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MT Code § 87-1-709 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-709. Cooperation with United States for wildlife restoration

  87-1-709. Cooperation with United States for wildlife restoration. The department, in the name of the state and with the approval of the governor, shall have the power to enter into the cooperative agreements on federally owned lands with the government of the United States or some department or bureau thereof or with an individual or individuals, private corporations, or partnerships for the purpose of carrying on any wildlife restoration project and established under the provisions of said Pittman-Robertson Act of the congress of the United States and shall have the power to acquire by purchase, either for cash or upon installments, or lease or by gift or devise, either individually or in conjunction with the government of the United States or some department or bureau thereof, such lands or other property or interests therein as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying on any wildlife restoration project created and established under the provisions of said Pittman-Robertson Act of the congress of the United States. The state of Montana does reserve to itself, acting through its legislature, the right to direct the department to abandon any wildlife restoration projects created and established as the state of Montana may in its judgment think proper, provided the department shall have no power to exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn or acquire property under 87-1-708 through 87-1-710.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 167, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 80, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1124.
MT Code § 87-1-710 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-710. Use of hunters' license fees for department purposes only

  87-1-710. Use of hunters' license fees for department purposes only. In accordance with the other requirement of said act of congress, it shall be the law of this state, so long as this assent shall be unrepealed, that no license fees paid by hunters in the state of Montana shall be used or taken for any other purpose than the administration and use of the department.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 167, L. 1941; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1125.
MT Code § 87-1-711 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-711. Acquisition of land by United States for bison and other big game animals

  87-1-711. Acquisition of land by United States for bison and other big game animals. 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 section 31, township 18 north, range 20 west, Lake County, Montana, and section 36, township 18 north, range 21 west, Sanders County, Montana, excepting the Northern Pacific railway and state of Montana lands within said sections, as the United States may deem necessary for the establishment of an exhibition park for bison and other big game animals, 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 applicable federal regulations.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 209, L. 1953; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1126.
MT Code § 87-1-712 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-712. Development of national bison range

  87-1-712. Development of national bison range. Upon the acquisition or establishment of any such park in Lake County and Sanders County, the fish and wildlife service, United States department of the interior, agrees to develop, improve, and maintain the park for the display of such native big game animals as are available on the national bison range.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 209, L. 1953; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1127.
MT Code § 87-1-713 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-713. Federal waterfowl and wildlife area acquisitions -- submission to affected county governing bodies for review

  87-1-713. Federal waterfowl and wildlife area acquisitions -- submission to affected county governing bodies for review. The governor, the department, or their agents, responsible under federal law for final approval of land, wetland, and water acquisitions in fee by the United States government or its agents for waterfowl protection areas or wildlife refuges, or the United States fish and wildlife service shall submit the proposed acquisitions to the governing body of each county in which all or part of the land, wetland, and water areas are proposed to be located for the governing body's recommendations.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 309, L. 1979.
MT Code § 87-1-714 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 7. State-Federal Relationships|87-1-714. Hearings on proposed waterfowl and wildlife area acquisitions

  87-1-714. Hearings on proposed waterfowl and wildlife area acquisitions. (1) The governing body of the county affected by a proposed federal acquisition of land under 87-1-713, the department, and the United States fish and wildlife service shall, within 21 days of receipt of an acquisition proposal, physically inspect the proposed acquisition areas, if the governing body deems such inspection appropriate.   (2) If requested by the governing body, the agencies described in subsection (1) shall hold a joint public hearing on the proposed acquisition and shall give public notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be held in the county in which the proposed acquisition is located. The hearing shall be held within 30 days of the governing body's receipt of the acquisition proposal. The notice shall be published once a week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which all or part of the proposed acquisition is located. The notice shall include the substance of the proposed action and a legal description of the proposed acquisitions.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 309, L. 1979.
MT Code § 87-1-802 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 8. Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact|87-1-802. Department authorization to effect purposes of compact

  87-1-802. Department authorization to effect purposes of compact. (1) The department shall enforce the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact and shall do all things within the department's jurisdiction that are appropriate in order to effectuate the purposes and the intent of the compact.   (2) The department is authorized on behalf of the state of Montana to enter into or withdraw from the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact pursuant to the terms of Article VIII of the compact.   (3) The department is authorized to adopt amendments to the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact pursuant to the terms of Article IX of the compact.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 122, L. 1995.
MT Code § 87-1-803 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 8. Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact|87-1-803. Reciprocal recognition of license suspensions -- suspension of privileges for conviction in participating state

