851 , gave a b r i e f resume. T h i s b i l l i s a n a c t t o p r o v i d e p r o c e d u r e s f o r - a l t e r a t i o n o f e x i s t - i n g forms of l o c a l governments . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e S p i l k e r s t a t e d t h a t l o c a l governments a r e n o t a b l e t o change t h e i r form o f g o ~ - ernment w i t h o u t t h e v o t e o f t h e p e o p l e . House B i l l 851 a d d r e s s e s t h e p r o c e d u r a l q u e s t i o n r e g a r d i n g changing forms o f l o c a l gov2rn- ment.
David H u n t e r , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e C i t y of Helena , s t a t e d h i s s u p p o r t of t h e b i l l . H i s c i t i e s have s e l f - g o v e r n i n g powers. T h i s b i l l would g i v e t h e p r o c e d u r a l mechanism and a l s o g i v e t h e c o u n t y commiss ioners t h e power t o do t h i s .
J i m Nugent , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e C i t y of M i s s o u l a , s t a t e d t h a t HB 851 w i l l p r o v i d e t h e p r o c e d u r e s r e q u i r e d by t h e Montana C o n s t i - t u t i o n i n A r t i c l e X I , S e c t i o n 3 , i n 1972. (See a t t a c h m e n t . )
Eva S p a u l d i n g , o f t h e League o f Women V o t e r s , s t a t e d t h a t t h e League r e c o g n i z e s t h a t l o c a l government e n t i t i e s have v a r i e d and d i f f e r e n t n e e d s . T h i s b i l l w i l l a l l o w changes i n t h e l o c a l govern- ment i n t h e areas and i n t h e way t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e v o t e r s want it. (See a t t a c h m e n t . )
Dan Mizner , o f t h e League of C i t i e s and Towns, s t a t e d h i s s u p p o r t o f t h e b i l l . T h i s b i l l c o r r e c t s t h e mechanisms t o change t h e forms of governments .
There w e r e no opponen t s .
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e S p i l k e r made t h e c l o s i n g remarks . She s t a t e d t h a t t h i s i s a l l new language and j u s t c l a r i f i e s . A t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e , t h e r e i s no p r o c e d u r e i n t h e law t o a l l o w c i t i e s t o p u t it t o a v o t e o f t h e p e o p l e .
HOUSE BILL 81: The h e a r i n g on IIB 8 1 w i l l be r e s c h e d u l e d for Thursday , March 2 2 , because o f l a c k o f t i m e
DISPOSITION O F HOUSE BILL 6 8 2 : T h i s b i l l i s i n r e g a r d t o f u l l - t i m e c o u n t y a t t o r n e y s b e i n g a l lowed .
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A motion was made by S e n a t o r Rasnusscn t h a t HB 6 8 2 "aE C 0 9 - CURRED IN". Mction c a r r i e d w i t h a l l members voting " y e s " w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of S e n a t o r O'Hara who a b s t a i n e d .
ACTION ON HOUSE BILL 851: T h i s b i l l i s i n r e g a r d t o p r o - v i d i n g p r o c e d u r e s f o r a l t e r a t i o n o f e x i s t i n g forms o f l o c a l governments .
S e n a t o r Watt made a mot ion t h a t t h e b i l l be amended t o r e a d 2 y e a r s ,
A s u b s t i t u t e mot ion was made by S e n a t o r Lockrem t h a t t h e b i l l he amended t o r e a d t h r e e y e a r s . Motion c a r r i e d .
CONSIDERATION O F HOUSE B I L L 7 0 4 : T h i s b i l l i s i n r e g a r d t o t h e a l l o c a t i o n of s t a t e f u n d s f o r p<blic t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .
David Hunte r , from t h e C i t y of Helena , s t a t e d t h a t t h e f o r - n u l a changes t h e money. The c i t i e s have g o t t e n t o g e t h e r and worked o u t a fo rmula . The money w i l l s t i l l come t o t h e c i t i e s . N r . Hur- t e r s t a t e d t h a t t h e c i t i e s c a n n o t budget 'qhen t h e y do n o t know how much money t h e y w i l l g e t .
ACTION ON HOUSE BILL 382: T h i s b i l l i s i n r e g a r d t o a l l o w - i n g p r i v a t e f i r e p r o t e c t i o n companies t o c o n t i n u e t o p r o v i d e f i r e p r o t e c t i o n s e r v i c e s t o an a r e a t h a t h a s been ancexed o r i n c o r p o r a - t e d .
A mot ion was made by S e n a t o r Lockrem t h a t t h e Committee re- c o n s i d e r t h e i r p r e v i o u s a c t i o n s on HB 382. Motion c a r r i e d .
