HOUSE BILL NO. 296
INTRODUCED BY J. SHOCKLEY
AN ACT REVISING THE COMPENSATION PAID TO A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS APPOINTED CONSERVATOR OF AN ESTATE; AND AMENDING SECTION 72-15-301, MCA.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 72-15-301, MCA, is amended to read:
"72-15-301. Compensation of public administrator. (1) The public administrator shall must receive and shall collect
for his the administrator's own use as full compensation for his services under this chapter, including attorney's attorney fees,
the amounts provided for in 72-3-631 and 72-3-633.
(2) When the public administrator is appointed conservator of the estate of a protected person pursuant to chapter 5,
part 4, of this title, the court may order that a reasonable sum be deducted from payments due to the protected person or
from his the protected person's estate to be paid to the public administrator as full compensation for his the public
administrator's services, excluding court costs and attorney's attorney fees. The total sum deducted as compensation for the
public administrator may not exceed 2 1/2% of the annual periodic payments or be less than $100, whichever is less."
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