87-1-247. Authorized use of funds. (1) Not more than 10% of the money generated under 87-1-246 may be used by the department to:
     (a) prepare and disseminate information to landowners and organizations concerning the upland game bird enhancement program;
     (b) review potential pheasant release sites;
     (c) assist applicants in preparing management plans for project areas; and
     (d) evaluate the upland game bird enhancement program.
     (2) The remainder of the money raised must be used:
     (a) to share, at $3 a bird, in the cost of releasing pheasants in suitable habitat, in such numbers and under conditions determined by the department under 87-1-248(1); and
     (b) to revert, at the end of each fiscal year, all unexpended funds to the habitat portion of the program outlined in 87-1-248(2) for the development, enhancement, and conservation of upland game bird habitat in Montana.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 636, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 232, L. 1989.