Table of Contents TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE CHAPTER 13. TIMBER RESOURCES Part 1. Protection of Forest Resources

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76-13-101 — Purpose 76-13-102 — Definitions 76-13-103 — Applicability 76-13-104 — Functions of department –... 76-13-105 — Protection of lands and i... 76-13-107 — Classification of forest... 76-13-108 — Person responsible for pe... 76-13-110 — Owner's right to departme... 76-13-111 — Permissible expenditures 76-13-112 — Penalty for violation 76-13-113 — Destruction of signs 76-13-114 — Disposition of fines 76-13-115 — State fire policy 1 76-13-116 — Duties of firewardens – l... 76-13-119 — Exemption from environmen... 76-13-121 — Permit for burning requir... 76-13-122 — Failure to comply with pe... 76-13-123 — Failure to extinguish rec... 76-13-124 — Throwing lighted material... 76-13-125 — Spark arresters required 76-13-126 — Restrictions on mill wast... 76-13-131 — Renumbered 76-13-132 — Renumbered 76-13-133 — Renumbered 76-13-134 — Renumbered 76-13-135 — Renumbered 76-13-136 — Cooperative agreements wi... 76-13-140 — Legal representation for... 76-13-145 — Designation of wildland-u... 76-13-150 — Fire suppression account... 76-13-151 — Good neighbor forestry ac... 76-13-154 — Federal forest management...

Mont. Code Ann. § 76-13-108

(2021)

Person responsible for performance of duties

(1) If the owner does not appear upon the public records as the holder of the legal title to the land or timber, the owner is nevertheless primarily responsible for the performance of the acts and duties imposed upon the owner by part 2 and this part.

(2) When the owner of the timber is not the owner of the land, the primary responsibility for the performance of the acts and duties imposed by part 2 and this part is upon the owner of the timber.

(3) When the state has title to forest lands within an organized forest protection district, it must be considered as an owner and it shall list its lands and pay the assessments to the recognized agencies responsible for lands in organized forest protection districts.

Official Annotations archive.org, 2021 edition

History:

(1), (2)EnactedEn. SectionSec. 4, ChapterCh. 128, Laws ofL. 1939

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 3, ChapterCh. 141, Laws ofL. 1941

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 94, Laws ofL. 1959

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 3, ChapterCh. 253, Laws ofL. 1974

SectionSec. 28-104, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947

(3)EnactedEn. SectionSec. 8, ChapterCh. 128, Laws ofL. 1939

SectionSec. 28-108, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947

Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 28-104(1), 28-108

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 2521, ChapterCh. 56, Laws ofL. 2009 (HB 37 - Campbell, Margarett (D) HD 31)

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