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Administration seeks standardized public‑records fees, filing fee and centralized process
Summary
House Bill 100 would standardize public-records request processing across state agencies, create a modest filing fee and clarify when agencies may recover direct search, processing and duplication costs.
House Bill 100 would expand and standardize the State of Montana’s public‑records process and fee structure and apply customer‑service provisions more uniformly across state executive agencies and other public agencies (with some timing differences built into the bill text).
Representative Bill Mercer, sponsor on behalf of the Department of Administration, described the bill as a follow-up to 2023 changes (Senate Bill 232) and a companion reporting requirement (House Bill 580) intended to standardize response-time acknowledgements, reporting and transparency. Mercer said the bill is designed to reduce inconsistent practices across agencies and to create clarity about when and how fees may be charged for searches, copying, processing, delivery and reasonable costs.
Department Director Misty Anne…
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