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INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________

By Request of the ****

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT establishing reporting requirements for executive branch agencies, the legislative Branch, and the judicial branch on requests for information MADE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE II, section 9, OF THE montana CONSTITUTION AND TITLE 2, CHAPTER 6, and related INFORMATION on the efforts and expense to fulfill requests."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Reporting. (1) To document the impacts and process associated with compliance with information requests made pursuant to Article II, section 9, of the Montana constitution and Title 2, chapter 6, each quarter, each executive branch agency, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch shall submit a written report in accordance with 5-11-210 to the legislative finance committee.

(2)        The report must contain the following information:

(a)        the number of requests for information submitted to each entity in the preceding quarter;

(b)        the identity of each requester;

(c)        what information was requested;

(d)        the date of the request; and

(e)        the status of the request, whether completed or in progress.

(3)        If the entity has completed the request, the report must also provide the following information:

(a)        the date on which compliance with the request occurred;

(b)        the number of hours to fulfill the request;

(c)        costs imposed on the requester to fulfill the request; and

(d)        whether litigation ensued based on what was provided to the requester.

(4)        For any request not completed in a quarter and reported pursuant to this section, the request must be reported on subsequent reports until the request has been completed.

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 17, chapter 8, part 4, and the provisions of Title 17, chapter 8, part 4, apply to [section 1].