Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. State Parks
23-1-126. Good neighbor policy -- public recreational lands

23-1-126. Good neighbor policy -- public recreational lands. (1) The good neighbor policy of public land use, as applied to public recreational lands, seeks a goal of no impact upon adjoining private and public lands by preventing impact on those adjoining lands from noxious weeds, trespass, litter, noise and light pollution, streambank erosion, and loss of privacy.
(2) In order to implement the good neighbor policy expeditiously, the legislature finds it necessary to require the department of fish, wildlife, and parks to place maintenance as a priority over additional development at all state parks and fishing access sites.
(3) The restriction in subsection (2) does not apply to:
(a) development and improvement projects for which the legislature has appropriated funds prior to October 1, 1999;
(b) activities directly related to the historic preservation, restoration, or protection of assets in state parks;
(c) at the discretion of the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, projects on the Missouri reach of the Missouri-Madison hydropower project or the Clark Fork basin hydropower project, undertaken pursuant to the federal energy regulatory commission's hydropower relicensing requirements and in conjunction with private entities, political subdivisions of the state of Montana, and federal agencies;
(d) at the discretion of the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, projects on Fort Peck reservoir undertaken in conjunction with the U.S. army corps of engineers; or
(e) partnership projects as designated within the park master plan.
(4) Any development in state parks and fishing access sites beyond those defined as maintenance in 23-1-127 must be approved by the legislature.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 474, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 427, L. 2009.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling

Chapter 1. Parks

Part 1. State Parks

23-1-101. Purposes -- definitions

23-1-102. Powers and duties of department

23-1-103. Acceptance of title to recreational and camping grounds by board of land commissioners

23-1-104. Connecting roads

23-1-105. Fees and charges -- use of motor vehicle registration fee

23-1-106. Rules -- penalties -- enforcement

23-1-107. Cooperation

23-1-108. Acquisition of certain state parks, monuments, or historic sites

23-1-109. Establishment of Montana agricultural center and museum of the Northern Great Plains

23-1-110. Improvement or development of state park or fishing access site -- required public involvement -- rules

23-1-111. Powers and duties of board -- rulemaking -- meetings

23-1-112. through 23-1-114 reserved

23-1-115. Short title

23-1-116. Primitive parks established

23-1-117. Limit on development of primitive parks

23-1-118. Elimination of resident user fee -- fee for nonresident use -- penalty

23-1-119. and 23-1-120 reserved

23-1-121. Park rangers -- qualifications -- powers and duties

23-1-122. Enforcement powers of park rangers and game wardens

23-1-123. Use of exploding targets prohibited -- definition -- penalty

23-1-124. and 23-1-125 reserved

23-1-126. Good neighbor policy -- public recreational lands

23-1-127. Maintenance priority -- maintenance defined

23-1-128. Limits on camping in riparian areas and operation of off-highway vehicles

23-1-129. reserved

23-1-130. Repealed

23-1-131. Repealed