When Montana voters approved marijuana legalization in 2020, they passed an initiative with very specific uses for marijuana tax revenue. A bill passed by both the House and Senate would alter this in a few different ways.
Senate Bill 442 was passed yesterday through the House of Representatives 84 to 16. In the Senate, the measure was passed earlier this month 49 to 1. It will need to be passed through a third and final reading in each chamber before it can be sent to Governor Greg Gianforte.
SB 442, filed by Senator Mike Lang, creates a new special revenue account for county road habitat access. This account “would be funded by a 20% distribution from the marijuana state special revenue account and the funds would be appropriated to the Department of Transportation to be distributed monthly to county and consolidated city-county governments.” The funding would be used for “construction, reconstruction, maintenance and road repair”.
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