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MT Code § 87-1-610 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-610. Contributions for leasing appropriation rights -- general spending authority

  87-1-610. Contributions for leasing appropriation rights -- general spending authority. (1) The department may accept contributions from public or private entities for the purpose of leasing appropriation rights to maintain or enhance instream flows for the benefit of fisheries.   (a) Any contributions accepted by the department under this section must be deposited in the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund established in 87-1-611.   (b) The department shall expend money obtained under this section and deposited in the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund exclusively to lease existing rights for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing instream flows for fisheries.   (2) The department may also expend other departmental funds to lease existing rights for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing instream flows for fisheries, including but not limited to departmental funds in the river restoration special revenue account established under 87-1-258.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 658, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 175, L. 1993.
MT Code § 87-1-611 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-611. Fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund created

  87-1-611. Fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund created. (1) There is established, separate and apart from all public money or funds of this state, a fund to be known as the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund. The fund must be administered by the department.   (2) The fund consists of:   (a) money received under written agreements, contracts, or authorizations with the department made for the purpose of fish and wildlife mitigation or enhancement;   (b) any gift, donation, grant, legacy, bequest, or devise made for the purpose of fish and wildlife mitigation or enhancement;   (c) any interest, earnings, or income of the fund; and   (d) any property or easements acquired through the expenditure of money from the fund.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 445, L. 1987.
MT Code § 87-1-612 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-612. Purposes of the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund

  87-1-612. Purposes of the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund. Expenditures may be made from the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund for fish and wildlife mitigation or enhancement purposes pursuant to the written agreement, contract, authorization, or terms of a gift, donation, grant, legacy, bequest, or devise committing money to the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund. The specific purposes are those designated in the written agreement, contract, authorization, or terms.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 445, L. 1987.
MT Code § 87-1-613 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-613. Agreements for use of fund -- department as trustee

  87-1-613. Agreements for use of fund -- department as trustee. (1) The department may enter into agreements with persons or entities committing money to the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund concerning the purpose and manner of use of the money from the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund.   (2) The department is the trustee of the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund and is responsible for its administration and use.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 445, L. 1987.
MT Code § 87-1-614 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-614. Expenditure of principal and earnings

  87-1-614. Expenditure of principal and earnings. The principal and interest, earnings, or income of the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund shall be expended or retained according to the written agreement, contract, authorization, or terms of the gift, donation, grant, legacy, bequest, or devise committing money to the fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 445, L. 1987.
MT Code § 87-1-615 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-615. Investment of fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund

  87-1-615. Investment of fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund. The fish and wildlife mitigation trust fund must be invested and managed by the board of investments as part of the unified investment program in a separate investment fund.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 445, L. 1987.
MT Code § 87-1-616 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-616. through 87-1-620 reserved

  87-1-616 through 87-1-620 reserved.
MT Code § 87-1-621 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-621. Forest management account

  87-1-621. Forest management account. (1) There is a special revenue account called the forest management account to the credit of the department of fish, wildlife, and parks.   (2) The forest management account consists of money deposited into the account from forest management projects undertaken pursuant to 87-1-622 and from any other source. Any interest earned by the account must be deposited into the account.   (3) Except as otherwise directed by state or federal law, funds from the forest management account must be used by the department to implement forest management projects that may result pursuant to the provisions of 87-1-622.   History: En. Secs. 3, 4, Ch. 330, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 395, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-1-622 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-622. Forest management plan -- sustainable yield study required -- definition

  87-1-622. Forest management plan -- sustainable yield study required -- definition. (1) The commission and the board shall adopt forest management plans for lands under their jurisdiction, based on an annual sustainable yield, to implement the provisions of 87-1-201(9)(a)(iv).   (2) The department, under the direction of the commission, shall, before July 1, 2012, commission a study by a qualified independent third party to determine, using scientific principles, the annual sustainable yield on forested department lands. The department shall direct the qualified independent third party to determine the annual sustainable yield pursuant to all state and federal laws.   (3) The annual timber sale requirement for the timber sale program administered by the department to address fire mitigation, pine beetle infestation, and wildlife habitat enhancement may not exceed the annual sustainable yield.   (4) The commission and the board shall review and redetermine the annual sustainable yield for lands under their jurisdiction at least once every 5 years.   (5) Expenditures necessary to meet the requirements of this section are authorized to be made by the department pursuant to 87-1-601.   (6) For the purposes of this section, the term "annual sustainable yield" means the quantity of timber that can be harvested from forested department lands each year, taking into account the ability of forested lands to generate replacement tree growth and in accordance with:   (a) the provisions of 87-1-201(9)(a)(iv);   (b) state and federal laws, including but not limited to the laws pertaining to wildlife, recreation, and maintenance of watersheds; and   (c) water quality standards that protect fisheries and aquatic life and that are adopted under the provisions of Title 75, chapter 5.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 395, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 235, L. 2013.
MT Code § 87-1-623 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-623. Wolf management account