A mot ion was made by S e n a t o r Lockrem t h a t HB 382 "BE CON- CURRED I N " , Motion w a s withdrawn.
ADJOURN: With no f u r t h e r b u s i n e s s , t h e mee t ing was a d j o u r n e d a t 2 :55 . The n e x t mee t ing w i l l be h e l d on Wednesday a t 12:OO noon f o r e x e c u t i v e a c t i o n .
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Montana Taxpayers Assoc ia t ion House B i l l 125
STATE R E V E N U E SHARING L E G I S L A T I O N
We hear a l o t about revenue shar ing from s t a t e and local p o l i t i c i a n s . I t ' s
always popular p o l i t i c a l l y t o t e l l your c o n s t i t u e n t s t h a t they a r e going t o g e t
something f o r nothing. The impi ica t ion always i s t h a t someone e l s e i s going t o
pay t h e b i l l and you a r e going t o b e n e f i t . This i s a National d i s e a s e , because
s h i f t i n g the c o s t of governnlent t o the next h i she r l eve l i s a p o l i t i c i a n s d e l i g h t .
For l oca l governments t o g e t money froni s t a t e governnlents a1 1 ows 'iocal pol i t i c i a n s
t h e p l easu re of spending the money without t he agony of fac ing the vo te r s and i n c r e a s i n s
proper ty t axes . So we s e e county, c i t y and pub1 i c school l o b b y i s t s going t o t he
l e g i s l a t u r e wanting s t a t e revenue shar ing so they d o n ' t have t o f a c e the voters a t
home with increased t a x e s .
And t h a t ' s popular because i t l eaves the inlpl i c a t i o n t h a t someone e l s e i s
going t o pay t h e b i l l . So i t i s with the Montana l e g i s l a t u r e . House B i l l 125
i s an a c t t o e s t a b l i s h the Montana S t a t e Local Revenue Sharing Program t o provide
f o r t h e a l l o c a t i o n of money t o mun ic ipa l i t i e s and coun t i e s and t o l e t the Depart-
ment of Community A f f a i r s do t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n . The money would b e app ropr i a t ed
back t o coun t i e s and c i t i e s on the bas i s of populat ion without regard t o need,
wi thout regard t o t a x base and wi thout regard t o whether l oca l governments were
being run e f f i c i e n t l y o r i n e f f i c i e n t l y .
Don' t f o r g e t bas i ca l l y the same people pay the property t a x e s , income
taxes and o t h e r l e v i e s iniposed by s t a t e and loca l government. Sa when you z r e
t a l k i n g about tax ing the o the r guy, the o t h e r guy i s r e a l l y you. The c i t y govern-
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ments have an ou t . If they r ea l l y need niore niorley to spend they can go to the I
voter and under present law ask the people to vote a n addit ional 5 mi l l s f o r c i t y
operat ion. B u t the c i t i e s and towns are not very in teres ted in going t h i s route .
Th2y want t o be a b l e t o tax without voter approval.
Where i s t h i s revenue sharing supposed t o corne from? The b i l l doesn ' t speak
of t h a t . I t only es tab l i shes the framework in case some ready cash comes aiong.
B u t we know froni statenients nlade by the League of C i t i e s and Towns t h a t they
would l i k e to ra id the personal inconi? tax by some $14 niillion do l l a r s a year .
I t i s apparent t h i s proposal has much more to do w i t h increasing the
expenditures of governnlent than i t does helping the taxpaying c i t i z ens of t h i s
s t a t e .
We urge the defeat of t h i s proposal.
AMENDMENTS TO HB 125
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money g e n e r a t e d f rom s t a t e r e s o u r c e s t h a t i s s p e n t by any agency o f s t a t e gove rnmen t , e x c l u d i n g : - -
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( c ) payments f o r unemployment o r d i s a b i l i t y i n s u r a n c e ;
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( g ) money a p p r o p r i a t e d f o r t a x r e l i e f ; and 4 ( h ) f u n d s t r a n s f e r r e d w i t h i n s t a t e qovernment or
u s e d t o p u r c h a s e goods f o r r e s a l e .
S e c t i o n 4 . S t a t e s u r p l u s t o r e v e n u e s h a r i n g program. (1) S e v e n t y - f i v e p e r c e n t o f t h e amount by which
s t a t e r e v e n u e exc-eeds s t a t e e x p e n d i t u r e d u r i n g any f i s c a l y e a r n s u t b e t r a n s f e r r e d a t t h e end o f t h e f i s c a l y e a r t o a r e v e n u e - s h a r i n g a c c o u n t i n t h e ea rmarked r e v e n u e f u n d , which a c c o u n t i s h e r e b y e s t a b l i s h e d .
