Montana Code Annotated 2013

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     2-3-212. Minutes of meetings -- public inspection. (1) Appropriate minutes of all meetings required by 2-3-203 to be open must be kept and must be available for inspection by the public. If an audio recording of a meeting is made and designated as official, the recording constitutes the official record of the meeting. If an official recording is made, a written record of the meeting must also be made and must include the information specified in subsection (2).
     (2) Minutes must include without limitation:
     (a) the date, time, and place of the meeting;
     (b) a list of the individual members of the public body, agency, or organization who were in attendance;
     (c) the substance of all matters proposed, discussed, or decided; and
     (d) at the request of any member, a record of votes by individual members for any votes taken.
     (3) If the minutes are recorded and designated as the official record, a log or time stamp for each main agenda item is required for the purpose of providing assistance to the public in accessing that portion of the meeting.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 159, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 567, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-3403; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 65, L. 2011.

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