Rule 12.9.604 - PAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT(1) The department will pay authorized pheasant release projects for live pheasants that are ten weeks of age or older and released in compliance with all the provisions of this subchapter at a rate established by the department surveying NPIP-certified hatcheries or game bird growers in Montana and surrounding states or through the solicitation of bids from interested parties.NEW, 1988 MAR p. 720, Eff. 4/15/88; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 831, Eff. 3/31/00; EMERG, AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1512, Eff. 6/16/00; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 1725, Eff. 9/7/01; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 1766, Eff. 9/7/12.87-1-249, MCA; IMP, 87-1-248, MCA;