{"data":{"id":"us-mt/5-5-232","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"5-5-232","heading":"Local government interim committee.","body":"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:\n(1) act as a liaison with local governments;\n(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;\n(3) bring together representatives of state and local government for consideration of common problems;\n(4) provide a forum for discussing state oversight of local functions, realistic local autonomy, and intergovernmental cooperation;\n(5) identify and promote the most desirable allocation of state and local government functions, responsibilities, and revenue;\n(6) promote concise, consistent, and uniform regulation for local government;\n(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;\n(8) review state mandates to local governments that are subject to 1-2-112 and 1-2-114 through 1-2-116;\n(9) make recommendations to the legislature, executive branch agencies, and local governing bodies concerning:\n(a) changes in statutes, rules, ordinances, and resolutions that will provide concise, consistent, and uniform guidance and regulations for local government;\n(b) changes in tax laws that will achieve more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationships between levels of government;\n(c) methods of coordinating and simplifying competitive practices to achieve more orderly administrative relationships among levels of government; and\n(d) training programs and technical assistance for local government officers and employees that will promote effectiveness and efficiency in local government;\n(10) conduct interim studies as assigned pursuant to 5-5-217; and\n(11) provide recommendations and a report, if one is written, in accordance with 5-5-216 for studies completed by the committee.","path":["TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","CHAPTER 5. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES","Part 2. Organization -- Interim Committees"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0050/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0320/0050-0050-0020-0320.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:53Z","sha256":"6db78c0d335dee775bdb63144aa8dbba1e4efd13a457147e11deb6c06fd9de29","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/5-5-231","next":"us-mt/5-5-233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}