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Montana lawmakers consider voluntary license checkoff to fund rural projects; supporters urge experiment
Summary
Representative Tom France presented House Bill 560 to create a voluntary hunters-and-anglers checkoff on licenses to fund small grants to rural communities; proponents emphasized local benefits while some senators warned mechanics need work before enacting statewide.
Representative Tom France (House District 99) opened House Bill 560, proposing a voluntary checkoff on hunting and fishing conservation licenses to establish the Montana Hunters and Anglers Community Fund. France said the fund would accept voluntary donations at license purchase and be administered by the Department of Commerce with a seven-member advisory board representing hunters, anglers, local government and…
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