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Bill to simplify game bird farm licensing draws brief support in committee
Summary
House Bill 105, described as a housekeeping bill to reduce administrative requirements for game bird farms and shift to a five-year license structure, was presented and supported by Fish, Wildlife & Parks and conservation organizations; the hearing included questions about fees and prior fee structure.
Representative Albus presented House Bill 105 as a housekeeping measure to reduce administrative burden for game bird farm licenses and move to a five-year license term. The sponsor said the bill passed the House 98-2 and urged the committee to do pass.
Phil Kilbreth, commercial wildlife program manager at the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, described the measure as an effort to “reduce some red tape with our game bird farm licenses” and recommended the committee pass the bill. Ben Lamb of the Montana Conservation Society said, “Short and straight, it's a great bill.”
Committee members asked about fees. A committee member said the game bird license is $300 and asked what it had been before; the sponsor and department staff discussed prior figures during the hearing, with one speaker saying the prior renewal was $50 and another noting a prior structure of an application fee and renewal fees. Representative Albus said the change shifts licensing to a five-year permit and urged do pass.
No opponent testimony was recorded and no formal Senate committee vote on HB 105 was recorded in the transcript.
