_________ Bill No. _______

Introduced By _______________________________________________________________________________



A Bill for an Act entitled: "An Act providing that a person who receives a special bull elk or either sex elk license is not eligible to receive another special license for that species for the next 7 years; amending section 87-2-702, MCA; and providing an applicability date."



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



Section 1.  Section 87-2-702, MCA, is amended to read:

"87-2-702.   Restrictions on special licenses. (1) A person who has killed or taken any game animal, except a deer or an antelope, during the current license year is not permitted to receive a special license under this chapter to hunt or kill a second game animal of the same species.

(2)  The commission may require applicants for special permits authorized by this chapter to obtain a valid big game license for that species for the current year prior to applying for a special permit.

(3)  After March 27, 1987, a person may lawfully take only one grizzly bear in Montana with a license authorized by 87-2-701.

(4)  (a) A person who receives a moose, mountain goat, special bull elk, either sex elk, or limited mountain sheep license, with the exception of an adult ewe license, as authorized by 87-2-701, is not eligible to receive another special license for that species for the next 7 years. For the purposes of this subsection (4)(a), "limited mountain sheep license" means a license that is valid for an area in which the number of licenses issued is restricted.

(b)  A person who takes a mountain sheep using an unlimited mountain sheep license, with the exception of a mountain sheep taken pursuant to an adult ewe license, as authorized by 87-2-701, is not eligible to receive another special license for that species for the next 7 years. For the purposes of this subsection (4)(b), "unlimited mountain sheep license" means a license that is valid for an area in which the number of licenses issued is not restricted."



NEW SECTION. Section 2.  Applicability. [Section 1] applies to license years beginning March 1, 1998.

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