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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the Department of Livestock
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT revising laws regarding aerial hunting of predatory animals; removing the residency requirement for aerial hunting; removing requirements for notification by the landowner; AMENDING SECTION 81-7-505, MCA; and REPEALING SECTION 81-7-503, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 81-7-505, MCA, is amended to read:
"81-7-505. Resident landowners authorized to aerially hunt over their own lands without permit -- conditions. Any landowner having residence and domicile in Montana may engage in the aerial hunting of predatory animals, as defined in 81-7-101, over that person's own land without a permit, provided the landowner annually notifies the department in writing that the landowner will be engaged in aerial hunting and gives an adequate description of the location of the land over which the landowner will aerially hunt. Aerial hunting must be in accordance with all rules of the department of livestock."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Repealer. The following section of the Montana Code Annotated is repealed:
81-7-503. Residency requirement.