Title 2, Title 2

(1) The department of administration shall maintain and supervise any central mailing, messenger service, and copying facilities for state agencies in the capitol area. The central mailing, messenger service, and copying facilities must be capable of supporting state agencies wit…

The legal title to state-owned motor vehicles shall be held in the name of the state only, and all agencies holding title to motor vehicles are hereby required to transfer the same to the state. In instances where such transfer would affect the federal funding of the agency invol…

A motor vehicle owned by the state must have a seal, logo, or other form of state ownership identification placed upon the vehicle.

All requisitions for motor vehicle purchases must be submitted to the department of administration in the manner that the department specifies.

(1) The department of transportation's motor pool is responsible for the acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, and administration of all motor vehicles in the custody of the motor pool. (2) Except as provided in 2-17-425, this part does not apply to a motor vehicle used in…

(1) The department of transportation may assign the use of state-owned or leased motor vehicles under its control to state officers, state agencies, or employees of state agencies. (2) All motor vehicles in the custody of the department of transportation that are not placed under…

(1) A department, agency, institution, office, board, and commission of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government and a state institution of higher education owning or operating a motor vehicle capable of burning ethanol-blended gasoline shall take all…

As used in 2-17-415 through 2-17-418, the following definitions apply: (1) "Agency" has the meaning provided in 2-15-102, but does not include the office of the governor, the attorney general, or the highway patrol. (2) "CAFE standard" means the average fuel economy standard as p…

(1) The department shall, in coordination with a designated representative in each agency that purchases new vehicles, develop a plan to ensure that each vehicle purchased on or after January 1, 2008, meets or exceeds the CAFE standard. (2) The director may exempt certain vehicle…

(1) Before January 1, 2008, each agency shall develop and implement a program to reduce the fuel consumption of any agency vehicle, other than those vehicles listed in 2-17-416(2), including: (a) fuel consumption, miles traveled, and vehicle fleet fuel economy; (b) car pooling an…

Each agency shall keep adequate records to demonstrate compliance with the provisions of 2-17-416 and 2-17-417.

(1) Except as provided in 2-17-424, a state officer or state employee may not use a state-owned or leased motor vehicle for personal use nor be compensated for driving a personal motor vehicle unless that motor vehicle is used on state business. (2) Except for vehicles that have …

Each state agency shall maintain motor vehicle operating history records for motor vehicles under control of the agency. These records must show the purchase price of the vehicle and the items of expense incurred in the operation of the vehicle, including the expenses of gas, oil…

(1) The department of transportation may adopt and enforce reasonable rules governing the maintenance and operation of motor vehicles under control of the department. (2) The department shall establish reasonable rules governing: (a) the manner and procedure by which motor pool v…

(1) The department of administration shall adopt reasonable rules defining the acceptable uses for a state-owned or leased motor vehicle. The rules may allow for limited personal use of a state-owned or leased motor vehicle for emergency, travel-related purposes and other lawful …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a state-owned vehicle may not be used by a state agency employee to commute from the employee's residence to the employee's worksite. (2) (a) The department director may authorize an exception to subsection (1) if the commute from an empl…

A state officer or employee violating this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.

This part may be cited as the "Montana Information Technology Act".

(1) It is the policy of the state that information technology be used to improve the quality of life of Montana citizens by providing educational opportunities, creating quality jobs and a favorable business climate, improving government, and protecting individual privacy and the…

In this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Board" means the information technology board established in 2-15-1021. (2) "Chief data privacy officer" means a person appointed by the department to serve as chief data policy advisor to …

The duties of the chief information officer include but are not limited to: (1) carrying out all powers and duties of the department as assigned by the director of the department; (2) serving as the chief policy advisor to the director of the department on statewide information t…

(1) The department is responsible for carrying out the planning and program responsibilities for information technology for state government, except the national guard. The department shall: (a) encourage and foster the use of new and innovative information technology within stat…

The board shall: (1) provide a forum to: (a) guide state agencies, the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and local governments in the development and deployment of intergovernmental information technology resources; (b) share information among state agencies, local governm…

