Montana Title 85. Water Use § 85-2-243. Department assistance to water judges

(a) provide such information and assistance as may be required by the water judge to adjudicate claims of existing rights;

(b) establish information and assistance programs to aid claimants in the filing of claims for existing rights required by 85-2-221;

(c) conduct field investigations of claims that the water judge in consultation with the department determines warrant investigation; and

(d) provide the water judge with all information in its possession bearing upon existing rights, including all declarations filed with and all information gathered by the department with respect to existing rights in the Powder River basin.