( 2 ) Money i n t h e r e v e n u e - s h a r i n g a c c o u c t may b e a l l o c a t e d by a p p r o p r i a t i o n f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n u n d e r t h e s t a t e - l c c a l r e v e n u e s h a r i n g program e s t a b l i s h e d i n [ s e c t i o n 5 1 . "
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2 . Page 3 , l i n e 11 F o l l o w i n g : " r e d u c e " S t r i k e : " t h e i r " I n s e r t : " t h e " F o l l o w i n g : " t a x e s " I n s e r t : "on r e s i d e n t i a l p r c p e r t y "
Comments of t h e Depar t ren t o f Heal th and Environmental Sc iences
Sub d i v i s i o n Bureau
Over t h e p a s t y c a r , t h e Department has submi t ted a number o f sug- g e s t i o n s t o t h e In t e r im Subcommittee on Subd iv i s ion Laws. The B i l l w l~ ich t h e Subcommittee has proposed f o r t h e Amendment of t h e S a n i t a t i o n i n Subdiv is ions Act, HB 81, has incorpora ted , i n p a r t , a number o f t h e s e sugges t ions .
In s t ead o f c i t i n g a11 of t h e changes which we suppor t , w e w i l l discuss o n l y t h e major clianges.
" ~ u b d i v i ~ . i o n C e r t i f i c a t e s o f Survey"
Throughout t h e Act t h e r e i s r e f e r e n c e t o "subdiv is ion c e r t i f i c a t e o f survey" i n a d d i t i o n t o "plat" . Th i s i s done t o make t h e Act ' s r e f e r e n c e t o t h e documents which we review c o n s i s t e n t w i th a l r e a d y e x i s t i n g S e c t i o n s which recognize t h a t o u r a u t h o r i t y ove r d i v i s i o n s which may be recorded on c e r t i f i c a t e s o f survey . The Depar;ment has had review a u t h o r i t y ove r a number of such d i v i s i o n s s i n c e 1975. The word "sub- d iv i s ion" was added t o " c e r t i f i c a t e o f survey" t o nake i t c l e a r t h a t our review a u t h o r i t y i s l i m i t c d only t o t h o s e c e r t i f i c a t e s o f survey which - d e f i n e a s u b d i v i s i o n and not t o a l l c e r t i f i c a t e s o f survey. For i n s t a n c e , we would not want t o review c e r t i f i c a t e s o f survey which a r e merely re t racement s o f e x i s t i n g su rveys . The proposed amendment recognizes t h a t s i t u a t i o n a s beyond t h e a u t h o r i t y of t h e Department 's review.
Admin i s t r a t i ve Enforcement (1ICA 76-4-108)
The Department has recommended changes i n t h e Act 's enforcement p rov i s ions . F i r s t , t h e Department recommended changes i n t h e adminis t ra - t i v e remedy a v a i l a b l e t o i t . As a m a t t e r o f p r a c t i c e , a d m i n i s t r a t i v e remedies a r e g e n e r a l l y des igned t o p r o v i d e a rcmedy which i s e a s i l y invoked and whose s a n c t i o n s a r c merely c o r r e c t i v e , and not p u n i t i v e . They a r e l e s s d r a s t i c and l c s s onerous t h a n remedies which r e q u i r e a p p l i c a t i o n t o d i s t r i c t c o u r t e i t h e r f o r p e n a l t i e s o r i n j u n c t i o n . The p r c s e n t a d m i n i s t r a t i v e remedy, r c q u i r e s a schedul ing , a t t h e o u t s e t , o f a fu l lb lown con te s t ed c a s e h c a r i n g p r i o r t o t h e i s suance o f any o rde r . Thc problem w i t h t h i s procedure is t h a t , f o r minor v i o l a t i o n s which might r e a d i l y be cured, t h e s c a l e of t h e enforcement i s so c o s t l y and t imc consuming a s t o be p r o h i b i r i v e . E f f e c t i v e l y , t h e p r e s e n t rcmedy, f a r from be ing one which a l lows f o r r e l a t i v e l y exped i t i ous remedy of minor v i o l a t i o n s , i t c r e a t e s a mechanism which makes p u r s u i t o f minor v i o l a t i o n s s o cumbersome and t imc consuming a s t o be p r o h i b i t i v e .
