Montana HB366 provides $2.5 million annually to the Department of Justice for Lake County reimbursement related to PL 280.
Montana HB366 allocates $2.5 million annually from the general fund to the Department of Justice to reimburse Lake County for assuming felony criminal jurisdiction over members of a federally recognized tribe and over Indian territory of the Flathead Indian reservation. This appropriation is intended to be part of the ongoing base for the next biennium and every biennium until the state retrocedes from Public Law 280. The bill is effective July 1, 2025.
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