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Rep. Read's bill to shift compact oversight tabled in committee

by HAYDEN BLACKFORD
Daily Inter Lake | March 9, 2023 12:00 AM

In what opponents see as another effort to restrict tribal water rights, House Bill 726, sponsored by Rep. Joe Read of Ronan, aimed to change which regulatory agencies oversee water compacts in Montana. It was tabled in committee last week after resounding opposition, much of which focused on the legislation's incompatibility with state, tribal and federal law...

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