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In 2002 in a TV interview with a proponent for the proposed coal mine development in Musselshell County it was stated “Musselshell County has only one non-reservation Montana County with a lower per capita income”. I-105 was passed by a vote of the state in 1998 which set a cap on the number of mills that could be taxed by counties allowing only the raising of mill levels by the inflation rate in 2002. Any tax hikes above the cap had to be by a vote of the county’s voters. Past Musselshell County Commissioners saw little reason to increase mills because of a unique situation brought about by t...