{"data":{"id":"us-mt/87-5-917","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"87-5-917","heading":"Operations and maintenance exempt.","body":"(1) Permitting and authorizing agencies and the oversight team shall cooperate to designate as exempt from the habitat quantification tool certain operations and maintenance activities that require a permit or other authorization from a state agency.\n(2) Operations and maintenance activities that are exempt from the habitat quantification tool pursuant to subsection (1) may still be subject to stipulations of a sage grouse conservation strategy adopted by the governor through executive order or a policy, rule, or regulation adopted by the oversight team.","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_0170/0870-0050-0090-0170.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:47Z","sha256":"923db3bd5b30e3b3c0e7f95dafd122e929ba456a194c9e705c068b89468c4d63","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/87-5-916","next":"us-mt/87-5-918"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}