In response t o t h i s problem, t h e Subcommittee h a s proposed an amend- ment which a l lows t h e Department t o d c s c r i h e t h e a l l e g c d v i o l a t i o n with which i t i s concerncd and t o p r c s c r i b e t h e c o r r c c t i v e a c t i o n which nceds
t o be taken. If t h e a l l e g c d v i o l a t o r f e l t t h e Department's p o s i t i o n i s . i n c o r r e c t h c may r e q u e s t a hca r ing b e f o r e t h e Eoard o f i i ea l th and Environmental Sc iences t o p l ead h i s ca se . Thus, t h e v i o l a t o r ' s p rocedura l r i g h t s a r e f u l l y p r o t e c t e d , should h e wish t o c o n t e s t t h e Department 's a c t i o n s , b u t t h c way i s l c f t open f o r a much more e x p e d i t i o u s r e s o l u t i o n of t h e problem should t h e a l l e g c d v i o l a t o r wish t o merely c o r r e c t t h e problem.
Th i s amendment i s modeled a f t e r a s i m i l a r p r o v i s i o n i n t h e Montana Water P o l l u t i o n Cont ro l Act which has been used wi th considera1)le succes s i n d e a l i n g wi th widespread minor v i o l a t i o n s . The u s e o f t h i s kind of p r o v i s i o n should s c a l e down t h e c o s t o f bo th enforccrnent and compliance t o a l e v e l c o n s i s t e n t wi th t h e s c v c r i t y o f t h e v i o l a t i o n .
P c n a l t i e s (biCA 76-4-108)
The second major change which t h e Department has proposed i s i n t h e a r e a of p e n a l t i e s . C u r r e n t l y , t h e Act i n d i c a t e s t h a t any body v i o l a t i n g t h e Act nay bc g u i l t y of an o f f e n s e and s u b j e c t t o a f i n e . F ines can only be sought by c o u n t y . a t t o r n e y s . The d i f f i c u l t y wi th t h i s p a r t i c u l a r p c n a l t y s e c t i o n i s t h a t , very o f t e n , county a t t o r n e y s , because of t h e i r d i v e r s e and sometimes heavy work loads , p l a c e a low p r i o r i t y on v i o l a t i o n s of t h e S a n i t a t i o n i n Subd iv i s ions Act. Also , ve ry o f t e n , i f a v i o l a t o r h a s succeeded i n g e t t i n g t h e c l e r k and r e c o r d e r t o f i l e a c e r t i f i c a t e of su rvey improperly t h e c l e r k and r e c o r d e r ' s a c t i o n , however u n w i t t i n g l y , is a l s o unlawful . As a r e s u l t i t makes it v e r y d i f f i c u l t f o r a county a t t o r n e y ' s o f f i c e t o go a f t e r c r imina l p e n a l t i e s . Also, people a r e l o a t h e t o a t t a c h t h e s t igma of c r i m i n a l i t y t o v i o l a t i o n s of t h e S a n i t a t i o n i n Subd iv i s ions Act .
Accordingly, t h e Subcommittee, a t t h e Department 's u rg ing , proposes a c i v i l p e h a l t y s e c t i o n , aga in modeled l a r g e l y upon t h e Clean A i r Act and t h e Wafer P o l l u t i o n Cont ro l Act. The purpose of t h e C i v i l Pena l ty S e c t i o n isito prov ide some p o s i t i v e inducement t o t h o s e who nay consider v i o l a t i n g t h e Acts . Right now, t h e r e i s l i t t l e danger of s u f f e r i n g any k ind o f monetary p e n a l t y . The on ly a c t i o n which t h e Department is a u t h o r i z e d t o b r i n g a t t h i s t ime i s an a c t i o n f o r i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f compell ing compliance wi th t h c law. Thus, i f a person w i s l ~ e s t o v i o l a t e t h e Act a t t h i s t i n e , he may do s o w i t h t h e knowledge t h a t probably t h e worse s a n c t i o n he f a c e s i s an a c t i o n f o r i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f t e l l i n g him t o comply w i t 1 1 t i le law. Thus, upon r e c e i v i n g a complaint f o r i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f he need merely come i n and a g r e e t o comply r e g a r d l e s s of enormity of h i s v i o l a t i o n . Thus, t h e Departnent must spcnd c o n s i d e r a b l e t ime and money i n p r e p a r a t i o n o f a s u i t a g a i n s t a v i o l a t o r , and t h e v i o l a t o r has no inducement t o comply wi th t h e law s i n c e , t h e on ly p e n a l t y , should he be caught , would b e compliance wi th t h e law. Accordingly, t h e Department suppor t s t h e amendment f o r a c i v i l p e n a l t y f o r which t h e Department could seek an a c t i o n . Under t h e c i v i l p e n a l t y s e c t i o n t h e Department cou ld , . i n a d d i t i o n t o seeking i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f t o compel compliance wi th t h e law, a l s o ask t h a t t h e c o u r t l evy a c i v i l p e n a l t y . T h i s provides
some d e t e r r e n t t o t h e would-be v i o l a t o r who would o t h e r w i s e want t o gamble on g e t t i n g c a u g h t , w i t h o u t add ing t h e stign;; of c r i m i n a l i t y t o t h e enforcement a c t i t s e l f . I t would be an a l t e r n a t i v e t o t h e c r i d n a l p e n a i t y .
