Montana Code 2-6-1112. Historic records — Montana historical society — powers and duties
2-6-1112. Historic records — Montana historical society — powers and duties. To ensure the proper management and safeguarding of historic records, the Montana historical society shall:
Terms Used In Montana Code 2-6-1112
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Local government: means a city, town, county, consolidated city-county, special district, or school district or a subdivision of one of these entities. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
- 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
- State records committee: means the state records committee provided for in 2-6-1107. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
(1)establish and operate the state archives as authorized by appropriation for the purpose of storing, preserving, and providing access to historic records transferred to the custody of the state archives;
(2)in cooperation with the secretary of state, the local government records committee, and the state records committee, establish guidelines to inventory, catalog, retain, transfer, and provide access to all historic records;
(3)maintain and enforce restrictions on access to historic records in the custody of the state archives in accordance with the provisions of this part; and
(4)in accordance with the guidelines established pursuant to subsection (2), remove and destroy duplicate records and records considered to have no historical value.