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Bill would authorize state loans for local projects using coal-severance tax

Elinor Smith | UM Legislative News Service

Republican Rep. Mike Hopkins, R-Missoula, is the sponsor of House Bill 8, the bill that would authorize state loans for local projects and use the coal-severance tax, or taxes collected on coal mined in Montana, to back those loans.