Local Government

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Local Government Interim Comittee met July 11-12 and completed its work for the interim. Legislation requested by the committee that will be brought before the 2019 Legislature is posted here.

Agenda
Minutes Log
TIF Materials: RTIC's HJR 18 Tax Increment Finance Materials
- RTIC's TIF Bill Draft Proposals
- RTIC's HJR 18 Draft Final Report
- Public Comment
HJ 25: Study of Municipal Fire Departments
- LCMFD3-- Second-Class Cities Fire
- LCMFD4 -- Regional Fire Authorities
- Summary Report
Local Government Reporting to DOA
- LCLGR1 -- Changes in GAAP Requirements
J 21: Study of EMS and Volunteer Firefighter Systems
- LCVFF1 -- Workers Comp Coverage
- LCVFF2 -- Regulation of Paramedicine
- LCpay1 -- Option of community paramedicine coverage
- LCVFF3 -- Fireworks Tax
- SJ 21 Draft Final Report
- Medical Service Providers, Licensees, Ambulance and Fire Depts. Licensed for EMS and Fire Department Relief Associations (2017)
- Ambulance Service

Letter to Glacier County
Local Government Single Audit Act Introduction and Overview
- LCSAA1 -- Audit Act Amendments
- Letter from DOA
- The State Role in Local Government Financial Distress -- PEW Charitable Trusts
Affordable Housing Proposals
- LChtc1 -- Workforce Housing Tax Credit
- LChlcs -- Coal Severance Trust Fund Housing Loans
- LCahgr -- Affordable Housing Grants
- Colorado State Low Income Housing Tax Credit 2017 Allocation Report -- CHFA
CBRE Hotels Report
Gateway County Local Option Tax
- LCGLO1 -- Local Option Tax
Future of Local Government Interim Committee
- LCLGIC -- Continuation of Committee

Draft Agenda
Minutes Log
HJR 18 Tax Increment Finance Study
LAD Performance Audit report
HJR 25 Study of Municipal Fire Departments
RFA bill draft
SJR 21 Study of EMS and Volunteer Firefighter Systems
Study Review report
SB 104 (2017)
Community Health EMS handout
Local authority to restrict fireworks
SB 44 (2015)
7-33-2212, MCA
Regulatory basis for accounting for local governments
Department of Administration presentation
Entitlement Share
LGIC letter to Legislative Council requesting entitlement share training for legislators
Entitlement Share Payments: 2014 Department of Revenue report to RTIC
Tourism Impact on Gateway Communities
Park County briefing paper and presentation
Local Government Single Audit Act
Mitchell v. Glacier County Opinion
Land Use and Housing
Missoula Organization of Realtors report: Making Missoula Home; Path to Attainable Housing
76-3-616, MCA
76-1-601, MCA

Draft Agenda
Minutes Log
SJR 21 Study of EMS and Volunteer Firefighter Systems
2009 EMS Audit Follow-up - Legislative Audit Division
Sample DNRC/County Cooperative Agreement, DNRC/Musselshell County
Montana Mutual Aid Handbook
HJR 25 Study of Municipal Fire Department Statutes
Washington Regional Fire Authority Implementation Guide
Municipal Classification report - Legislative Services Division staff
Evolution of section 7-33-4101 - Legislative Services Division staff
Local Government Budgeting Workshop presentation - Montana Association of Counties, Department of Administration Local Government Services Bureau
Entitlement Share
Entitlement Share Origins - Bob Story, Montana Taxpayers Association
DEQ Subdivision Advisory Council
HB 507 (2017)
Advisory Council October Agenda and DEQ review forms
HB 473 Brige and Road Safety Accountability Act
Gas Tax Guidance and Template Resolutions - Montana League of Cities and Towns
Montana State University-Extension Local Government Center
Presentation to Committee
Strategic Plan
Training Offerings
Impact of LG Center

Administrative Matters

Interim Studies

HJR 25 study of municipal fire departments
Study Resolution
HB 534 (2017)
SJR 21 study of emergency medical and volunteer firefighter systems
Study Resolution
Montana Emergency Medical Services report to 2016 Education and Local Government Committee - DPHHS
2007-08 Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee EMS report: Time for a Checkup; Monitoring Health Care Services in Montana
National Fire Protection Association Journal - The Rural Fire Problem, July August 2017; "Shrinking Resources, Growing Concern"

Local Government Links

The video/audio meeting archives are still under development. However, meeting recordings are available using the interface below.

A Guide to Using the Archives

Past/Current Recordings

The Local Government (LGIC) Interim Committee is a joint bipartisan committee of the legislature that meets between legislative sessions. The LGIC’s statutory duties include:
(1) acting as a liaison with local governments;
(2) promoting and strengthening 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) bringing together representatives of state and local government for consideration of common problems;
(4) providing a forum for discussing state oversight of local functions, realistic local autonomy, and intergovernmental cooperation;
(5) identifing and promoting the most desirable allocation of state and local government functions, responsibilities, and revenue;
(6) promoting concise, consistent, and uniform regulation for local government;
(7) coordinating and simplifying 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) reviewing state mandates to local governments that are subject to 1-2-112 and 1-2-114 through 1-2-116; and
(9) making recommendations to the legislature, executive branch agencies, and local governing bodies concerning findings.

LGIC's liaison activities with cities and counties provides an important forum for discussion of strong, effective governance at the community and county level.

The committee's work plan outlines how it will carry out its statutory duties and assigned study, as well as describing the addtional topics the committee decided to explore.