69-3-105. Access to commission records and reports -- protective order. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the reports, records, accounts, files, papers, and memoranda of every nature in the possession of the commission are open to the public during regular business hours, as defined in 2-16-117.
(2) The commission may issue a protective order when necessary to preserve trade secrets, as defined in 30-14-402, or other information that must be protected under law, as required to carry out its regulatory functions.
History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 52, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 3889, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3889, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 93, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 70-111; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 77, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 144, L. 2005.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 3. Regulation of Utilities
Part 1. Role of Commission and Power of Eminent Domain
69-3-101. Meaning of term "public utility"
69-3-102. Supervision and regulation of public utilities
69-3-103. General powers and rulemaking authority of commission
69-3-105. Access to commission records and reports -- protective order
69-3-106. Supervision of management of public utilities
69-3-107. Investigation and reports of accidents
69-3-108. Standards for and examinations of products and services
69-3-109. Ascertaining property values
69-3-110. Enforcement of public utility law
69-3-111. Persons with interest in property leased or to be sold to public utility -- exemption