Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 7. DISEASE, PEST, AND WEED CONTROL

Part 10. Aquatic Invasive Species

Invasive Species Management Area -- Regulation

80-7-1010. Invasive species management area -- regulation. (1) The owner, operator, or person in possession of any vessel or equipment authorized for use in an invasive species management area shall comply with any regulations imposed pursuant to 80-7-1008(3)(b) and provide proof of compliance upon request of a department or its designee.

(2) After use in a body of water within an invasive species management area, all vessels, equipment, bait containers, livewells, bilges, and other boating-related equipment, excluding marine sanitary systems, must be drained in a way that does not impact any state waters before being transported on land or a public highway, as defined in 61-1-101, except where allowed by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks.

History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 429, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 354, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 387, L. 2017.