MT: Gianforte vetoes bill that would provide funding for law enforcement on Flathead reservation
Rep. Joe Read described what he thinks will happen next on the Flathead Indian Reservation when it comes to law enforcement.
“The governor has walked into a buzzsaw by vetoing this,” Read said.
Last week, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed House Bill 479 which would have provided funding for law enforcement on the the Flathead Reservation and given a coalition of stakeholders from the state, Lake County and Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes a chance to come up with a long-term solution.
Now, with a veto, a pending lawsuit and a notice by Lake County Commissioners that they’re no longer going to be providing law enforcement for state criminal matters, what happens next when it comes to law enforcement isn’t clear.
A veto letter by Gov. Greg Gianforte claims it’s “inexplicable” why it should be the state’s responsibility to fund part of local law enforcement on the reservation.
That mystery would be solved, Read said, by taking a glance at Lake County’s budget.
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