House bill NO. 162
INTRODUCED
BY B. Mitchell
By Request of the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ALLOWING ELECTRONIC VALIDATION FOR ALL SPECIES THAT REQUIRE A CARCASS TAG; AMENDING SECTION 87-2-119, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 87-2-119, MCA, is amended to read:
"87-2-119. Electronic validation of hunting licenses and tags -- rulemaking. (1) A hunter may electronically validate any hunting license or tag issued electronically pursuant to this chapter for a game animal or wild turkey any species for which a carcass tag is issued.
(2) Electronic validation of licenses pursuant to this section may not include the collection of hunter location data through the use of a global positioning system.
(3) The department may adopt rules to implement this section. Except as provided in 87-3-310, the department may adopt rules regarding the possession of a game animal or wild turkey species for which a license or tag was electronically validated."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.