  87-1-803. Reciprocal recognition of license suspensions -- suspension of privileges for conviction in participating state. (1) When the department receives notice of the suspension of a person's hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges by a participating state, the department shall determine whether the violation leading to the suspension could have led to the forfeiture of privileges under Montana law. If the department determines that the person's privileges could have been forfeited, the department shall suspend the person's privileges to hunt, trap, or fish in Montana for the same period as imposed by the participating state or for the minimum period that would have been imposed under Montana law, whichever period is longer.   (2) When the department receives notice of a conviction of a Montana resident from the licensing authority of the issuing state, the department shall treat the conviction as if it had occurred in Montana and shall determine whether the conviction could have led to the forfeiture of the resident's hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges under Montana law. If the department determines that the resident's privileges could have been forfeited, the department shall suspend the resident's privileges to hunt, trap, or fish in Montana for the minimum period that would have been imposed under Montana law.   (3) Notice of the suspension must be sent to the person, who shall surrender any current Montana hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses to the department within 10 days.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 122, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 502, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 89, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-1-804 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 8. Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact|87-1-804. Suspension of privileges for failure to comply with citation issued in participating state

  87-1-804. Suspension of privileges for failure to comply with citation issued in participating state. (1) The department shall suspend the hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges of any resident of Montana upon notification from the licensing authority of an issuing state that the resident has failed to comply with the terms of a citation issued for a wildlife violation. The suspension remains in effect until the department receives satisfactory evidence of compliance from the issuing state.   (2) Notice of the suspension must be sent to the resident, who shall surrender all current Montana hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses to the department within 10 days.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 122, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 502, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 90, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-1-805 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 8. Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact|87-1-805. Hearing on suspension

  87-1-805. Hearing on suspension. (1) Upon suspending the hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges of any person under 87-1-803 or 87-1-804, the department shall immediately notify the person in writing. The person may, within 20 days of the notice, request a hearing before the department on whether the requirements for suspension have been met. The hearing must be informal.   (2) Upon request, the department shall set a hearing as early as practicable.   (3) (a) The requesting person may present evidence and arguments at the hearing contesting whether:   (i) a participating state suspended the person's privileges;   (ii) there was a conviction in the participating state;   (iii) the person failed to comply with the terms of a citation issued for a wildlife violation in a participating state; or   (iv) a conviction in a participating state could have led to the forfeiture of privileges under Montana law.   (b) Grounds other than those listed in subsection (3)(a) may not be used to contest the department's decision to suspend the person's privileges.   (4) At the hearing, the department, through its authorized agent, may:   (a) administer oaths;   (b) issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses; and   (c) admit all relevant evidence and documents, including notifications from participating states.   (5) Following the hearing, the department, through its authorized agent, may, based on the evidence, affirm, modify, or rescind the suspension of privileges.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 122, L. 1995.
MT Code § 87-1-901 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 1. Organization and Operation|Part 9. Gray Wolf Management|87-1-901. Gray wolf management -- rulemaking -- reporting

  87-1-901. Gray wolf management -- rulemaking -- reporting. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), the commission shall establish by rule hunting and trapping seasons for wolves with the intent to reduce the wolf population in this state to a sustainable level, but not less than the number of wolves necessary to support at least 15 breeding pairs. Trapping seasons must allow for the use of snares by the holder of a trapping license.  (2) For game management purposes, the commission may apply different management techniques depending on the conditions in each administrative region with the most liberal harvest regulations applied in regions with the greatest number of wolves. In doing so, the commission may authorize:   (a) the issuance of more than one Class E-1 or Class E-2 wolf hunting license to an applicant;   (b) the trapping or snaring of more than one wolf by the holder of a trapping license;   (c) the harvest of an unlimited number of wolves by the holder of a single wolf hunting or wolf trapping license;   (d) during the wolf trapping season, the use of bait while hunting or trapping wolves as long as no trap or snare trap is set within 30 feet of exposed bait visible from above; and   (e) the hunting of wolves on private lands outside of daylight hours with the use of artificial light or night vision scopes.   (3) The commission shall adopt rules to allow a landowner or the landowner's agent to take a wolf on the landowner's property at any time without the purchase of a Class E-1 or Class E-2 wolf license when the wolf is a potential threat to human safety, livestock, or dogs. The rules must:   (a) be consistent with the Montana gray wolf conservation and management plan and the adaptive management principles of the commission and the department for the Montana gray wolf population;   (b) require a landowner or the landowner's agent who takes a wolf pursuant to this subsection (3) to promptly report the taking to the department and to preserve the carcass of the wolf;   (c) establish a quota each year for the total number of wolves that may be taken pursuant to this subsection (3); and   (d) allow the commission to issue a moratorium on the taking of wolves pursuant to this subsection (3) before a quota is reached if the commission determines that circumstances require a limitation of the total number of wolves taken.   (4) Public land permittees who have experienced livestock depredation must obtain a special kill permit authorized in 87-5-131(3)(b) to take a wolf on public land without the purchase of a Class E-1 or Class E-2 license.   (5) The department shall report annually to the environmental quality council in accordance with 5-11-210 regarding the implementation of 87-5-131, 87-5-132, and this section.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 297, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 129, Ch. 261, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 336, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-2-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-103. Repealed

