Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 6. APICULTURE

Part 1. Registration -- Apis Bees

Application Fee

80-6-106. Application fee. (1) At the time a new application to register an apiary site is submitted to the department by an owner or applicant not currently registered in the department's apiary database, the owner or applicant shall pay an application fee. Except as provided in subsection (2), the fee may not be less than $10 or more than $100.

(2) From July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2021, the department may not charge an owner or applicant who is a hobbyist beekeeper and is not registered in the department's apiary database a hobbyist apiary site application fee in excess of $19.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the department may adjust the fee by rule to maintain adequate funding for this part.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 468, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 379, L. 2019.