Montana State Legislature
Tax Increment Financing Districts
The study activities are based on Senate Joint Resolution No. 31, considered by the 64th Legislature.
- LCtif1 - Requires school district and county approval
- LCtif2 - Removes 95 mills from tax increment financing
- LCtif3 - Removes certain mills from tax increment financing
- LCtif4 - Allows tax increment use by private property owners for public purposes with recapture
- LCtif5 - Amends reporting requirements
- LCtif6 - Amends remittance laws
- LCtif7 - Amends laws related to an urban renewal agency board of commissioners
- Information on Bozeman remittances from Bozeman Public Schools budget
- Whitefish Remittance Payments
- Historical Impact of TIF Districts on Property Taxes - DOR
- Remittance Agreements and Other Ways of Releasing Increment -- Megan Moore
- Interlocal Agreement - Gallatin County, Bozeman School District #7, Bozeman
- Bozeman Ordinance No. 1628
- Tax Remittance Agreement - Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Anaconda School District 10
- Anaconda Ordinance No. 212-B
- Interlocal Agreement - Whitefish and Whitefish School District
- House Bill No. 114 (2015)
- Senate Bill No. 404 (2015)
- Slide presentation: Tax Increment Financing -- Janet Cornish
- Tax Increment Financing in Montana (2014) -- Janet Cornish
- The Dark Side of Tax Increment Financing -- Kenneth Nordtvedt
- Urban Renewal Policies Authorized in Statute -- Megan Moore
- Role of State Agencies, Local Governments, and TIF District Boards in Interpreting Statutes-- Jaret Coles
Sample TIF Documents
- Urban Renewal District documents (Great Falls)
- Targeted Economic Development District documents (Shelby)
- Letter from Mayor Bonderud
- Resolution of Necessity (Resolution No. 1875)
- Amendment to the Contract Resolution (Resolution No. 1907)
- Contract between City of Shelby and CHS, Inc.