12.12.102    DEFINITIONS

(1)  "Board" means the State Parks and Recreation Board established in 2-15-3406, MCA. 

(2)  "Camping" means to occupy a camping unit for temporary residence or sleeping purposes.

(3)  "Camping facility" means a lodging structure for overnight sleeping purposes such as cabins, tipis, or yurts.

(4)  "Camping party" means any individual or group occupying a campsite.

(5)  "Camping unit" means one sleeping device or shelter, a tent, motorhome, camping bus, truck-mounted camping shell, pull-type camper, or other device designed and commonly used for sleeping.

(6)  "Campsite" means any area officially authorized to allow camping including designated, numbered, and dispersed camping sites.

(7)  "Commission" means the Fish and Wildlife Commission established in 2-15-3402, MCA.

(8)  "Day use" means the hours of the half hour before official sunrise to the half hour after official sunset.

(9)  "Department" means the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

(10)  "Developed area" means all or a part of a public use site that includes human-made features that are designed to facilitate recreational activities.  These features include parking areas, bathroom facilities, designated camping spaces, picnic facilities, established roads and trails, planted and maintained lawn or grass areas, boat launch facilities, dock facilities, interpretive facilities, and other improvements.

(11)  "Director" means the director of the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

(12)  "Dispersed camping" means camping that occurs in areas that are not highly developed or individually signed and/or numbered.

(13)  "Domestic animals" means dogs, cats, or other animals commonly owned as pets.

(14)  "Livestock" means horses, cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, donkeys, and other animals commonly used for riding, packing, or agricultural purposes.

(15)  "Motorized vehicle" means a "motor vehicle" as defined in 61-1-101, MCA, and includes motorcycles, snowmobiles, off-highway vehicles, trailers, and motorhomes.

(16)  "Non-Motorized vehicle" means any wheeled or tracked device not considered a motorized vehicle.

(17)  "Occupancy" means the predetermined maximum number of camping units and/or individuals that may occupy a campsite or camping facility based on size, location, and other site attributes.

(18)  "Occupy" means the use of a campsite or camping facility for the purposes of camping, by a person or party who has paid the camping fee within the applicable time limits or when it has been reserved through the appropriate procedures of the reservation system.

(19)  "Primary occupant" means the person that a campsite or camping facility is registered to and who must be an occupant.

(20)  "Public use sites" means fishing access sites, wildlife management areas, wildlife habitat protection areas, state parks, state parks-affiliated lands, fisheries conservation areas, or any other lands managed by the department for public use.

(21)  "Special use permit" means a permit used to authorize special events, noncommercial activities, organized groups, and other special uses occurring at public use sites.

History: 23-1-102, 23-1-106, 23-1-111, 87-1-201, 87-1-301, 87-1-303, MCA; IMP, 23-1-102, 23-1-106, 23-1-111, 87-1-201, 87-1-301, 87-1-303, MCA; NEW, 2024 MAR p. 45, Eff. 1/13/24.