{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-8-2701","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-8-2701","heading":"State policy for resource management.","body":"It is the policy of the state of Montana:\n(1) to promote the conservation of the natural resources of the state;\n(2) to provide for the conservation, protection, and development of forage plants and for the beneficial use of forage plants for grazing by livestock, under regulations that may be considered necessary;\n(3) to put into crop production only properly fitted lands;\n(4) to encourage the storage and conservation of water for livestock and irrigation;\n(5) to place the farming and livestock industries upon a permanent and solid foundation;\n(6) to extend preference in sales and leases of lands to resident farmers, stockgrowers, and taxpayers; and\n(7) to gradually restore to private ownership the immense areas of lands that have passed into county ownership because of tax delinquencies.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 8. ACQUISITION, TRANSFER, AND MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY AND BUILDINGS","Part 27. County Land Advisory Boards"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0080/part_0270/section_0010/0070-0080-0270-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:04Z","sha256":"e873110ce06f4891adf06ae14fe4448ab3742865c9ed14a8097c24bafb086730","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-8-2611","next":"us-mt/7-8-2702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}