(1) Fees for outfitters, operations plan, guide, or professional guides shall be as set forth below. The following fees are nonrefundable.
(a) New resident outfitter application and $1000
license. This fee includes the following costs,
but does not include fees related to operations plan.
(i) application processing 300
(ii) examination 100
(iii) investigation 300
(iv) resident license 300
(b) Application for amendment to resident 400
outfitter license. This fee includes the following costs:
(i) application processing 300
(ii) examination 100
(c) Renewal of outfitter license
(i) resident outfitter annual license 300
(ii) resident outfitter inactive status 150
(d) New operations plan
(i) review and processing 125
(ii) equipment inspection 300
(e) Fee per hunting client served per year 2
(f) Annual fee for each additional hunting 5000
camp, added after January 1, 1999,
and located beyond a 100-mile radius of the
outfitter's base of operations and that is
in a Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
administrative region other than the region
containing the outfitter's base of operations
(g) Amendments to operations plan 2000
proposing an increase in net client hunter use (NCHU)
(h) Fee for each new client added to $500
operations plan by NCHU expansion request
(i) Resident guide or resident professional guide license
(i) resident guide renewal 100
(ii) resident original guide license 100
(iii) resident temporary guide license 100
(j) Nonresident outfitters, guides, or professional guides will pay the fee their residency state charges for the similar license if in excess of the amount established by the board for the license. Otherwise they will pay the Montana resident fee.
(k) Fee for transfer of NCHU from each 50
outfitter involved in the transfer
(l) Fee for replacement watercraft identification 5
(m) Fee for audit of river-use days 50
(n) Additional standardized fees are specified in ARM 24.101.403.