{"data":{"id":"us-mt/87-5-704","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"87-5-704","heading":"Rulemaking.","body":"(1) The commission may adopt rules to implement 87-5-701, 87-5-702, and 87-5-711 through 87-5-715. In implementing 87-5-713, the commission may adopt rules approving species of wildlife that may be introduced by the department. In implementing 87-5-715, the commission may adopt rules to authorize the control or extermination by the department of introduced wildlife species.\n(2) The department may adopt rules to implement 87-5-713 and 87-5-715. In implementing 87-5-713 and 87-5-715, the department may not adopt rules in the subject areas reserved to the commission in subsection (1).\n(3) (a) The commission may adopt rules to implement 87-5-705 through 87-5-709 and 87-5-712 regarding the importation, possession, and sale of exotic wildlife, including adoption of a list of controlled exotic wildlife and a list of prohibited exotic wildlife. The commission may by rule add to the list of noncontrolled exotic wildlife provided in 87-5-706. The department of livestock may not issue import permits for exotic wildlife on a list of controlled exotic wildlife or prohibited exotic wildlife without authorization from the department.\n(b) The commission may adopt rules regarding the operation of the classification review committee established in 87-5-708.\n(4) The department may adopt rules regarding issuance of the authorization permit provided for in 87-5-705(2).","path":["TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 5. WILDLIFE PROTECTION","Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0870/chapter_0050/part_0070/section_0040/0870-0050-0070-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:46Z","sha256":"15cb84865a7446c11463d4521d7baf7decb426a14d73c78428476990b9e6db3d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/87-5-703","next":"us-mt/87-5-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}