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MT Code § 77-1-235 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 2. Board of Land Commissioners|77-1-235. Alternative rental market valuation -- open competitive bidding process -- rules

  77-1-235. Alternative rental market valuation -- open competitive bidding process -- rules. (1) (a) In order to establish full rental market value, the board shall establish an open competitive bidding process for all vacant cabin site properties. Except as provided in subsection (1)(c), the minimum bid must be initially set at 2% of the most recent cabin site appraisal value as determined by the department of revenue.   (b) (i) The board shall, within 180 days from the date that a cabin site property becomes vacant, put that site up for open competitive bidding.   (ii) In providing notice of the open competitive bidding process, the board shall notify prospective bidders that a bidder other than the current lessee or licensee is obligated to purchase the improvements pursuant to 77-1-208(4) if that bidder offers the highest bid.   (iii) A lease or license term for a bidder that offers the highest bid and acquires a lease or license must be for a minimum period of 15 years.   (iv) The fee for each subsequent year must be adjusted using the average annual consumer price index as published by the U.S. bureau of labor statistics.   (c) If pursuant to subsection (1)(a) the board does not receive the minimum bid within 180 days, the board may reduce the bid incrementally until a bid is received.   (2) Subject to 77-1-236, a lessee or licensee may voluntarily put the lessee's or licensee's cabin site up for open competitive bid as provided in subsection (1) of this section. A lessee choosing to voluntarily place a cabin site lease up for competitive bid is not entitled to a preference right to meet the high bid. Prior to the open competitive bidding process, the board shall follow the procedures provided in 77-1-208(3) to establish the market value of improvements.   (3) By January 1, 2012, the board shall adopt rules to ensure that:   (a) the open competitive bidding process authorized pursuant to this section is orderly and consistent with the board's constitutional fiduciary duties and that the number of leased cabin or home sites or city or town lots made available for competitive bid at any given time is consistent with the board's constitutional fiduciary duty of attaining full rental market value; and   (b) the information used to determine the rental market percentage pursuant to this section is posted on the department's website and periodically updated.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 401, L. 2011.
MT Code § 77-1-236 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 2. Board of Land Commissioners|77-1-236. Rental market valuation lease program -- transition -- rules

  77-1-236. Rental market valuation lease program -- transition -- rules. (1) (a) Subject to subsection (2), the board shall offer all existing cabin site lessees or licensees the option of 15-year lease contracts based on the rental market valuation process provided in 77-1-235.   (b) (i) At least three winning bids made pursuant to 77-1-235 must be referenced against the most recent appraised value of the cabin site property by the department of revenue in order to establish a rental market percentage. All rental market percentages that have been determined pursuant to 77-1-235 must be grouped together by geographic location and averaged together to determine a final rental market percentage for each geographic location. If there are not three winning bids in any one geographic location, then three bids from similar locations may be averaged to establish a rental market percentage.   (ii) The final rental market percentage determined for each geographic location pursuant to this subsection (1)(b) must be applied to the department of revenue's most recent appraised value for each cabin site property in that location that did not go through the open competitive bidding process to determine the initial lease amount for each cabin site property.   (c) If no properties in a particular geographic location go through an open competitive bidding process, the most applicable comparable location, as determined based on professional appraisal standards, must be chosen and the final rental market percentage must be applied as provided in subsection (1)(b).   (2) The lease amount for the first year must be set as provided in subsection (1). The annual lease rental fee for each subsequent year must be adjusted using the average annual consumer price index as published by the U.S. bureau of labor statistics.   (3) By January 1, 2012, the board shall adopt rules for the orderly transition for cabin site lessees or licensees who have chosen the lease option pursuant to subsection (1) that is consistent with the board's constitutional fiduciary duty of attaining full rental market value.   (4) Nothing in this chapter prevents:   (a) an existing lessee or licensee from completing or renewing the lessee's or licensee's current lease or license based on existing methods of valuation as provided in 77-1-208; or   (b) a lessee or licensee that has abandoned a lease or license from bidding on the abandoned lease or license.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 2011.
MT Code § 77-1-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 3. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation|77-1-301. Powers and duties of the department

  77-1-301. Powers and duties of the department. (1) Under the direction of the board, the department has charge of the selecting, exchange, classification, appraisal, leasing, management, sale, or other disposition of the state lands. It shall perform such other duties the board directs, the purpose of the department demands, or the statutes require.   (2) It shall collect and receive all moneys payable to the state through its office as fees, rentals, royalties, interest, penalties, or payments on mortgages or lands purchased from the state or derived from any other source. It shall issue a receipt for each cash payment or whenever requested by the payer.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 26, L. 1971; Sec. 81-204, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 81-105 and amd. by Sec. 5, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-105.
MT Code § 77-1-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 3. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation|77-1-302. Setting fees

