House Bill No. 314

Introduced By _______________________________________________________________________________



A Bill for an Act entitled: "An Act encouraging a school district to establish and maintain a firearms safety education course; and authorizing a district to use a course developed by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, a law enforcement agency, or a national firearms association."



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Montana:



NEW SECTION. Section 1.  Firearms safety education. The trustees of a district are encouraged to establish and maintain a firearms safety education course. The trustees may adopt a course of instruction developed by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, a law enforcement agency, or a national firearms association as its firearms safety education course. Instructors from the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, a law enforcement agency, or a national firearms association may be used to provide the instruction.



NEW SECTION. Section 2.  Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 20, chapter 7, part 1, and the provisions of Title 20, chapter 7, part 1, apply to [section 1].

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