2-4-313. Distribution, costs, and maintenance. (1) The secretary of state shall distribute copies of ARM and supplements or revisions to ARM to the following:
     (a) attorney general, one copy;
     (b) clerk of United States district court for the district of Montana, one copy;
     (c) clerk of United States court of appeals for the ninth circuit, one copy;
     (d) county commissioners or governing body of each county of this state, for use of county officials and the public, at least one but not more than two copies, which may be maintained in a public library in the county seat or in the county offices as the county commissioners or governing body of the county may determine;
     (e) state law library, one copy;
     (f) state historical society, one copy;
     (g) each unit of the Montana university system, one copy;
     (h) law library of the university of Montana, one copy;
     (i) legislative council, two copies;
     (j) library of congress, one copy;
     (k) state library, one copy.
     (2) The secretary of state, each county in the state, and the librarians for the state law library and the university of Montana law library shall maintain a complete, current set of ARM, including supplements or revisions to ARM. The designated persons shall also maintain the register issues published during the preceding 2 years. The secretary of state shall maintain a permanent set of the registers.
     (3) The secretary of state shall make copies of and subscriptions to ARM and supplements or revisions to ARM and the register available to any person at prices fixed in accordance with subsection (4).
     (4) The secretary of state, in consultation with the administrative code committee, shall determine the cost of supplying copies of ARM and supplements or revisions to ARM and the register to persons not listed in subsection (1). The cost must be the approximate cost of publication of the copies, including indexing, printing or duplicating, and mailing. However, a uniform price per page or group of pages may be established without regard to differences in cost of printing different parts of ARM and supplements or revisions to ARM and the register. Fees are not refundable.
     (5) The secretary of state shall deposit all fees in a proprietary fund.
     (6) The secretary of state may charge agencies a filing fee for all material to be published in ARM or the register. The secretary of state shall fix, in consultation with the administrative code committee, the fee to cover the costs of supplying copies of ARM and supplements or revisions to ARM and the register to the persons listed in subsection (1). The cost must be the approximate cost of publication of the copies, including indexing, printing or duplicating, and mailing. However, a uniform price per page or group of pages may be established without regard to differences in cost of printing different parts of ARM and supplements or revisions to ARM and the register.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 2, Ex. L. 1971; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 285, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-4206(5) thru (8), (10), (11); amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 243, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 163, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 397, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 580, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, Sp. L. January 1992; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 411, L. 1993.