  77-1-302. Setting fees. The department may prescribe fees, with the approval of the board, for the issuance, filing, or making of a copy of any instrument or for any other service.   History: En. Sec. 120, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.120, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 121, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 22, L. 1971; Sec. 81-1113, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 81-108 and amd. by Sec. 76, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-108.
MT Code § 77-1-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 3. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation|77-1-303. Refunding of money paid by mistake

  77-1-303. Refunding of money paid by mistake. If any money is erroneously paid to the state on any permit, lease, certificate of purchase, patent, loan, or in any other transaction, the department shall refund that money to the person entitled to it from the proper fund.   History: En. Sec. 116, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.116, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 81-1109, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 81-107 and amd. by Sec. 74, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-107.
MT Code § 77-1-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 3. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation|77-1-304. Selection and location of lands granted by United States

  77-1-304. Selection and location of lands granted by United States. Under the general direction of the board and as rapidly as the appropriations for the work will permit, the department shall select and locate all lands granted to this state by the United States for any purpose and not located by the grant itself. It shall also select and locate lands in lieu of all those lands in sections 16 and 36 and in the other federal land grants which for any reason have been lost to the state. All selections shall as far as possible be in legal subdivisions. In the selection and location of these lands, careful attention shall be given to the water available and which may be appropriated for these lands for domestic use, livestock, and irrigation.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.15, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-301; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 286, L. 1985.
MT Code § 77-1-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 4. Classification of State Lands|77-1-401. Classes of land

  77-1-401. Classes of land. The state lands are classified as follows:   (1) Class 1--lands which are principally valuable for grazing purposes;   (2) Class 2--lands which are principally valuable for the timber that is on them or for the growing of timber or for watershed protection;   (3) Class 3--lands which are principally valuable for the production of crops;   (4) Class 4--lands which are principally valuable for uses other than grazing, crop production, timber production, or watershed protection.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 428, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 81-302(1).
MT Code § 77-1-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 4. Classification of State Lands|77-1-402. Basis for classification or reclassification

  77-1-402. Basis for classification or reclassification. (1) The classification or reclassification shall be so made as to place state land in the class which best accomplishes the powers and duties of the board as specified in 77-1-202 and 77-1-203. When state lands are classified or reclassified in accordance with these duties and responsibilities, special attention shall be paid to the capability of the land to support an actual or proposed land use authorized by each classification.   (2) It is the duty of the department to classify or reclassify state lands so that no state land will be sold, leased, or used under a different classification from that to which it actually belongs.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 428, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 81-302(part); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 609, L. 1991.
MT Code § 77-1-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 4. Classification of State Lands|77-1-403. Capability inventory

  77-1-403. Capability inventory. A capability inventory shall be made prior to changing the classification of state lands. Such inventory shall include, when appropriate to the classification, information on soils capability, vegetation, wildlife use, mineral characteristics, public use, aesthetic values, cultural values, surrounding land use, and any other resource, zoning, or planning information which is related to the classification.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 428, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 81-302(part).
MT Code § 77-1-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 4. Classification of State Lands|77-1-404. Records of state lands

  77-1-404. Records of state lands. All field books, plats, maps, and records of the department shall show the class to which each tract therein belongs and whether it belongs to the public schools of the state or to a state institution or other entity according to the grant or instrument by which title to the land has passed to the state. They shall also show whether or not the coal or other minerals in the land are reserved by the United States and shall contain any other information the department considers necessary.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 428, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 81-302(4).
MT Code § 77-1-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 4. Classification of State Lands|77-1-405. Island parks established -- development limited

  77-1-405. Island parks established -- development limited. (1) In order to retain the integrity of the recreational experience associated with Montana's river and lake islands, development of undisputed state-owned or state-leased island property, which is hereby designated as island parks, including islands designated as state property under 70-18-203, lying within and surrounded by a navigable river, stream, or lake is limited, after April 30, 1997, to:   (a) the installation of minimal signage indicating that the island is a designated island park in which development has been limited and encouraging the public to help in maintaining the island park's primitive character by packing out trash;   (b) necessary latrine facilities if approved by the state parks and recreation board established in 2-15-3406;   (c) footings or pilings necessary for the construction of a bridge;   (d) oil and gas leasing; and   (e) development of a boat dock at Wild Horse Island state park.   (2) Improvements made to and agricultural operations on state-owned or state-leased island property prior to April 30, 1997, may be maintained or continued, but further development is limited as provided in this section.   (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of 77-1-203 regarding multiple-use management, the legislature finds that the highest and best use of island property administered as school trust land, except islands designated as natural areas pursuant to Title 76, chapter 12, is for recreation and grazing and that those islands should be left in as primitive a state as possible to protect from the loss of potential future revenue that could result from the failure to leave the islands in an undeveloped condition.   (4) For purposes of this section, state ownership or state lease of island property is disputed if the dispute arises before, on, or after April 30, 1997.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 449, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 235, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 5, L. 2015.
MT Code § 77-1-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-501. Repealed

