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68th Legislature 2023 HB 580.1
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 580
2 INTRODUCED BY B. MERCER
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR
5 EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH ON
6 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION MADE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 9, OF THE MONTANA
7 CONSTITUTION AND TITLE 2, CHAPTER 6, AND RELATED INFORMATION ON THE EFFORTS AND
8 EXPENSE TO FULFILL REQUESTS.”
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10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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12 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Reporting. (1) To document the impacts and process associated with
13 compliance with information requests made pursuant to Article II, section 9, of the Montana constitution and
14 Title 2, chapter 6, each quarter, each executive branch agency, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch
15 shall submit a written report in accordance with 5-11-210 to the legislative finance committee.
16 (2) The report must contain the following information:
17 (a) the number of requests for information submitted to each entity in the preceding quarter;
18 (b) the identity of each requester;
19 (c) what information was requested;
20 (d) the date of the request; and
21 (e) the status of the request, whether completed or in progress.
22 (3) If the entity has completed the request, the report must also provide the following information:
23 (a) the date on which compliance with the request occurred;
24 (b) the number of hours to fulfill the request;
25 (c) costs imposed on the requester to fulfill the request; and
26 (d) whether litigation ensued based on what was provided to the requester.
27 (4) For any request not completed in a quarter and reported pursuant to this section, the request
28 must be reported on subsequent reports until the request has been completed.
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68th Legislature 2023 HB 580.1
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2 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an
3 integral part of Title 17, chapter 8, part 4, and the provisions of Title 17, chapter 8, part 4, apply to [section 1].
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