  87-1-623. Wolf management account. (1) There is a wolf management account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. Fees collected from the sale of Class E-1 and Class E-2 wolf licenses and interest earned on the account must be deposited into the account. Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money deposited in the account must be used exclusively for the management of wolves as specified in subsection (2).   (2) Money deposited in accordance with subsection (1) must be equally divided and allocated for the following purposes:   (a) wolf-collaring activities conducted pursuant to 87-5-132; and   (b) lethal action conducted pursuant to 87-1-217 to take problem wolves that attack livestock.   (3) Any unspent or unencumbered money in the account at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the account.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 390, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-1-624 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-624. reserved

  87-1-624 reserved.
MT Code § 87-1-625 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-625. Funding for wolf management

  87-1-625. Funding for wolf management. (1) The department shall allocate $500,000 annually for wolf management.   (2) For the purposes of this section, the term "management" has the same meaning provided in 87-5-102 and includes:   (a) wolf collaring conducted pursuant to 87-5-132; and   (b) lethal action conducted pursuant to 87-1-217 to take problem wolves that attack livestock.   (3) Not more than 25% of the total funding allocated under this section may be used for administrative costs.   (4) Pursuant to 87-1-201, the department may allocate funds from any source to meet the requirements of this section.   (5) The department may contract with the United States department of agriculture wildlife services and county governments for the purposes of this section.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 400, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 438, L. 2015.
MT Code § 87-1-626 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-626. and 87-1-627 reserved

  87-1-626 and 87-1-627 reserved.
MT Code § 87-1-628 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-628. Hunters against hunger account

  87-1-628. Hunters against hunger account. (1) There is a hunters against hunger account in the state special revenue fund established by 17-2-102. Funds deposited into this account must be used by the department for the purposes of 87-1-293.   (2) The following money must be deposited into the account:   (a) donations received pursuant to 87-1-293;   (b) interest earned on the account; and   (c) money received by the department in the form of gifts or grants or from any source intended to be used for the purposes of 87-1-293.   (3) Any money in the account that is unspent or unencumbered at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the account.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 83, L. 2013.
MT Code § 87-1-629 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 6. Finance|87-1-629. Review of budget -- report to legislature

  87-1-629. Review of budget -- report to legislature. In addition to the requirements of Title 17, chapter 7, part 1, every 4 years the department shall review its expenditures and revenue to determine the need for making license revenue recommendations to the legislature. The department shall report the findings of its review to the legislature in accordance with 5-11-210.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 449, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 128, Ch. 261, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-1-701 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-701. Assent to Dingell-Johnson Act

  87-1-701. Assent to Dingell-Johnson Act. The congress of the United States passed an act that was approved on August 9, 1950, known as the Dingell-Johnson Act, Public Law 681, 81st congress, chapter 658, 2nd session, which provides, among other things, that "No money apportioned under this Act to any State, except as hereinafter provided, shall be expended therein until its legislature, or other State agency authorized by the State constitution to make laws governing the conservation of fish, shall have assented to the provisions of this Act and shall have passed laws for the conservation of fish, which shall include a prohibition against the diversion of license fees paid by fishermen for any other purpose than the administration of said State fish and game department, except that, until the final adjournment of the first regular session of the legislature held after passage of this Act, the assent of the governor of the State shall be sufficient." The money referred to in the Dingell-Johnson Act is collected in part from the anglers of the state of Montana and will not be returned to the state unless the state assents to the Dingell-Johnson Act. Therefore, the state of Montana assents to the Dingell-Johnson Act, but the assent is with the express reservations enumerated in 87-1-701 through 87-1-703. The state of Montana does not, by the passage of 87-1-701 through 87-1-703 or by the consent given in this section, surrender to the congress of the United States or any department of the government of the United States any of those rights that are retained by the people of the state of Montana or the state of Montana and that are guaranteed to them by the 9th and 10th amendments to the constitution of the United States, and 87-1-701 through 87-1-703 may not in any manner or at all be construed or held to be the state of Montana's consent to amending the constitution of the United States in any manner or at all relative to its rights. The title to all lands acquired under the provisions of 87-1-701 through 87-1-703 for fish restoration and management projects and projects constructed on those lands is and remains in the state.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 140, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1401; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 218, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2840, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 69, L. 2013.
MT Code § 87-1-702 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-702. Powers of department relating to fish restoration and management

  87-1-702. Powers of department relating to fish restoration and management. The department is hereby authorized to perform such acts as may be necessary to the establishment and conduct of fish restoration and management projects as defined and authorized by the act of congress, provided every project initiated under the provisions of the act shall be under the supervision of the department, and no laws or rules or regulations shall be passed, made, or established relating to said fish restoration and management projects except they be in conformity with the laws of the state of Montana or rules promulgated by the department, and the title to all lands acquired or projects created from lands purchased or acquired by deed or gift shall vest in, be, there remain in the state of Montana and shall be operated and maintained by it in accordance with the laws of the state of Montana. The department shall have no power to accept benefits unless the fish restoration and management projects created or established shall wholly and permanently belong to the state of Montana, except as hereinafter provided.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 140, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1402.
MT Code § 87-1-703 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-703. Cooperative agreements on federally owned land

