HOUSE BILL NO. 518
INTRODUCED BY LINDEEN, BARKUS, BRUEGGEMAN, COONEY, LAIBLE, SINRUD
BY REQUEST OF THE HOUSE JOINT APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASING OF STATEWIDE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING FOR CERTAIN VACANT STATE POSITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 2-15-102, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. State personnel position advertising -- requirements -- definition. (1) An agency seeking to advertise to fill a vacant position in state government shall notify the department of administration. The department of administration is responsible for all statewide newspaper advertising concerning vacant agency positions. An agency may not contract for additional statewide newspaper advertising for a vacant position, but may contract for local advertising.
(2) (a) As used in this section, "agency" means an executive branch agency, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch.
(b) The term does not include the university system OR THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.
Section 2. Section 2-15-102, MCA, is amended to read:
"2-15-102. Definitions. As Subject to [section 1], as used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Advisory capacity" means furnishing advice, gathering information, making recommendations, and performing other activities that may be necessary to comply with federal funding requirements and does not mean administering a program or function or setting policy.
(2) "Agency" means an office, position, commission, committee, board, department, council, division, bureau, section, or any other entity or instrumentality of the executive branch of state government.
(3) "Data" means any information stored on information technology resources.
(4) "Department" means a principal functional and administrative entity that:
(a) is created by this chapter within the executive branch of state government;
(b) is one of the 20 principal departments permitted under the constitution; and
(c) includes its units.
(5) "Department head" means a director, commission, board, commissioner, or constitutional officer in charge of a department created by this chapter.
(6) "Director" means a department head specifically referred to as a director in this chapter and does not mean a commission, board, commissioner, or constitutional officer.
(7) "Executive branch" means the executive branch of state government referred to in Article III, section 1, and Article VI of the Montana constitution.
(8) "Function" means a duty, power, or program, exercised by or assigned to an agency, whether or not specifically provided for by law.
(9) "Information technology resources" means hardware, software, and associated services and infrastructure used to store or transmit information in any form, including voice, video, and electronic data.
(10) "Quasi-judicial function" means an adjudicatory function exercised by an agency, involving the exercise of judgment and discretion in making determinations in controversies. The term includes but is not limited to the functions of:
(a) interpreting, applying, and enforcing existing rules and laws;
(b) granting or denying privileges, rights, or benefits;
(c) issuing, suspending, or revoking licenses, permits, and certificates;
(d) determining rights and interests of adverse parties;
(e) evaluating and passing on facts;
(f) awarding compensation;
(g) fixing prices;
(h) ordering action or abatement of action;
(i) adopting procedural rules;
(j) holding hearings; and
(k) any other act necessary to the performance of a quasi-judicial function.
(11) "Quasi-legislative function" generally means making or having the power to make rules or set rates and all other acts connected with or essential to the proper exercise of a quasi-legislative function.
(12) "Unit" means an internal subdivision of an agency, created by law or by administrative action, including a division, bureau, section, or department, and an agency allocated to a department for administrative purposes only by this chapter."
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 2, chapter 15, part 1, and the provisions of Title 2, chapter 15, part 1, apply to [section 1].
NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2003.
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