Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 2. FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES

Part 1. General Provisions

Application Fees

87-2-113. Application fees. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), when the department determines a drawing is necessary prior to issuance of hunting licenses for any game species during a hunting season, it shall collect a $5 per species application fee.

(b) The department shall collect the following per species special license application fees:

(i) moose--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;

(ii) mountain goat--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;

(iii) mountain sheep--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;

(iv) wild buffalo or bison--resident, $10; nonresident, $50.

(2) (a) If a resident participates in the bonus point system adopted by the commission, the department shall collect an additional application fee of $2 per species.

(b) If a nonresident participates in the bonus point system adopted by the commission, the department shall collect an additional application fee of $20 per species.

(3) Application fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department as set forth in 87-1-601.

(4) The payment of an application fee confers no hunting rights or privileges.

(5) The commission may waive the provisions of subsection (1) when a drawing is required for a special season under 87-1-304.

History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 554, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 592, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 533, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 585, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 298, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 349, L. 2017.