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Three Montana lawmakers filing a second lawsuit challenging the state's property tax restructuring law passed during the legislative session in twenty twenty-five.

Senate Tax Committee Chair Greg Hertz, Senate Majority Leader Tom McGilvray, and former State Senator Keith Regier filed a complaint last week in Gallatin County District Court.

The lawmakers argue Senate Bill 542 violates the Montana Constitution's equal protection rules and uniformity doctrine by creating different tax rates for properties within the same classification.

Hertz says while lawmakers can set property categories, the state constitution requires everyone in the same class to be treated equally.

McGilvray adds that tax relief for one group should not mean unfairly taxing their neighbors, emphasizing the challenges about defending constitutional limits on government taxing power rather than opposing tax relief itself.

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Three Montana lawmakers are filing a second lawsuit challenging the state's property tax restructuring law that was passed during the legislative session in twenty twenty-five.

Senate Tax Committee Chair Greg Hertz, Senate Majority Leader Tom Gilvre, and former State Senator Keith Regier filed a complaint in Gallatin County District Court last week.

The lawmakers argue Senate Bill 542 violates Montana Constitution's equal protection rules and uniformity doctrine by creating different tax rates for properties within the same classification.

Hertz says, while lawmakers can set property categories, the state constitution requires everyone in the same class to be treated equally.

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Three Montana lawmakers are filing a second lawsuit challenging the state's property tax restructuring law that was passed during the legislative session in twenty twenty-five.

Senate Tax Committee Chair Greg Hertz, Senate Majority Leader Tom McGilvray, and former State Senator Keith Regier filed a complaint in Gallatin County District Court last week.

The lawmakers argue Senate Bill five forty-two violates the Montana Constitution's equal protection rules and uniformity doctrine by creating different tax rates for properties within the same classification.

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Montana Senate Tax Committee Chair Greg Hertz, Senate Majority Leader Tom McGillivray, and former State Senator Keith Rogier have filed a second lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of State Bill 542.

Montana's 2025 property tax restructuring law.

The lawsuit, filed in Gallatin County District Court, alleges that SB 542 violates the Montana uniformity doctrine and constitutional equal protection guarantees by imposing substantially different tax rates on properties within the same tax classification.

Three Montana lawmakers are filing a second lawsuit challenging the state's property tax restructuring law passed during the legislative session in twenty twenty-five.

Senate Tax Committee Chair Greg Hertz, Senate Majority Leader Tom McGilvray, and former State Senator Keith Regier filed a complaint in Gallatin County District Court.

The lawmakers argue Senate Bill five forty-two violates the Montana Constitution's equal protection rules and uniformity doctrine by creating different tax rates for properties within the same classification.

Hertz says while lawmakers can set property categories, the state constitution requires everyone in the same class to be treated equally.

McGilvray adds that the tax relief for one group should not mean unfairly taxing their neighbors, emphasizing the challenges about defending constitutional limits on government's taxing power rather than opposing tax relief itself.

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