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SB564 • 2025
Revise government transparency laws
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Revise government transparency laws
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Plain English: Amendment - 1st Reading/2nd House-blue - Requested by: Kenneth Bogner - (H) State Administration - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Laura Sankey Keip, SB0564.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 564 1 SENATE BILL NO.
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Revise government transparency laws
- 2025 69th Legislature 2025 SB 564 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 564 ENROLLED BILL AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE AND MANAGE A WEBSITE TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND TRANSPARENCY OF STATE PROCUREMENT TRANSACTIONS; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE; AND AMENDING SECTION 18-4-126, MCA. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 18-4-126, MCA, is amended to read: "18-4-126. Public access to procurement information -- records -- retention. (1) Procurement information is a public record and must be available to the public as provided in 2-6-1003, 18-4-303, and 18-4- 304. (2) All procurement records must be retained, managed, and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Title 2, chapter 6, parts 10 and 11. (3) Written determinations required by this chapter must be retained in the appropriate official contract file of the department or the purchasing agency administering the procurement in accordance with Title 2, chapter 6, parts 10 and 11. (4) The department shall manage a website to improve the public's access to procurement information and to increase the transparency of the financial transactions and payments made by a purchasing agency. The department shall include information about each payment made by the department or a purchasing agency, including the name of the contractor, the purpose for which the payment was made, and the amount of the payment." - END - I hereby certify that the within bill, SB 564, originated in the Senate. ___________________________________________ Secretary of the Senate ___________________________________________ President of the Senate Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. ___________________________________________ Speaker of the House Signed this _______________________________day of____________________________________, 2025. SENATE BILL NO. 564 INTRODUCED BY K. BOGNER AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE AND MANAGE A WEBSITE TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND TRANSPARENCY OF STATE PROCUREMENT TRANSACTIONS; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE; AND AMENDING SECTION 18-4-126, MCA.