SENATE BILL NO. 103
INTRODUCED BY T. ZOOK
AN ACT REQUIRING ALL REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THE IMPOSITION OF FINES AND CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER THE RECREATIONAL USE OF STATE LANDS STATUTES TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE GENERAL FUND; AMENDING SECTION 77-1-808, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 77-1-808, MCA, is amended to read:
"77-1-808. State lands recreational use account. (1) There is a state lands recreational use account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 17-2-102.
(2) There must be deposited in the account:
(a) all revenue received from the recreational use license established by 77-1-802; and
(b) all revenue received from the imposition of fines under 77-1-801 and 77-1-806 and from civil penalties imposed
pursuant to 77-1-804; and
(c)(b) money received by the department in the form of legislative appropriations, reimbursements, gifts, federal funds,
or appropriations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of this account.
(3) Money deposited in the state lands recreational use account must be used by the department for the following purposes:
(a) compensation pursuant to 77-1-809 for damage to the improvements of leases that has been proved to be caused by recreational users;
(b) assistance in weed control management necessary as a result of recreational use of state lands;
(c) protection of the resource value of the trust assets; and
(d) administration and management for the implementation of recreational use of state lands."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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