2-17-533. Responsibilities. (1) The department shall:

Terms Used In Montana Code 2-17-533

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(a)establish policies, framework, controls, standards, procedures, and guidelines for the digital access systems;

(b)establish appropriate services to support state agencies’ use of the digital access systems; and

(c)develop user-friendly systems for entities regularly interacting with state government, including but not limited to citizens, businesses, and other government entities, and promote the systems’ use to reduce costs for state government and as a means to obtain information and services faster and in a more cost-effective manner.

(2)The department shall provide security to protect the integrity of its digital access systems.

(3)Each department is responsible for ensuring the integrity and appropriateness of the information that it places in the digital access systems.

(4)The department shall provide for an equitable method for recovering the cost of operating the digital access systems that the department provides.