Dear Editor: The State Faces a Unique Challenge

Dear Editor,

The 68th Montana Legislature is officially in session, and the House has already gaveled in. This year the state faces the unique challenge of deciding how to spend a $2 billion surplus.

As Leadership of the Montana House, our response to that challenge is supporting House Bill 192, introduced by Representative Bill Mercer of Billings. The bill entails three initiates: refund taxpayers on overpaid income taxes, alleviate the property tax crunch, and reduce the state’s debt.

This session we are committed to returning Montana taxpayers their hard-earned money. In order to qualify fo...