{"data":{"id":"us-mt/87-5-904","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"87-5-904","heading":"Montana sage grouse oversight team -- rulemaking.","body":"The oversight team shall adopt rules to administer the provisions of this part, including:\n(1) eligibility and evaluation criteria for grants distributed pursuant to 87-5-910 for projects that maintain, enhance, restore, expand, or benefit sage grouse habitat and populations, including but not limited to requirements for matching funds and in-kind contributions and consideration of the socioeconomic impacts of a proposed project on the local community. The evaluation criteria must give greater priority to proposed projects that:\n(a) involve partnerships between public and private entities;\n(b) provide matching funds;\n(c) use the habitat quantification tool adopted pursuant to subsection (2); and\n(d) maximize the amount of credits generated per dollars of funds awarded.\n(2) the designation of a habitat quantification tool in consideration of applicable United States fish and wildlife service sage grouse policies, state law, and any rules adopted pursuant to this part;\n(3) subject to the provisions of 87-5-905(2), a method to track and maintain the number of credits attributable to projects funded pursuant to this part that are available to a project developer to purchase for compensatory mitigation to offset debits under 87-5-911;\n(4) methods of compensatory mitigation available under 87-5-911;\n(5) review and monitoring of projects funded pursuant to this part;\n(6) criteria for the acceptance or rejection of grants, gifts, transfers, bequests, and donations, including interests in real or personal property; and\n(7) guidance on management options for any real property conveyed to the state under this part, including its sale or lease.","path":["TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 5. WILDLIFE PROTECTION","Part 9. Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0870/chapter_0050/part_0090/section_0040/0870-0050-0090-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:47Z","sha256":"4f261ddd72e13e3aae37459b3c754c312eceb090058b38357df63ba96ff679fe","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/87-5-903","next":"us-mt/87-5-905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}