F i n a l l y , t h e Department w i s h e s t o e x p r e s s i t s o p p o s i t i o n t o t h e proposed l a n g u a g e on page 8 , l i n e s 7-12. T h i s s e c t i o n p roposes t o award a t t o r n e y s f e e s t o anyone who p r e v a i l s i n an a c t i o n f o r i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f . C u r r e n t l y , t h e r e is n o t h i n g i n S a n i t a t i o n i n S u b d i v i s i o n Act o r anywhere e l s e i n t h e MCA whicn a u t h o r i z e s t h e award o f a t t o r n e y s f e e s . L o g i c a l l y , i f a p a r t y b r i n g s an a c t i o n i n good f a i t h and l o s e s , h e s h o u l d n o t b e s u b j e c t t o a t t o r n e y s f e e s . T h i s s a n c t i o n makes i t d i f f i c u l t , i f n o t i m p o s s i b l e , f o r a bureau c h i e f t o p l a n a b u d g e t , s i n c e i t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o a b s o l u t e l y p r e d i c t such an award. Thus, i t s e r v e s a s a d e t e r r e n t t o t h e v i g o r o u s enforcement which is l a c k i n g i n t h e Act now. Accord ing ly , w h i l e i t might be a rgued t h a t t h e Department would b e d e t e r r e d from t h e i n d i s c r i m i n a n t f i l i n g o f s u i t s by t h i s s e c t i o n , t h e E e p a r t m e n t ' s
, h i s t o r y o f l i t i g a t i o n does n o t s u p p o r t any s u g g e s t i o n . By t h e v e r y n a t u r e o f i t s l i m i t e d s t a f f and heavy work l o a d , t h e Departrrent must choose i t s c a s e s c a r e f u l l y . Thus, a p o s i t i v e inducement t o c a r e f u l and w e l l - c o n s i d e r e d f i l i n g o f c a s e s a l r e a d y e x i s c s . Accordingly , t h e Department a s k s t h a t t h i s s e c t i o n b e s t r i c k e n .
Review A u t h o r i t y t o Local Governments (MCA 76-4-128)
- s e c t i o n 12 h a s c o m p l e t e l y r e o r g a n i z e d t h e D e p a r t n e n t ' s d e l e g a t i o n o f r e v i g w a u t h o r i t y t o l o c a l governments. Those s u b d i v i s i o n s which t h e l o c a l govern ing body can r e v i e w havebeen expanded t o i n c l u d e n o t o n l y s u b d i v i s i o n s c o n t a i n i n g f i v e o r f e w e r p a r c e l s w i t h i n d i v i d u a l w a t e r and sewer , b u t a l s o s u b d i v i s i o n s c o n t a i n i n g p a r c e l s t e n a c r e s o r l a r g e r i n s i z e when e a c h p a r c e l has i n d i v i d u a l w a t e r and sewer .
S u b s e c t i o n 2 a d d r e s s e s t h e i n f l u e n c e o f t h e Montana Environmental P o l i ~ y A c t , w i t h i t s r e q u i r e m e n t s o f p r e l i m i n a r y env i ronmenta l review o r e n v i r o n m e n t a l impact s t a t e m e n t s , upon the s u b d i v i s i o n r e v i e w p r o c e s s . I f a - s u b d i v i s i o n is go ing t o i n c l u d e t e n o r more p a r c e l s t h e l o c a l govern ing body w i l l n o t i f y t h e Department i n c a s e t h e r e is t h e n e c e s s i t y o f do ing an env i ronmenta l i m p a c t s t a t e m e n t . S u b s e c t i o n 3 r e c o g n i z e s t h a t i f t h e l o c a l govern ing body does n o t take c o c g l e t e r e v i e w a u t h o r i t y o v e r from t h e Department t h e n i t must a d v i s e t h e Department o f i t s recommendation f o r a p p r o v a l o r d i s a p p r o v a l . T h i s p r o v i s i o n i s l a r g e l y t h e same as what i s i n t h e e x i s t i n g law. S u b s e c t i o n 4 a l l o w s t h e govern ing body t h e o p t i o n o f t a k i n g f u l l r ev iew a u t h o r i t y f o r t h e s u b d i v i s i o n s d e s c r i b e d i n t h i s s e c t i o n . I t r e q u i r e s , however, t h a t i f t h e l o c a l govern ing body assumes t h a t a u t h o r i t y t h a t i t would a l s o a c c e p t l e g a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e d e c i s i o n s t h a t i t makes u n d e r t h a t a u t h o r i t y .
