Title 1, Title 1

The code commissioner is subject to the general supervision and policy of the legislative council.

(1) Prior to November 1 immediately preceding each regular legislative session, the code commissioner shall prepare and submit to the legislative council a report indicating the commissioner's recommendations for legislation to: (a) eliminate archaic or outdated laws; (b) elimina…

(1) The legislative council, with the advice of the code commissioner, shall decide on the quantity, quality, style, format, and grade of all publications prior to having the code commissioner call for bids for the printing and binding and contract for their publication. The code…

The publication of updates to the Montana Code Annotated may be as a cumulative supplement or replacement volume or in any other format approved by the legislative council.

The code commissioner may issue supplementary and ancillary publications as necessary or desirable in aid of the general use and purposes of the Montana Code Annotated and the supplements or replacements to the Montana Code Annotated. The code commissioner shall publish a legisla…

The Montana Code Annotated, supplements, or other publications ancillary thereto, as published, are the sole property of the state of Montana and may not be copyrighted.

This part may be cited as the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act".

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (2) "Legal material" means, whether or not in effect: (a) the Constitution of th…

This part applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under 1-11-404 and first published electronically on or after October 1, 2025.

(1) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall: (a) designate the electronic record as official; and (b) comply with 1-11-405, 1-11-407, and 1-11-408. (2) An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic…

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under 1-11-404 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user fro…

(1) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under 1-11-405 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. (2) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this part, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as offici…

(1) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under 1-11-404 shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic. (2) If legal material is preserved under …

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved under 1-11-407 shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.

In implementing this part, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider: (1) standards and practices of other jurisdictions; (2) the most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to legal mater…

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This part modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the…