Unofficial Draft Copy
**** As of: 11/25/2024, 02:22:32
69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Casey Pallister, **** LC 0414
1 **** BILL NO. ****
2 INTRODUCED BY ****
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REQUIRING REPORTING OF HUNTING ACTIVITY BY HUNTERS
5 OF GAME ANIMALS; GRANTING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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9 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Mandatory reporting of hunting activity -- rulemaking. (1) All
10 hunters who purchase a hunting license for any game animal, as defined in 87-2-101, shall report to the
11 department their hunting activity for each animal.
12 (2) A person shall report their hunting activity for a game animal before being eligible to purchase
13 any new game animal licenses during the following license year.
14 (3) The department may make rules to implement this section, including but not limited to reporting
15 systems, deadlines, and penalties.
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17 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an
18 integral part of Title 87, chapter 2, part 1, and the provisions of Title 87, chapter 2, part 1, apply to [section 1].
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20 NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective March 1, 2026.
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