Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 77. STATE LANDS

CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LANDS

Part 6. Development of State Lands

Management Of Isolated Trust Lands -- Reciprocal Access

77-1-617. Management of isolated trust lands -- reciprocal access. (1) To facilitate the management of isolated tracts of all classifications of state lands, the department may negotiate reciprocal access agreements that may include easements. For an easement granted pursuant to this subsection, the board may waive all or a portion of the survey requirements of 77-2-102, subject to any conditions that the board may impose.

(2) In granting access, the department is not required to analyze or consider the potential impacts of activities that may occur on private or federal lands in conjunction with or as a result of granting access.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1999.