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INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________

By Request of the State Library Commission

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT creating the Montana state reference network enterprise fund; authorizing the montana state library to administer the state reference network; providing rulemaking authority; and PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."

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

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Administration of state reference network -- rulemaking. (1) The state library shall administer a state reference network to provide real-time geospatial location data from any location within the network.

(2)        The state library may enter into contracts with other agencies and the private sector to carry out the provisions of the state reference network.

(3)        The state library commission shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of [sections 1 and 2].

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Enterprise fund account for state reference network operations. (1) There is an account of the enterprise fund type, as described in 17-2-102(2)(a), to be known as the Montana state reference network account.

(2)        (a) The account is to the credit of the state library and is to be used for operation of the state reference network. All fees collected by the state library for the use of the state reference network must be deposited in the account to be used for state reference network operations by the state library.

(b)        Revenue collected from fees for the use of the state reference network pursuant to [section 1] must be deposited in the account.

(c)        All interest and earnings on money deposited in the account must be credited to the account and used for state reference network operations by the state library.

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Codification instruction. [Sections 1 and 2] are intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 22, chapter 1, part 2, and the provisions of Title 22, chapter 1, part 2, apply to [sections 1 and 2].

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2023.