  77-1-501. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 144, L. 2017.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 235, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 54, Ch. 391, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 77, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1115; amd. Sec. 140, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993.
MT Code § 77-1-502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-502. Repealed

  77-1-502. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 144, L. 2017.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 235, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1116; amd. Sec. 200, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 77-1-503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-503. Repealed

  77-1-503. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 144, L. 2017.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 235, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 56, Ch. 391, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1117; amd. Sec. 141, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 201, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 77-1-504 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-504. Repealed

  77-1-504. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 144, L. 2017.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 235, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 57, Ch. 391, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 79, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1118; amd. Sec. 142, Ch. 27, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 202, Ch. 574, L. 2001.
MT Code § 77-1-505 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-505. Repealed

  77-1-505. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 235, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 80, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1119; amd. Sec. 57, Ch. 422, L. 1997.
MT Code § 77-1-506 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-506. Repealed

  77-1-506. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 235, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1120.
MT Code § 77-1-507 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-507. Repealed

  77-1-507. Repealed. Sec. 253, Ch. 574, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 235, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 81, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1121.
MT Code § 77-1-508 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 5. State Land Equalization (Repealed)|77-1-508. Repealed

  77-1-508. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 214, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.9, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 81-205, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 81-1122 and amd. by Sec. 6, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-1122.
MT Code § 77-1-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-601. Statement of policy

  77-1-601. Statement of policy. It is in the best interest and to the great advantage of the state of Montana to seek the highest development of state-owned lands in order that they might be placed to their highest and best use and thereby derive greater revenue for the support of the common schools, the university system, and other institutions benefiting therefrom, and that in so doing the economy of the local community as well as the state is benefited as a result of the impact of such development.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 295, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2401.
MT Code § 77-1-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-602. Repealed

  77-1-602. Repealed. Sec. 26, Ch. 465, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 106, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2402; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 14, Sp. L. January 1992; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 34, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 247, L. 2007.
MT Code § 77-1-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-603. Rules

  77-1-603. Rules. The board shall adopt such rules as it considers necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 112, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2408.
MT Code § 77-1-604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-604. Repealed

  77-1-604. Repealed. Sec. 26, Ch. 465, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2403(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983.
MT Code § 77-1-605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-605. Types of resource developments

  77-1-605. Types of resource developments. (1) The developments contemplated by this part may include those projects that will develop or conserve the various state land resources, including water, both surface and underground, grazing land, agricultural land, timber land, and other land to the benefit of the state. They may also include expenses necessary to perfect title to lands claimed by the state that are suitable for development and other expenses or costs that in the judgment of the board are desirable or necessary in order to develop or increase the value of the land or the revenue from the land.   (2) The department may use funds appropriated from the trust land administration account provided for in 77-1-108 for the purposes of subsection (1).   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2403(part); amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 465, L. 2009.
MT Code § 77-1-606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-606. Repealed

  77-1-606. Repealed. Sec. 26, Ch. 465, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 180, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 108, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2404; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 533, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 247, L. 2007.
MT Code § 77-1-607 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-607. Repealed

  77-1-607. Repealed. Sec. 26, Ch. 465, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 109, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2405; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 533, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 247, L. 1997.
MT Code § 77-1-608 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-608. Repealed

  77-1-608. Repealed. Sec. 26, Ch. 465, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 110, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2406; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 533, L. 1993.
MT Code § 77-1-609 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-609. Repealed

  77-1-609. Repealed. Sec. 26, Ch. 465, L. 2009.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 295, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2407.
MT Code § 77-1-610 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-610. through 77-1-612 reserved

  77-1-610 through 77-1-612 reserved.
MT Code § 77-1-613 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-613. Administrative costs associated with sale of timber from state trust lands

  77-1-613. Administrative costs associated with sale of timber from state trust lands. (1) The department may use funds appropriated from the trust land administration account provided for in 77-1-108 for timber sale preparation, documentation, administration, and contract harvesting costs.   (2) In order to increase the volume of timber sold at the earliest possible time while continuing to meet the requirements of applicable state and federal laws and in order to avoid unnecessary delays and extra costs that would result from increasing its permanent staff, the department may contract for services that will enable achievement of the purposes of this section and that will achieve the highest net return to the trusts.   (3) To maximize overall return to the trusts, the timely salvage of timber must be considered. However, salvage timber sales may not adversely affect the implementation of green timber sales programs conducted pursuant to 77-5-201.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 533, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 247, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 494, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 465, L. 2009.
MT Code § 77-1-614 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 77. State Lands|Chapter 1. Administration of State Lands|Part 6. Development of State Lands|77-1-614. through 77-1-616 reserved

  77-1-614 through 77-1-616 reserved.