Montana § 5-5-232 - Local Government Interim Committee

§ 5-5-232. Local Government Interim Committee

Local government interim committee. There is a local government interim committee. The committee is treated as an interim committee for the purposes of 5-5-211 through 5-5-214 . The local government interim committee shall: (1) act as a liaison with local governments; (2) promote and strengthen local government through recognition of the principle that strong communities with effective, democratic governmental institutions are one of the best assurances of a strong Montana; (3) bring together representatives of state and local government for consideration of common problems; (4) provide a forum for discussing state oversight of local functions, realistic local autonomy, and intergovernmental cooperation; (5) identify and promote the most desirable allocation of state and local government functions, responsibilities, and revenue; (6) promote concise, consistent, and uniform regulation for local government; (7) coordinate and simplify laws, rules, and administrative practices in order to achieve more orderly and less competitive fiscal and administrative relationships between and among state and local governments; (8) review state mandates to local governments that are subject to 1-2-112 and 1-2-114 through 1-2-116 ; (9) make recommendations to the legislature, executive branch agencies, and local governing bodies concerning: (a) changes in statutes, rules, ordinances, and resolutions that will provide concise, consistent, and uniform guidance and regulations for local government; (b) changes in tax laws that will achieve more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationships between levels of government; (c) methods of coordinating and simplifying competitive practices to achieve more orderly administrative relationships among levels of government; and (d) training programs and technical assistance for local government officers and employees that will promote effectiveness and efficiency in local government; (10) conduct interim studies as assigned pursuant to 5-5-217 ; and (11) provide recommendations and a report, if one is written, in accordance with 5-5-216 for studies completed by the committee.