INTRODUCED
BY S. Hinebauch
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROHIBITING EASEMENTS IN A PLATTED SUBDIVISION THAT CROSS EXISTING LOTS OR PARCELS IF ROAD ACCESS CURRENTLY EXISTS."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Prohibited easement. If an existing road or road easement provides access to a lot in a platted residential subdivision, the owner of a lot or parcel in a platted residential subdivision may not obtain a prescriptive easement for ingress or egress to the lot if the prescriptive easement crosses other lots or parcels in the platted residential subdivision.
Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 70, chapter 17, part 1, and the provisions of Title 70, chapter 17, part 1, apply to [section 1].