81-7-120. Use of funds remaining after payment of bounties -- sale of furs, skins, and specimens -- presentation to museums. (1) If, at the end of a bounty paying season, there is surplus money available for the administration of 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122, the surplus may be used to hire salaried hunters and trappers to hunt and trap predatory animals and to purchase and supply poison to be used for a poison campaign on predatory animals.
(2) All furs, skins, and specimens taken by hunters or trappers whose salaries are paid in whole or in part out of this money must be sold by the department, and the proceeds from these sales must be credited to the state special revenue fund. These funds must be used to carry out 81-7-111 through 81-7-118 and 81-7-120 through 81-7-122. Specimens may be presented free of charge to a state museum or institution.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.11, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 100, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 155, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1912; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 214, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 7. Predatory Animal Control
Part 1. Predatory Animal Control
81-7-103. Administration of funds by department
81-7-104. Predator control money -- use of proceeds
81-7-105. Disposition of proceeds from sale of skins, hides, and specimens -- presenting to museums
81-7-106. Predatory animal state special revenue account
81-7-107. through 81-7-110 reserved
81-7-111. Evidence of killing by bounty claimant
81-7-114. Certificate and record of sheriff
81-7-115. Duty of county clerk
81-7-116. Bounty claims and certificates to be filed with department
81-7-117. Department to examine claims and certificates -- approval or disapproval of claims
81-7-118. Fee for purpose of paying bounty claims -- limitation on fee
81-7-121. Falsifying certificates or affidavits -- penalty