{"data":{"id":"us-mt/87-2-516","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"87-2-516","heading":"Drawing for Class A-9 and Class B-12 antlerless elk B tag licenses -- landowner preference.","body":"(1) In the event the number of valid applications for Class A-9 resident antlerless elk B tag licenses or Class B-12 nonresident antlerless elk B tag licenses for a hunting district exceeds the quota set by the department for the district, the department shall award the permits by a drawing.\n(2) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4), in a hunting district where Class A-9 and Class B-12 licenses are issued, a corresponding Class A-9 or B-12 license must be issued, on application, to persons who:\n(a) own 640 acres or more of contiguous land, at least some of which is used by elk as documented by the department; or\n(b) own 160 acres or more of contiguous production agricultural land on which the department documented elk game damage within the last 2 years.\n(3) A landowner who is eligible to receive a Class A-9 or Class B-12 license under subsection (2) may designate an immediate family member, an employee of the landowner, or a person with a developmental disability or a physical disability as determined by the department to apply for the license. A corporation owning qualifying land under subsection (2) may designate one of its shareholders to apply for the Class A-9 or Class B-12 license.\n(4) Subject to the management provisions provided in 87-1-321 through 87-1-325, 15% of the Class A-9 and Class B-12 licenses available each year in a hunting district must be available to landowners pursuant to subsection (2).\n(5) For the purposes of this section, \"employee\" means a person who is paid by a landowner to do work and who has state or federal taxes withheld from the payment for the work provided.","path":["TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 2. FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES","Part 5. Game Animal Licenses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0870/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0160/0870-0020-0050-0160.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:38Z","sha256":"08ef1da44f2fa1a7a4284a3b9664335a8d38c708d3c90c489fe35e2b2cafc51e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/87-2-515","next":"us-mt/87-2-517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}