(1) If the department determines that an agency is not in compliance with the state strategic information technology plan provided for in 2-17-521, the agency information technology plan provided for in 2-17-523, or the statewide information technology policies, framework, contro…

Subject to 2-17-516, the department may grant exceptions to any policy, standard, or other requirement of this part if it is in the best interests of the state of Montana. The department shall inform the governor, the office of budget and program planning, and the legislative fin…

(1) Unless the proposed activities would detrimentally affect the operation of any information technology resource or the state telecommunications network, the office of public instruction, the office of the state auditor, and the secretary of state are exempt from 2-17-512(1)(k)…

The legislative branch and the judicial branch shall provide their information technology plans to the department.

(1) The department shall adopt rules to implement this part, including the following: (a) rules to guide the review and approval process for state agency software and management systems that provide similar functions for multiple state agencies, which must include but are not lim…

(1) The department shall prepare a state strategic information technology plan. The department shall seek the advice of the board in the development of the plan. (2) The plan must: (a) reflect the policies as set forth in 2-17-505 and 2-17-512 and be in accordance with statewide …

(1) The department shall distribute the state strategic information technology plan and the biennial report to the governor and to the legislature as provided in 5-11-210. (2) Updates to the state strategic information technology plan must be provided to the governor by March 1 o…

(1) Each state agency is required to develop and maintain an agency information technology plan. The agency information technology plans must reflect the content and format requirements specified in 2-17-524. (2) An agency information technology plan must be submitted to and appr…

(1) Each agency's information technology plan must include but is not limited to the following: (a) a statement of the agency's mission, goals, and objectives for information technology, including a discussion of how the agency uses or plans to use information technology to provi…

(1) (a) The office of budget and program planning, in cooperation with the department, shall prepare a statewide summary of: (i) proposed major new information technology strategic objectives contained in the state budget; and (ii) proposed major information technology purchases …

(1) Plans and reports required under 2-17-524 must be submitted to the department for review and approval according to a schedule adopted by the department. The schedule must provide for approval of plans no later than June 30 in each even-numbered year. (2) The department may re…

(1) The department shall establish and maintain appropriate information technology resources for state agencies for use in access to information and services by citizens, businesses, and other government entities. State agencies shall establish digital access systems that meet mi…

(1) The department shall: (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 …

The department is responsible for providing centralized management and coordination of state policies for security of data and information technology resources and shall: (1) establish and maintain the minimum policies, framework, controls, standards, procedures, and guidelines t…

(1) The department of justice shall: (a) coordinate public safety communications on behalf of public and private safety agencies as provided in 2-17-544, 2-17-545, and this section; and (b) manage the state 9-1-1 program as provided for in Title 10, chapter 4, part 3. (2) The dep…

The mutual aid frequency program for land mobile radio is designed to provide public and private safety agencies with a set of land mobile radio frequencies and predetermined operational parameters that serve as a basis for initial, on-scene emergency coordination and the resolut…

The department of justice shall develop and maintain a manual that includes policies and procedures for the effective and efficient use of mutual aid frequencies for land mobile radio.

The provisions of this part do not apply to the criminal justice information network or its successor except for the provisions dealing with the purchase, maintenance, and allocation of telecommunication service delivery. However, the department of justice shall cooperate with th…

Sections 2-17-550 through 2-17-553 may be cited as the "Governmental Internet Information Privacy Act".

As used in 2-17-550 through 2-17-553, the following definitions apply: (1) "Collect" means the gathering of personally identifiable information about a user of an internet service, online service, or website by or on behalf of the provider or operator of that service or website b…

(1) A government operator may not collect personally identifiable information online from a user unless the operator complies with the provisions of this section. (2) (a) A government operator shall ensure the information delivery system or platform: (i) identifies who operates t…

Sections 2-17-550 through 2-17-553 are not intended to expand or restrict the individual right of privacy or the public right to know or to change the rights and obligations of persons, state agencies, or local governments that are otherwise provided by law.

The remaining balances for long-range information technology capital projects previously approved by the legislature and identified as long-range information technology capital projects in an appropriation act are reappropriated for the purposes of the original appropriation unti…