Montana § 87-1-405 - Publication Of Laws
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§ 87-1-405. Publication Of Laws
Publication of laws. As soon as practicable after the adjournment of each session of the legislature, the director in cooperation with the attorney general shall make a compilation of the laws relating to fish, game, game birds, and animals in force at the date of the compilation and properly index them. Copies of the compilation, sufficient in number for the purposes of this section, shall be printed in pamphlet form, pocket size. The director shall distribute to justices of the peace, wardens, and other officers and persons empowered to issue licenses for hunting, fishing, and trapping a supply of the compilation sufficient to permit one copy to be given anyone desiring a copy. The expense incurred in printing the laws shall be paid out of fish and game moneys in the state special revenue fund.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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