Fees f o r t h e Review o f S u b d i v i s i o n s i n Mzster-Plan Areas
,The House h a s d e l e t e d p r o v i s i o n s page 6 , l i n e 21, which r e f e r t o t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f l o t f e e s f o r s u b d i v i s i o n s i n master-planned a r e a s . T h i s s e c t i o n h a s g e n e r a l l y been r e c o g n i z e d as c o n f e r r i n g t h e Department
w i t h t h e a u t h o r i t y t o c o l l e c t l o t f e e s i n master-planned a r e a s . m e Department h a s proposed an amendment f o r page 5 , l i n e 21 which would r e i n s t a t e t h a t a u t h o r i t y .
Master-plan s u b d i v i s i o n s r e c e i v e much t h e same review a s any o t h e r s u b d i v i s i o n o f i t s w a t e r , s e w e r , and s o l i d w a s t e f a c i l i t i e s . I n f a c t , t h e Department, even i n mas te r -p lan s u b d i v i s i o n s , i s s t i l l o b l i g a t e d t o conduc t t h i s review. The p r imary d i f f e r e n c e between t h e Depar tment ' s r ev iew of mas t e r - p l a n s u b d i v i s i o n s and o t h e r s u b d i v i s i o n s i s t h a t , i n mas te r -p lan s u b d i v i s i o n s , t h e Department c o n d u c t s i t s review a f t e r t h e p l a t has been f i l e d .
Thus, t o exempt c e r t a i n p e o p l e from payment of f e e s f o r r e v i e w , and t o r e q u i r e payment o f o t h e r s where t h e rev iew i s l a r g e l y t h e same r a i s e s s e r i o u s q u e s t i o n s o f e q u a l p r o t e c t i o n and f a i r n e s s under t h e l a w . I n mas te r -p lan s u b d i v i s i o n s , t h e t a x p a y e r would be s u b s i d i z i n g the d e v e l o p e r s review. Thus, t h e Department u rges t h a t t h e S e n a t e r e i n s t a t e i t s a u t h o r i t y t o c o l l e c t review f e e s f o r mas te r -p lan s u b d i v i s i o n s .
These conments encompass t h e major changes proposed by t h e I n t e r i m S u b c o m a i t t e e on S i l b d i v i s i o n s . The Department would b e most w i l l i n g t o answer any o t h e r e n q u i r i e s which t h e Committee might have.
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For t h o s e c i t i e s c h c o s i n y t o ~ z r t i c i p a k e , i-n t.hc f u t u r e o n l y , the
P.E.R.S. s c rv i ce is f r c z e n c n d po l i ce o f f i c c r s t i i t b ccrvicc undcr t h e
P . E . P . S . w i l l r c c a i v e a p a r t i a l per-sicn frcz ti:e T . G . F . S . nr.d a p a r t i a l
pension frcl;. t h e p o l i c c o f i iceri; ' t;:7stcr;. Tf the c i t i . 2 ~ c l i~cse t o
r ax t - i c i p a t c r e t roac t i r c ly , t h e y nust p rcv i l c zny f c n l i n q noeded f o r
p a s t sen-icc credits.
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cn G a ~ u z r y 1st of e a c h year acd t h l s is ~ r i r a r l l y f o r s o m i n i s t r a t i v e
p u r F J s e s . T h i s d a t e w i l l citre tt:.? c i t i e s ri 5-i rz~nth t i m e perioci
to consider any c h a n ~ e s i n t h e i r re t ; r : r izn t for ~ 2 l i c e o f f i c e r s a f t e r
the effective date of the b i l l .
This is n retirement r c a s u r e cnl.: zr.6 ha - - fic cffcct on s o c i a l ---- - - - - - .- .-A ---*--
s e c u r i t v .
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ith
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ain
of
ra
isin
g
the
Th
e A
~n
eric
an pe
ople
ar
e d
eman
din
g
cent
rali
zed
go
ver
nm
ent
and
, on
th
e W
qsh
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n
Po
rt s
taff
H'r'
trr
mon
ey.
I d
on
't b
lam
e y
ou
fo
r en
jo:.
-it~
g th
at w
e re
du
ce f
etlc
ral
spet
idin
~."
o
ther
h
and
, fo
r op
posi
ng
te~
en
ue
1i
c.p.
,r
ack
liro
ol;s
(D
-Tes
.),
the
it.
Bro
oks
conc
lude
d w
ilh
som
etil
ing
shar
ing
hec
susc
Con
&re
ss c
an11
ot c
hn-
crus
t?.
arc
h-e
nt~
~?
