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Montana Title 5. Legislative Branch § 5-12-209. Reporting

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Section effective July 1, 2024.>

(1) To document the impacts and process associated with compliance with information requests made pursuant to Article II, section 9, of the Montana constitution and Title 2, chapter 6, each quarter, each executive branch agency, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch shall submit the information required by this section for the prior quarter to the legislative finance committee. The executive branch agencies subject to this section include the agencies headed by officers listed in Article VI, section 1, of the Montana constitution and the departments created pursuant to Article VI, section 7, of the Montana constitution.

(2) The report must contain the following information:

(a) the number of requests for information submitted to each entity in the preceding quarter;

(b) the identity of each requester;

(c) what information was requested;

(d) the date of the request; and

(e) the status of the request, whether completed or in progress.

(3) If the entity has completed the request, the report must also provide the following information:

(a) the date on which compliance with the request occurred;

(b) the number of hours to fulfill the request; and

(c) costs imposed on the requester to fulfill the request.

(4) For any request not completed in a quarter and reported pursuant to this section, the request must be reported on subsequent reports until the request has been completed.

(5) This section does not apply to requests that:

(a) were not submitted according to a public information request process or protocol established by an agency;

(b) pertain only to a specific person or property for applications, vital records, licenses, permits, registrations, and related supporting documents; or

(c) were for information accessible on a state website or other publication available at the time the request was made.

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