  87-1-703. Cooperative agreements on federally owned land. The department, in the name of the state and with the approval of the governor, shall have the power to enter into cooperative agreements on federally owned lands with the government of the United States or any department or bureau thereof or with an individual or individuals, private corporations, or partnerships for the purpose of carrying on any fish restoration projects created and established under the provisions of 87-1-701 through 87-1-703 and shall have the power to acquire by purchase, either by cash or upon installments, or lease or by gift or by devise or individually or in conjunction with the government of the United States or some department or bureau thereof such lands or other property or interest therein as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying on any fish restoration and management projects created and established under the provisions of said Dingell-Johnson bill of the congress of the United States, and the state does reserve to itself, acting through its legislature, the right to direct the department to abandon any fish restoration and management projects created and established as the state may in its judgment think proper. The department shall have no power to exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn or acquire property under 87-1-701 through 87-1-703.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 140, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1403; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 44, L. 1979.
MT Code § 87-1-704 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-704. Federal fish-hatching operations

  87-1-704. Federal fish-hatching operations. The government of the United States, the United States commissioner of fisheries, and the government's or commissioner's authorized agents may conduct fish-hatching and all operations connected with fish-hatching, in any manner and at any time that may be considered necessary and proper by them at any United States fish cultural station established by the United States government in the state of Montana.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 3712, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3712, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 9, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-330; amd. Sec. 2841, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 87-1-705 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-705. Acquisition of land by United States for migratory bird reservation

  87-1-705. Acquisition of land by United States for migratory bird reservation. Consent of the state of Montana is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise, or lease of such areas of land or water or of land and water in sections 31 and 32 in township 28 north of range 22 west; sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 in township 27 north of range 22 west; sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, and 24 in township 27 north of range 23 west, in Flathead County, Montana, as the United States may deem necessary for the establishment of a migratory bird reservation in accordance with the act of congress approved February 18, 1929, entitled: "An Act to More Effectively Meet the Obligations of the United States Under the Migratory Bird Treaty with Great Britain by Lessening the Dangers Threatening Migratory Game Birds from Drainage and Other Causes by the Acquisition of Areas of Land and of Water to Furnish in Perpetuity Reservations for the Adequate Protection of Such Birds; and Authorizing Appropriations for the Establishment of Such Areas, Their Maintenance and Improvement and for Other Purposes", reserving, however, to the state of Montana full and complete jurisdiction and authority over all such areas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control thereof by the United States under the terms of said act of congress.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 1941; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1108.
MT Code § 87-1-706 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-706. Regulation of bird reserve in Flathead County

  87-1-706. Regulation of bird reserve in Flathead County. Upon the acquisition or establishment of any such refuge in Flathead County, state of Montana, the commission, acting under its authority to designate areas as resting, feeding, and breeding grounds for migratory and other species of birds and wild animals, shall in its discretion establish such areas as a state refuge and adopt such regulations not inconsistent with the regulations of the secretary of the United States department of agriculture governing such areas as it may deem necessary for their protection and may enter into cooperative agreements or arrangements with the secretary for the enforcement of the aforesaid act of congress and the regulations of the secretary of agriculture and for the maintenance and administration of such refuge.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 156, L. 1941; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1109.
MT Code § 87-1-707 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-707. Water supply for the Benton Lake wildlife refuge

  87-1-707. Water supply for the Benton Lake wildlife refuge. Consent of the state of Montana is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise, or lease of a canal right-of-way approximately 66 feet in width, together with an area not to exceed 10 acres as a site for a pumping station works, or of land and water within township 22 north, range 1 west; township 23 north, range 2 west; township 23 north, range 1 west; township 23 north, range 1 east; township 23 north, range 2 east, Teton County; township 22 north, range 1 east, Cascade County; and township 23 north, range 3 east, Chouteau County for the transportation of a supplemental water supply for the Benton Lake national wildlife refuge, Cascade County, established by Executive Order No. 5228, November 21, 1929, and as amended by Executive Order No. 2416, July 25, 1940, in accordance with the act of congress approved February 18, 1929, entitled: "An Act to More Effectively Meet the Obligations of the United States Under the Migratory Bird Treaty with Great Britain by Lessening the Dangers Threatening Migratory Game Birds from Drainage and Other Causes by the Acquisition of Areas of Land and of Water to Furnish in Perpetuity Reservations for the Adequate Protection of Such Birds; and Authorizing Appropriations for the Establishment of Such Areas, Their Maintenance and Improvement and for Other Purposes", reserving, however, to the state of Montana full and complete jurisdiction and authority over all such areas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control thereof by the United States under the terms of said act of congress.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 227, L. 1953; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1108.1.