  87-2-103. Repealed. Sec. 120, Ch. 258, L. 2011.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 238, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3682, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 192, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 59, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 224, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 9, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-202; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 255, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 49, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 417, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 2003.
MT Code § 87-2-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-107. License form

  87-2-107. License form. The form of the license must be determined and the license blanks prepared by the department and furnished by it to the officers and persons authorized to issue the license. Licenses must be issued in the name of the department. Each license issued must be signed by the licensee in ink or indelible pencil on the face of the license or signed electronically.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 238, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3688, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3688, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-212; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 80, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 44, L. 2015.
MT Code § 87-2-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-108. Repealed

  87-2-108. Repealed. Sec. 20, Ch. 478, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 165, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-212.1; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 218, L. 1979.
MT Code § 87-2-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-109. Repealed

  87-2-109. Repealed. Sec. 120, Ch. 258, L. 2011.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 238, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3689, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 59, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 3689, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 224, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 511, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 9, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-213; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 321, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 417, L. 1995.
MT Code § 87-2-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-110. Repealed

  87-2-110. Repealed. Sec. 120, Ch. 258, L. 2011.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 238, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3692, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3692, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 9, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-217; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 417, L. 1995.
MT Code § 87-2-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-111. Termination of license

  87-2-111. Termination of license. Such licenses shall be void after the last day of February next succeeding their issuance, except that trapping licenses as described in part 6 of this chapter shall be void after June 30 next succeeding their issuance.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 238, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3690, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3690, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 26-214; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 494, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 304, L. 1985.
MT Code § 87-2-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-112. Repealed

  87-2-112. Repealed. Sec. 120, Ch. 258, L. 2011.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 43, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 480, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 465, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-812; amd. Sec. 2842, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 87-2-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-113. Application fees

  87-2-113. Application fees. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), when the department determines a drawing is necessary prior to issuance of hunting licenses for any game species during a hunting season, it shall collect a $5 per species application fee.   (b) The department shall collect the following per species special license application fees:   (i) moose--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;   (ii) mountain goat--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;   (iii) mountain sheep--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;   (iv) wild buffalo or bison--resident, $10; nonresident, $50.   (2) (a) If a resident participates in the bonus point system adopted by the commission, the department shall collect an additional application fee of $2 per species.   (b) If a nonresident participates in the bonus point system adopted by the commission, the department shall collect an additional application fee of $20 per species.   (3) Application fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department as set forth in 87-1-601.   (4) The payment of an application fee confers no hunting rights or privileges.   (5) The commission may waive the provisions of subsection (1) when a drawing is required for a special season under 87-1-304.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 554, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 592, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 533, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 585, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 298, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 349, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-2-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-114. Repealed

  87-2-114. Repealed. Sec. 120, Ch. 258, L. 2011.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 417, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 80, L. 2003.
MT Code § 87-2-116 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-116. Base hunting license prerequisite for other hunting licenses -- fee

  87-2-116. Base hunting license prerequisite for other hunting licenses -- fee. (1) To be eligible to apply for a hunting license or Class A-2 special bow and arrow license, a person must first obtain a base hunting license as provided in this section. The base hunting license must be purchased once each license year.   (2) Resident base hunting licenses may be purchased for a fee of $10, of which $2 is a hunting access fee that must be used by the department to fund programs authorized in 87-1-265.   (3) Nonresident base hunting licenses may be purchased for a fee of $15, of which $10 is a hunting access fee that must be used by the department to fund programs authorized in 87-1-265.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 449, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 63, L. 2019.
MT Code § 87-2-118 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-118. reserved

  87-2-118 reserved.
MT Code § 87-2-119 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-119. Electronic validation of hunting licenses and tags -- rulemaking

  87-2-119. Electronic validation of hunting licenses and tags -- rulemaking. (1) A hunter may electronically validate any hunting license or tag issued electronically pursuant to this chapter for a game animal or wild turkey.   (2) Electronic validation of licenses pursuant to this section may not include the collection of hunter location data through the use of a global positioning system.   (3) The department may adopt rules to implement this section. Except as provided in 87-3-310, the department may adopt rules regarding the possession of a game animal or wild turkey for which a license or tag was electronically validated.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 75, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 238, L. 2019.
MT Code § 87-2-120 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-120. Repealed

  87-2-120. Repealed. Sec. 120, Ch. 258, L. 2011.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 417, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 55, L. 2007.
MT Code § 87-2-121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 2. Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Licenses|Part 1. General Provisions|87-2-121. Lawful method of hunting on landowner's private property

  87-2-121. Lawful method of hunting on landowner's private property. In recognition of the inalienable right of persons to acquire and possess property in all lawful ways contained in Article II, section 3, of the Montana constitution and of the heritage of individual citizens to harvest wild game animals contained in Article IX, section 7, of the Montana constitution, a landowner and a landowner's guests and lessees may hunt on the landowner's private property as long as the hunting is conducted in the manner provided by law and is consistent with regulations.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 2005.