HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov.
HELENA , Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday listened to recommendations for property tax reform presented by members of his appointed task force while offering limited insight into his support or disapproval of specific proposals that will likely be debated in the upcoming legislative session.“I charged the task force with addressing rising property taxes and to restrain the growth of those taxes to help Montana homeowners.
“If adopted, this will provide a 15 to 20% permanent property tax relief, potentially, to 215,000 Montana homeowners, 130,000 long-term renters … and 32,000 small businesses,” said Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, who chairs the task force subcommittee that developed the recommendation. “It will fund itself, in the large part, by ensuring that a lot of these folks that don’t pay income tax in Montana participate in providing for some of the services that they consume.
A spokesperson for the governor’s office, Sean Southard, did not directly answer questions emailed by Montana Free Press Thursday about Gianforte’s assessment of other elements of the task force’s proposals.“will begin reviewing the recommendations with agency directors to identify potential legislation for next year and will work with legislators to get long-term, permanent relief and reforms to the property tax system across the finish line.
Busse said he is open to proposals such as the homestead exemption, or a tiered rate structure for higher- and lower-value properties, but that the basic adjustment of the conversion rate should come first.
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