~!
of
thc
fed
eral
gov
. "I
'd
ded
icat
e th
ose
p
ark
s an
d
the
app
roac
t~in
g a
pra
yer
, ar
, es
hort
nrlo
n lr
ol
t~o
w it i
s sp
ent.
er
nrn
cnt'
r =c
,ric.
ral
reve
tine
-sha
ring
st
reet
wor
k an
d t
hat
po
tho
le
wor
k. I
'd
\,, w
ork
toge
ther
to
fin
d a
.ays
to
hel
p "I
f R
ep.
Bro
oks
\vrr
e re
ally
co
n.
l~r~
El'
al!l
. Saw
th
at i
lt?
Ilad
a 1
0ugt
l au
- pa
y a
cou
ple
co
ps e
xtr
a m
ane!
:. a
co
rnrn
urli
ties
"th
at n
eed
help
.' - w
a?s
rerl
led
fi:,
ou
t m
aint
aini
lrg
out.
dece
rl-
tlie
tlcc
yes
trrr
fny.
co
up1e
n
urs
es-
a O
f tl
lat
do
no
t m
ean
"s
impl
y se
nd
ing
tr
aliz
ed f
or11
1 of
~
ov
ertl
nlc
nt,
" sh
e ar
- T
her
e th
e\.
sa
t-]
,n00 c
o,ll
lty
offi.
I'
d bu
y a
new
son
leth
irrf
i-or
-oth
cr.
them
mo
re r
none
y. .
. .
gued
. "h
e w
ould
su
pp
ort
re
ven
ue
cial
s ti
et-o
!r!!
y d
ed
ira
t~ti
to t
he
hc.n
efi-
"I
'd
smil
e at
th
e pe
oj)l
e, b
uy a
new
"1
hop
e yo
u u-
ill p
ut y
ou
r co
nsid
era-
sh
arin
g b
ecau
se
it's
th
e o
ne
fede
'ral
r(
'llC
P of
tt
?e p
roct
anl
that
is
sen
din
g
of ke
ys t
o t
he
cit
y. g
et my p
ictl
l~'e
bl
r ta
len
ts
to t
hat
ta
sk
no
t us
r p
rog
ram
all
onit
lp s
late
s ar
ltt i
oca
l~ti
es
stat
cs,
cou
nti
es,
riti
cs.
tow
ns,
tow
:^.
in t
he
pap
er a
nd
tel
l th
enl,
'We'
re j
ust
~l
,~,,
, to
~~
t,t
,~
cong
ress
fo
r to
mak
c th
eir
own
deci
sion
s o
n s
pell
d-
shil
~s.
bor
-our
lls.
In
dia
n
trib
es
Brld
tr
yin
g t
o d
o a
goo
d Jo
b fo
r th
e f
olk
s th
at
,,.ill
pu
sh
us
far.
tllc
r do
,,.11
in
: pr
iol-
itte
s."
Ala
skan
nat
ive
~.i
lla,
ces s
om
e s
.8 b
il.
her
e do
wn
hom
e.' "
the
rood
to
wa1
.d
rcnt
rali
zecl
go
vern
- Rr
ooks
, i!
itr~
rmcd
of
hrr
sc
arti
cin,
li
on t
his
yea
r in
str
irlg
-fre
e fu
ntis
. S
om
e of
th
e c
ou
nty
off
icia
ls.
wh
o
,,~
~,,
t otld
iicr
nl tl
isas
tcr.-
sG
iiiT
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iiv~
iG
3-37
7G34
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d.-y
.-fi7
S
pea
kin
q In
srlc
h a
gro
up
as
tile
xa-
~
Ov
iou
sly
did
n't
ll
ke
the
nlrs
snge
, tir
,n:jl
:\c
soc.
intir
,n
~o
r~rl
tip
s,
wer
e sn
rili
ng i
n s
pit
e of
th
emse
lves
. Ti
c*
got
a st
antI
ing
ovat
ion.
T
lrc
!"A!\.
I~
~~
~t
~0
11
1~
w
ho a
rt-
the
good
bo
y N
AC
O n
lrm
ber
s w
ere
smil
ing,
lau
gll-
SJ~~-~'~~~X~~!_%~~II~X~~~?-UI\~VSI~
Ijrr
~o
ks.
ua
ru~
iuc
to t
he
task
. is
"al
- w
ant
to s
tart
rai
sin
g m
wg&
".
wa:
,-s a
pl(
~js
ure
. . .
lt b
rill
~s o
ut
tile
n
~o
nt,
ex.
, w
as s
till
pla
yin
g t
he
loca
l il
lff*
app'
a'Jd
ing.
mi~
sio
t~~
ri-
spii
jt i
n m
e. 1
look
ou
t 2n
d o
ffic
ial
dis
pen
sin
g t
he
rev
enu
e-sh
ar-
. .
