A Lewis and Clark County district judge has ruled that Montana’s Attorney General and Secretary of State did their due diligence in vetting a proposed constitutional initiative, known as CI-121, that if passed would cap property taxes. The Montana Federation of Public Employees, two ranchers and a Helena realtor sued the two officials in January, saying they failed to adhere to a new state law requiring them to study a ballot initiative’s potential negative impacts on businesses before signature gathering begins. Supporters for the ballot initiative must gather more than 60,000 signatures by June 17 to qualify the proposal for the 2022 ballot.
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