Montana Code 37-47-304. Application
37-47-304. Application. (1) Each applicant for an outfitter‘s or guide‘s license shall apply for a license on a form furnished by the department.
Terms Used In Montana Code 37-47-304
- Board: means the board of outfitters provided for in 2-15-1773. See Montana Code 37-47-101
- Business entity: means any version of a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company. See Montana Code 37-47-101
- Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. See Montana Code 37-47-101
- Guide: means a person who is employed by or who has contracted independently with a licensed outfitter and who accompanies a participant during outdoor recreational activities that are directly related to activities for which the outfitter is licensed. See Montana Code 37-47-101
- License year: means the period indicated on the face of the license for which the license is valid. See Montana Code 37-47-101
- Outfitter: means any person, except a person providing services on real property that the person owns for the primary pursuit of bona fide agricultural interests, who for consideration provides any saddle or pack animal, facilities, camping equipment, vehicle, watercraft, or other conveyance, or personal service for any person to hunt, trap, capture, take, kill, or pursue any game, including fish, and who accompanies that person, either part or all of the way, on an expedition for any of these purposes or supervises a licensed guide or outfitter's assistant in accompanying that person. See Montana Code 37-47-101
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)The application for an outfitter’s license must include:
(a)the applicant’s full name, address, conservation license number, and telephone number;
(b)the applicant’s years of experience as an outfitter or guide; and
(c)components of the outfitter’s operations plan as required by board rule, which may include:
(i)an affidavit by the outfitter to the board that the amount and kind of equipment that is owned, leased, or contracted for by the applicant is sufficient and satisfactory for the services advertised or contemplated to be performed by the applicant; and
(ii)a description of any land, water body, or portion of a water body that will be utilized by the applicant while providing services. A description is not required for the use of private lands that allow unrestricted public access and are managed under cooperative agreements with adjacent public lands.
(3)An application for an outfitter’s license must be in the name of an individual person only. An application involving a business entity must be made by one individual person who qualifies under the provisions of this part. A license issued pursuant to this part must be in the name of that person. Any revocation or suspension of a license is binding upon the individual person and the business entity for the use and benefit of which the license was originally issued.
(4)Application must be made to and filed with the board.
(5)Only one application for an outfitter’s license may be made in any license year. If an application is denied, subsequent applications by the same applicant for the license year involved are void, except as provided in 37-47-308.