Th
en.
a fe
w h
ou
rs l
ater
th
ey r
eal-
se
e ,71
1 th
ose
sclu
ls n
eedi
ng t
o h
e sa
ved
inl
larg
esse
. II
e sa
id
wit
h
sarc
a~
m,
ized
wh
at h
it t
hem
. A
st
atem
ent
was
fr
om
th
e ia
lsc
doct
r-in
e of
re
ven
ue
"Don
't sa
y
on
e d
amn
w
ord
ab
ou
t '
dra
ftrd
an
d t
he
prcs
s w
as c
alle
d.
shar
ing
, an
d
I w
elco
me
the
op
po
rtu
- w
her
e th
e m
on
es's
co
min
g f
rom
. Ju
st
Cl~
arlo
tte
\fil
liam
s,
h'A
CO
pr
esi-
n
itr
to t
ry t
o b
liti
g yo
u in
to t
he
ligl
lt
tell
'em
, I'm
try
ing
to
hel
p y
ou a
ll.'
" d
ent
arid
a c
ornm
i5si
oner
of
G
enes
ee
of r
easo
n--a
nd
fisc
al r
espo
nsib
ilit
y."
No
w.t
he
NA
CO
au
dle
nce
was
lau
gh
- C
ou
nty
(F
lint
), J
Iich
., sa
id c
ouri
ty o
ffi-
L
ike
a tr
yin
g t
o
win
th
e 11
>6, a
nd
Brooks. c
ame
to t
he
poi
rlt
of
rial
s w
ill
"str
ongl
y re
sist
" an
y n
~o
ve
h
eart
of
a ba
cksl
jdcr
. B
rook
s, t
he
pow
.. h
is s
m'n
lone
tte
abo
ut
d p
rog
ram
th
at
in C
ongr
ess
to c
ut
or
elim
inat
e re
ve-
erfu
l ch
airm
an o
f th
e H
ouse
Gov
ern-
d
art
ed
in
IO
n a
nd. unless
Co
ng
ress
n
ue
shar
ing
. nl
erit
Op
crat
ion
s C
omm
itte
e, t
ried
th
e
ren
ew8
it,
Wisi
ll en
d &
pt.
30, 1980:
"Inf
lati
on h
as l
ilt
loca
l g
ov
ern
men
ts
frie
nd
ly a
pp
roac
h f
irst
. "T
he
tru
th o
f th
e m
atte
r 19
, it
's
a so
har
d
that
man
y
hav
e b
een
for
ced
"I
hav
e g
reat
' re
gar
d
for
cou
nty
fr
aud,
" h
e In
tone
d.
And
, se
ein
g t
he
'
to u
se r
even
ue-s
hari
ng d
oll
ars
just
to
co
rnm
issl
oner
s,"
he
bega
n.
"To
get
her
sm
iles
dro
p,
he
add
ed, "
But
it's
fun
. I
mai
nta
in e
xist
ing
serv
ices
,"
she
said
. w
e'v
e sp
ent
an
awfu
l lo
t of
fe
der
al
don'
t bi
atne
you
. It
's f
un.
"lf
rev
enu
e sh
arin
g w
ere
elim
itla
tcd,
m
oney
."
"But
1'1
1 te
ll y
ou--
that
fu
n i
e ru
n-
cou
nty
off
icia
ls w
ould
ei
ther
hav
e to
T
hen
h
e t
ried
th
e en
lpat
het
ic
ap-
nln
g
out.
T
he
fe
der
al
bo
rro
win
g
rais
e p
rop
erty
tax
es,
a m
ove
citi
zen
s p
roac
h.
po
wer
has
rea
ched
its
lim
it. . .
. Th
e w
ould
su
rely
opp
ose,
or
curt
ail
man
y
"I c
an
un
der
stan
d y
ou
r d
edic
atio
n
nat
lon
al d
ebt
is e
xp
ecte
d t
o
hit
$m
se
n.ic
as."
to
su
ch a
p
rog
ram
[as
rev
enu
e sh
ar-
bill
ion
by
the
end
of
1080
. Ju
st t
he
U'il
liam
s ch
ided
U
rwk
s fo
r sa
ying
in
gl.
It is
a g
reat
tre
at f
or
a ~
~u
bli
c
of-
pay
men
t o
f in
tere
st
on
th
e
curr
ent
that
ai
d
to
stat
e an
d
loca
l go
vern
- fi
cid
lo
en
joy
til
e p
leas
ure
s o
f sp
end
- d
ebt
is c
osti
ng o
ver
$55 b
illi
on a
yea
r.
men
ts i
s le
adin
g th
e co
un
try
to
war
d
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