‘User fee’ bill would harm Montana nonprofits with already-slim margins, opponents say

More than a dozen nonprofit organization officials told a Republican lawmaker last week her bill was a tax masquerading as a fee that targets some of Montana’s most vulnerable people and the organizations that serve them.

“Additional fees and expenses would have a disastrous impact on our member agencies who are currently fighting for enough funding to stay in business,” said Patrick Maddison, the CEO of Flathead Industries and president of the Montana Association of Community Disability Services...