Bill > HB495

This bill proposes to completely repeal the existing Federal Mandates Act in Montana by eliminating multiple sections of the Montana Code Annotated, specifically sections 2-1-401 through 2-1-408, which relate to various aspects of federal mandate reporting and oversight. These repealed sections previously covered items such as the act's short title, definitions, state program implementation of federal statutes, budget recommendations, reporting requirements about federal mandates, information gathering, and legislative review processes. The bill also includes instructions to the code commissioner to renumber two additional related sections (2-1-402 and 2-1-409) into a new location within Title 5, Chapter 11, Part 1 of the Montana Code. In essence, this legislation removes existing statutory requirements for tracking and reporting on federal mandates, effectively dismantling the current framework for monitoring and analyzing the impact of federal laws on state operations.

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