Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

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68th Legislature 2023                                                                                                SB 354.1
  1                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 354
  2                      INTRODUCED BY B. BROWN, P. FIELDER, R. FITZGERALD, S. HINEBAUCH
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  4    A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO RECIPROCITY FOR
  5    NONRESIDENTS SEEKING TO TRAP IN MONTANA; AMENDING SECTION 87-2-603, MCA; AND
  6    PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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  8    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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 10               Section 1. Section 87-2-603, MCA, is amended to read:
 11               "87-2-603.   Class C-2--nonresident trapper's license -- reciprocity. (1) A person not a resident, as
 12    defined in 87-2-102, who is 12 years of age or older, upon on making application and payment of a fee of $250
 13    to the department, is entitled to a nonresident trapper's license that authorizes the holder to trap and snare
 14    predatory animals, and nongame wildlife, and, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), certain fur-bearing
 15    species within the state. The trapping or snaring is permitted only after October 15 of each license year and in
 16    the manner provided by law and the rules of the commission and at the places that may be designated in the
 17    license.
 18               (2)    A person not a resident whose state of residence does not sell nonresident trapper's licenses
 19    to Montanans may not be issued a Class C-2 license under subsection (1). A person seeking a license to trap
 20    fur-bearing species under this subsection (2) shall:
 21               (a)    provide a notarized affidavit on a form approved by the department listing the person's legal
 22    residence, including the state; and
 23               (b)    (i) provide documentation that the person's resident state issues nonresident trapping licenses
 24    that allow Montana residents to trap the same species for which the person seeks to trap in Montana; or
 25               (ii)   attest on the affidavit that the person's resident state does not offer reciprocity for trapping the
 26    fur-bearing species the person seeks to trap in Montana because the species does not exist in the resident
 27    state."
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                                                                 -1-                      Authorized Print Version – SB 354
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68th Legislature 2023                                                                                       SB 354.1
  1            NEW SECTION. Section 2.   Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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                                                        -2-                     Authorized Print Version – SB 354
Statutes affected: 
SB0354_1.pdf: 87-2-603
SB0354_2.pdf: 87-2-603
Amended: 87-2-603
Introduced: 87-2-603