Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. General Provisions
2-15-121. Allocation for administrative purposes only

2-15-121. Allocation for administrative purposes only. (1) An agency allocated to a department for administrative purposes only in this chapter shall:
(a) (i) exercise its quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative, licensing, and policymaking functions independently of the department and without approval or control of the department except as provided in subsection (1)(a)(ii);
(ii) accede, if the agency is a licensing board regulated by the department of labor and industry under Title 37, to the active supervision required by 37-1-121(1)(d);
(b) submit its budgetary requests through the department; and
(c) submit reports required of it by law or by the governor through the department.
(2) The department to which an agency is allocated for administrative purposes only in this title shall:
(a) direct and supervise the budgeting, recordkeeping, reporting, and related administrative and clerical functions of the agency;
(b) include the agency's budgetary requests in the departmental budget;
(c) collect all revenues for the agency and deposit them in the proper fund or account. Except as provided in 37-1-101, the department may not use or divert the revenues from the fund or account for purposes other than provided by law.
(d) provide staff for the agency. Unless otherwise indicated in this chapter, the agency may not hire its own personnel.
(e) print and disseminate for the agency any required notices, rules, or orders adopted, amended, or repealed by the agency.
(3) The department head of a department to which any agency is allocated for administrative purposes only in this chapter shall:
(a) represent the agency in communications with the governor;
(b) allocate office space to the agency as necessary, subject to the approval of the department of administration.
History: En. 82A-108 by Sec. 1, Ch. 272, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 358, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 82A-108; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 322, L. 2017.