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77-1-801. Recreational use license required to use state lands for general recreational purposes -- penalty -- exemption

MT Code § 77-1-801 (2019) (N/A)
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77-1-801. (Temporary) Recreational use license required to use state lands for general recreational purposes -- penalty -- exemption. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person 12 years of age or older shall obtain an annual recreational use license pursuant to 77-1-802 to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for general recreational purposes.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall, upon the request of a peace officer or fish and game warden, present for inspection the person's recreational use license.

(3) If the department and the department of fish, wildlife, and parks consent to and sign an agreement for hunting, fishing, and trapping purposes, as provided in 77-1-815, a person is not required to obtain a recreational use license for use of legally accessible state trust land for hunting, fishing, and trapping purposes.

(4) A violator of subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or both. (Void on occurrence of contingency--sec. 8, Ch. 596, L. 2003.)

77-1-801. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Recreational use license required to use state lands for general recreational purposes -- penalty. (1) A person 12 years of age or older shall obtain an annual recreational use license pursuant to 77-1-802 to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for general recreational purposes.

(2) A person shall, upon the request of a peace officer or fish and game warden, present for inspection the person's recreational use license.

(3) A violator of subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or both.

History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 609, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 596, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2542, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

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