Montana Economic Developers’
Association (MEDA)
MEDA’s
Bills for Economic Development – 2003 Legislature
April 15,2003
Bill
Passed – Large Bold Print Bill Dead – Small Print
Capital
& Economic Development Funding
|
SB 131 |
Barkus |
Board of Investments purchase of
loans from local development organizations; create IRP Program |
MEDA Support |
Senate 49-1 House 97-3 |
Signed by Governor 4/1/03 |
|
SB 115 |
Mahlum |
Extend Economic Development Funding
Statutory Appropriations by 5 Years to 2010 (includes R&C and Growth Thru
Ag) |
MEDA Support |
Senate 45-5; House 92-6; H-Amend
passed Senate 47-2 ) |
Next stop - Governor |
|
HB 276 |
Lindeen |
Create Economic
Development Trust Fund in Coal Tax Trust Fund |
MEDA Support |
Passed House 81-18 |
Hearing
S-Finance 4-14 8AM Rm 317
|
|
HB 2 |
Lewis |
Commerce &
Office of Economic Opportunity Budget Portions |
MEDA Support |
OK in Bill |
|
|
HB 177 |
Balyeat |
Eliminate Funding
for R&C and Other Programs; Reduce Growth Thru Ag & Other Programs |
MEDA Oppose |
Missed Deadline for
Approp Transmittal |
Dead |
|
HB 596* |
Keane |
Economic
Development Levy Above Levy Cap |
MEDA Support |
Tabled
in H-Local Govt 2-20
|
Dead |
|
Amend to HB 2 |
Buzzas |
Eliminate Funding
for Regional Development Officers in Commerce |
MEDA Oppose |
Killed on House
Floor 88-12 |
Dead
|
|
HB 613 |
Lange |
Privately funded
economic development corporations – Tax credits for investment |
MEDA Neutral |
Died in Committee |
Dead
|
Government
Structure for Economic Development
|
HB 76 |
McKenney |
Establish Certified Regional
Development Corporations & Treasure Communities |
MEDA Support |
House 88-8; Senate 43-6; S-Amend
passed House 95-5 |
Next stop - Governor |
|
HB 576 |
Buzzas
|
Eliminate Office of
Economic Development |
MEDA Oppose |
Tabled in H-Bus
& Labor |
Dead |
|
Amend to HB 2 |
Buzzas |
Eliminate Funding
for Regional Development Officers in Commerce |
MEDA Oppose |
Killed on House
Floor 88-12 |
Dead
|
|
SB 390 |
Mangan
|
Revise &
Restructure State's Economic Development Functions |
MEDA Oppose |
Failed 2nd
reading in Senate 16-34 |
Dead |
Venture
Capital
|
SB 385 |
Mangan
|
Venture capital
fund tax credits |
MEDA Neutral |
Passed Senate 29-21
– Tabled in House Tax |
Dead
|
|
SB 465 |
Tester
|
Create MT Capital
Formation Act |
MEDA Support |
Passed S-2nd
reading 26-24; failed 3rd reading 25-25 |
Dead
|
|
SB 378 |
Kitzenberg
|
Create Certified
Capital Company Program |
MEDA Neutral |
Indefinitely
Postponed S-Tax |
Dead |
Taxes
– Property, Local Option, Capital Gains, Income Tax Rates
|
SB 407 |
DePratu
|
Income &
Capital Gains Tax Reductions from Sales tax Revenues (Since Changed to bed
tax, rental car tax and cigarette tax – some money for spending this
biennium, tax cuts beginning 2005) |
MEDA Neutral |
Passed S- 31-18 –
Passed House 2nd 51-49 |
House 3rd
Reading |
|
HB 268 |
Erickson |
Eliminate Phase Out
of Business Equipment Tax |
MEDA Support |
Killed in House
46-54 3-28-03 |
Dead |
|
SB 12 |
Harrington
|
Stop Reduction of
Personal Property (Business Equipment) Tax |
MEDA Support |
Indefinitely Post.
in S-Taxation |
Dead |
|
SB 256 |
Ellingson
|
Revise Property
Taxation of Business Equipment (Lowered Some, Raised Some, Stopped Trigger) |
MEDA Neutral |
Indefinitely
Postponed in S-Taxation |
Dead |
|
HB 740 |
McKenney
|
Local Option Tax
(Companion to original SB 407) |
MEDA Support |
Tabled in H –
Taxation |
Dead |
|
SB 297 |
Glaser
|
Local Option Sales
Tax |
MEDA Support |
Passed S – 2nd
Reading 27-21; Failed S – 3rd Reading 24-26 |
Dead |
|
SB 332 |
Toole
|
Progressive Gross
Receipts Tax on Retail Sales (Big Box Store tax) |
MEDA Neutral |
S – 2nd
reading Passed 22-20; 3rd Reading Failed 23-27 |
Dead |
Infrastructure
|
SB 249 |
Taylor |
Revise Aerospace Bonding Law |
MEDA Neutral |
Passed S – 36-13; House – 82-18 |
Next stop - Governor |
|
HB 377 |
Younkin |
Issue Bonds for
Hydrogen Futures Park and Technology Projects |
MEDA Neutral |
Tabled in H - Approps |
Dead |
|
HB 345 |
Brown |
Revise Treasure
State Endowment Funding |
MEDA Oppose |
Tabled in H –
Taxation |
Dead |
Education,
Training, Workforce
|
HB 564 |
Lindeen |
Create Primary
Sector Business Workforce Training Act |
MEDA Support |
Passed House 90-8;
Senate 47-1; |
Conf
Comm Rep to both Houses 4-15
|
Transportation
|
SB 315 |
Schmidt |
Feasibility Study
to Assess Conditions Affecting Rail Freight Competition in MT |
MEDA Neutral |
Passed Senate 50-0;
House 92-8 |
Next
stop - Governor
|