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SENATE BILL NO. 81

INTRODUCED BY D. HARGROVE

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AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE ALLOCATION OF THE MONTANA AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION; AMENDING SECTION 2-15-3313, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:



     Section 1.  Section 2-15-3313, MCA, is amended to read:

     "2-15-3313.  (Temporary) Definitions. As used in 2-15-3312 through 2-15-3322, the following definitions apply:

     (1)  "Agricultural easement" means a conservation easement, as defined in 76-6-104, that is created to satisfy the core values established in 2-15-3315.

     (2)  "Commission" means the Montana agricultural heritage commission.

     (3)  "Department" means the department of agriculture natural resources and conservation provided for in 2-15-3301 2-15-3001.

     (4)  "Native wild species" means the diversity of native wild plant and animal species and the ecological and management processes that sustain them.

     (5)  "Qualified easement holder" means a private, nonprofit organization, land trust, or state agency. (Terminates July 1, 2003--sec. 15, Ch. 456, L. 1999.)"



     Section 2.  Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2001.

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