76-22-104. Montana sage grouse oversight team -- rulemaking. The oversight team shall adopt rules to administer the provisions of this part, including:
(1) eligibility and evaluation criteria for grants distributed pursuant to 76-22-110 for projects that maintain, enhance, restore, expand, or benefit sage grouse habitat or populations, including but not limited to requirements for matching funds and in-kind contributions and consideration of the socioeconomic impacts of a proposed project on the local community. The evaluation criteria must give greater priority to proposed projects that:
(a) involve partnerships between public and private entities;
(b) provide matching funds;
(c) use the habitat quantification tool adopted pursuant to subsection (2); and
(d) maximize the amount of credits generated per dollars of funds awarded.
(2) the designation of a habitat quantification tool, subject to the approval of the United States fish and wildlife service;
(3) subject to the provisions of 76-22-105(2), a method to track and maintain the number of credits attributable to projects funded pursuant to this part that are available to a project developer to purchase for compensatory mitigation to offset debits under 76-22-111;
(4) methods of compensatory mitigation available under 76-22-111;
(5) review and monitoring of projects funded pursuant to this part;
(6) criteria for the acceptance or rejection of grants, gifts, transfers, bequests, and donations, including interests in real or personal property; and
(7) guidance on management options for any real property conveyed to the state under this part, including its sale or lease.