22-3-201. Public policy. The legislature declares that it is the public policy of the state of Montana that noncurrent records of permanent value to the state and to local governments should be preserved and protected; that the operations of state government should be made more efficient, more effective, and more economical through current records management; and […]
22-3-202. Archives created — appointment, duties, and compensation of archivist. There is a state archives in the Montana historical society for the preservation of noncurrent records of permanent value to the state and local governments and for records management. The director of the Montana historical society shall appoint a state archivist, who serves at the pleasure […]
22-3-203. Preservation of noncurrent records of permanent value. The state archivist shall preserve noncurrent records of permanent value to the state and is responsible for the ultimate preservation of local government records of permanent value. Upon request, the archivist shall assist and advise in the establishment of records management programs in the executive, legislative, and judicial […]
22-3-204 through 22-3-210 reserved.
22-3-211. Historic records network — creation — purpose. (1) The trustees of the Montana historical society shall establish and coordinate the administration of a historic records network. (2) The staff of the society shall aid staff archivists and librarians at the university units in their work of acquiring, cataloguing, processing, microfilming, and preserving historic records. History: En. 44-523.1 […]
22-3-212. Funding. The historic records network shall operate within the budgets of the historical society and the university system. History: En. 44-523.2 by Sec. 4, Ch. 366, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 44-523.2.
22-3-213 through 22-3-220 reserved.
22-3-221. Storing and safekeeping of war records. The board of trustees of the Montana historical society is hereby authorized and directed to set apart a suitable room in the buildings under their jurisdiction for the storing and safekeeping of such archives, records, etc., of the grand army of the republic and the united Spanish war veterans, […]
