4-621(3).
The Board ADOPTS, without modification, the hearing examiner's CONCLUSIONS OF LAW and interpretation of administrative rules. This adoption incorporates the Board's factual modification changing "Buyer" from Wheatland Livestock, LLC to HLA, LLC.
The Board ADOPTS the recommended order in the hearing examiner's Proposed Decision subject to the modification of the findings of fact set forth in this Final Order. The transfer of Valley View, LLC's livestock market certificate to HLA, LLC is APPROVED.
Pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 2-4-702, a person who is aggrieved by a final written decision in a contested case is entitled to judicial review and may institute judicial review by filing a petition in district court within 30 days after service of this Final Order written decision of the agency. For additional information, please refer to the Montana Administrative Procedure Act, Title 2, chapter 4, part 7, Montana Code Annotated.
DATED this 27th day of August, 2026.
Gene Curry, Chairman
Montana Board of Livestock