37-47-318. Fees in addition to annual license fee -- allocation. - Montana Statutes

     37-47-318. Fees in addition to annual license fee -- allocation. (1) In addition to the fees required in 37-47-306 for an outfitter providing hunting services, the following fees apply:
     (a) An outfitter shall pay an annual fee of $2 for each client served.
     (b) An outfitter who is granted a net client hunter use expansion shall pay a fee of $500 for each new client added to that outfitter's operations plan.
     (c) (i) An outfitter who operates hunting camps in more than one department of fish, wildlife, and parks administrative region shall pay an annual fee of $5,000 for each camp that is located beyond a 100-mile radius of the outfitter's base of operations and that is in an administrative region other than the region containing the outfitter's base of operations.
     (ii) A fee is not required for the following:
     (A) an outfitter's base of operations camp;
     (B) camps established before January 1, 1999;
     (C) camps established on public land when use is directly regulated by public land use policies; or
     (D) camps on corporate timberlands where public access is not restricted.
     (d) An outfitter who desires a net client hunter use expansion shall pay a nonrefundable fee of $2,000 for each expansion request.
     (2) Fees collected pursuant to this section must be expended by the board, pursuant to the authority in 37-47-306, and by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, pursuant to the authority in 87-1-601, and used to fund administrative costs related to implementation of this chapter. The fees collected must be allocated as follows:
     (a) Revenue generated by the $2 fee imposed in subsection (1)(a), the $500 fee imposed in subsection (1)(b), and the $2,000 fee imposed in subsection (1)(d) must be split equally between the board and the department of fish, wildlife, and parks.
     (b) Revenue generated by the $5,000 fee imposed in subsection (1)(c) must be deposited in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the board.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 543, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 502, L. 2007.