1. (1) Cooperators enrolled in the BMA program may receive the following types of payments:

   1. (a) a basic enrollment payment;
   2. (b) a basic hunter day impact payment computed at an amount per hunter day;
   3. (c) a length of season impact payment for cooperators who place no restrictions on commission-established fall hunting seasons;
   4. (d) a species/sex impact payment for cooperators who place no restrictions on the species and sex of elk, deer, antelope, upland game birds, and waterfowl, as they exist on their property;

2. (2) Cooperators may also receive compensation for:

   1. (a) livestock loss insurance payable at full market value of any loss up to $5,000;
   2. (b) supplying wildlife damage materials;
   3. (c) permitting wildlife game damage hunts;
   4. (d) participating in a unified aggregate cooperative;
   5. (e) every five years of participation in the BMA program; and
   6. (f) participation in other department cooperative programs.

Authorizing statute(s): 87-1-301, 87-1-303, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 87-1-265, 87-1-301, 87-1-303, MCA

History: NEW, 1994 MAR p. 1691, Eff. 6/24/94; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 1139, Eff. 4/26/96; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 464, Eff. 3/9/24.