Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes shooting big game if it collides with a motor vehicle.

Highlights:

• Defines "game animal" as deer, elk, moose, antelope, caribou, mountain sheep, mountain goat, 8 mountain lion, bear, and wild buffalo (Sec. 5-12).

• Defines "wild animal" as any animal that is wild by nature as distinguished from common domestic animals, whether the animal was bred or reared in captivity, and includes birds and reptiles (Sec. 5-35).

• Authorizes a person to discharge a firearm within city limits to dispatch an injured game animal (Sec. 1-1).

• Requires the person to first notify the municipal police department or, if one does not exist, the county sheriff's office about the injured game animal (Sec. 1-2).

• Specifies the law enforcement officer to determine whether the animal had injuries that justified the discharging of the firearm. If the law enforcement officer determines that discharging the firearm was justified, the person may not be held criminally liable for doing so (Sec. 1-3).

• Requires the meat of game animals dispatched to be donated directly to the Montana food bank network or to public or charitable institutions to the extent reasonably feasible (Sec. 1-4).

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