Title 18, Title 18

All printing, binding, and stationery work for the state of Montana is subject to the preference in 18-1-102(1)(b). Federal exemptions as specified in 18-1-102(2)(b) apply.

(1) In all cases and instances where any publication is required by law or is duly authorized to be made, executed, or accomplished by, for, or on behalf of the state of Montana or any of the institutions of said state or any of the departments, boards, bureaus, or commissions th…

The prices, rates, and standards herein fixed and prescribed are in each instance and for every case covered by this part the maximum prices, rates, and standards. Their prescription and establishment herein shall in no case be taken as prohibiting a lesser or lower rate or price…

(1) The following is the basis of measurement for the computation of folios in the various sizes of type, when set in a column 13 ems pica wide, and constitutes a folio within the meaning of this part: (a) 12 lines of 6-point type; (b) 14 lines of 7-point type; (c) 16 lines of 8-…

No claim against the state for legal advertising or any of the publications covered by this part shall be allowed unless there is attached to said claim the certification of the publisher or printer (in the case of corporations or quasi-corporations by the business or advertising…

Any person or any corporation or any firm or any quasi-corporation who shall violate any provision of this part or swear falsely hereunder or charge or attempt to charge the state of Montana in excess of the prices and rates herein fixed or in any manner circumvent or attempt to …

This part may be cited as the "State Printing Control Act".

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Agency" means each state office, department, board, commission, council, committee, unit of the university system, or other entity or instrumentality of the executive branch, office of the legislative branch, or office o…

The department may prepare recommended standards for state printing of public documents.

Each agency shall include a public disclosure of costs on all public documents. The public disclosure must contain the following statement, with required information inserted, to be printed on the exterior cover of the publication: "... copies of this public document were publish…

The following factors shall be utilized in estimating cost data: (1) printing, including all expenditures for production, whether on bid or in-house; and (2) circulation, including all expenditures for postage and for salaries of agency or department personnel involved in distrib…

The purpose of this part is to provide: (1) for the department of administration to set maximum prices that may be charged for county legal advertising; and (2) for the purchase of county printed forms and materials.

Unless the context requires otherwise, in this part "department" means the department of administration provided for in 2-15-1001.

(1) The maximum prices to be charged for county legal advertising is $14 for each folio for the first insertion, with a follow-on rate of $12 for each folio for any subsequent insertion. (2) (a) The department shall annually adjust the maximum prices in subsection (1) using the l…

The department shall adopt necessary standards for typeface, type size, type style, and type leading for county legal advertising.

(1) The county commissioners shall contract for all advertising required by law. The advertising required by law must be awarded to a newspaper that: (a) is published in the county; (b) has general circulation; (c) has been published continuously at least once a week in the count…

(1) The contract must be let to the printing establishment that in the judgment of the county commissioners is the most suitable for performing the work. The county commissioners shall require a contractor to perform the county printing contract subject to the requirements of Tit…

The board of county commissioners shall call for competitive bids: (1) from persons or firms qualified to bid on county printing under the terms of this part; or (2) for county legal advertising if there is more than one legally qualified newspaper in the county.

None of the provisions of this part applies to any printing or advertising that may be required in connection with the holding of county fairs and expositions.