Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

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68th Legislature 2023                                                                                           HB 600.1
  1                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 600
  2                  INTRODUCED BY M. MALONE, J. SCHILLINGER, P. FIELDER, B. LER, B. PHALEN
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  4    A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING ACREAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDOWNER
  5    PREFERENCE HUNTING LICENSES; AMENDING SECTION 87-2-516, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN
  6    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 87-2-516, MCA, is amended to read:
 11            "87-2-516.   Drawing for Class A-9 and Class B-12 antlerless elk B tag licenses -- landowner
 12    preference. (1) In the event the number of valid applications for Class A-9 resident antlerless elk B tag licenses
 13    or Class B-12 nonresident antlerless elk B tag licenses for a hunting district exceeds the quota set by the
 14    department for the district, the department shall award the permits by a drawing.
 15            (2)      Subject to the limitations of subsection (4), in a hunting district where Class A-9 and Class B-12
 16    licenses are issued, a corresponding Class A-9 or B-12 license must be issued, on application, to persons who:
 17            (a)      own or have contracted to purchase 640 160 acres or more of contiguous land, at least some
 18    of which is used by elk; or
 19            (b)      own 160 acres or more of contiguous production agricultural land on which the department
 20    documented elk game damage within the last 2 years.
 21            (3)      A landowner who is eligible to receive a Class A-9 or Class B-12 license under subsection (2)
 22    may designate an immediate family member or a person employed by the landowner to apply for the license. A
 23    corporation owning qualifying land under subsection (2) may designate one of its shareholders to apply for the
 24    Class A-9 or Class B-12 license.
 25            (4)      Subject to the management provisions provided in 87-1-321 through 87-1-325, 15% of the
 26    Class A-9 and Class B-12 licenses available each year in a hunting district must be available to landowners
 27    pursuant to subsection (2)."
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                                                              -1-                     Authorized Print Version – HB 600
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68th Legislature 2023                                                                                       HB 600.1
  1            NEW SECTION. Section 2.   Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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                                                        -2-                     Authorized Print Version – HB 600
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 87-2-516