Montana § 87-1-605 Fees Used To Purchase Recreational Facilities

Montana Statutes

§ 87-1-605 — Fees Used To Purchase Recreational Facilities

Montana·Title 87 FISH AND WILDLIFE·Ch. 1 ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION·Part 6 Finance

87-1-605 . Fees used to purchase recreational facilities.

(1)One dollar of the fee for a Class A resident fishing license, 10% of the fee for a Class A-8 resident temporary fishing license, $1 of the fee for a Class B-4 nonresident fishing license, $3.50 of the fee for a Class B-5 nonresident fishing license, and $5 of the fee for a Class B nonresident fishing license must be used for the purchase, operation, development, and maintenance of fishing accesses; stream, river, and lake frontages; and the land considered necessary to provide recreational use of fishing accesses and stream, river, and lake frontages.

(2)The amount of funds used for operation and maintenance must equal at least 50% of the money set aside each year under this section and must be expended as provided in subsectio

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87-1-605 . Fees used to purchase recreational facilities. (1) One dollar of the fee for a Class A resident fishing license, 10% of the fee for a Class A-8 resident temporary fishing license, $1 of the fee for a Class B-4 nonresident fishing license, $3.50 of the fee for a Class B-5 nonresident fishing license, and $5 of the fee for a Class B nonresident fishing license must be used for the purchase, operation, development, and maintenance of fishing accesses; stream, river, and lake frontages; and the land considered necessary to provide recreational use of fishing accesses and stream, river, and lake frontages.
(2) The amount of funds used for operation and maintenance must equal at least 50% of the money set aside each year under this section and must be expended as provided in subsection (3). The funds raised under this section may not be used in lieu of any funds or sources of funds currently being used for acquisition or purchase of fishing accesses or stream, river, or lake frontages and the land considered necessary to provide recreational use of fishing accesses and stream, river, and lake frontages but are in addition to those funds. The funds used for operation and maintenance may be used only for these purposes on lands acquired with funds under this section after April 30, 1974.
(3) Operation and maintenance money set aside each year under this section must be expended based on the following priority:
(a) weed management;
(b) streambank restoration; and
(c) general operation and maintenance.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 3, Ch. 408, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 82, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-234; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 461, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 239, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 72, Ch. 18, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 428, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 336, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 228, L. 2003.