History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 391, L. 1997.
5-23-107.
(a) exercise legislative oversight of information technology and state management systems, including without limitation the review of:
(i) proposed budgets;
(ii) proposed legislation; and
(iii) major contracts and personnel actions as those contracts or actions may apply to information technology or state management systems; and
(b) provide a forum for and actively solicit participation by representatives of local governments in Montana to facilitate communication, collaboration, and cooperation between the state and its subdivisions with respect to information technology and the management of state and nonstate assets entrusted to the state.
(2) The committee may undertake the study of:
(a) the laws governing state personnel, finance, and asset management, with the goal of ensuring clear, internally consistent, and simplified statutory language based upon clear and consistent policy goals and ensuring that the state and its agencies are able to maintain strict accountability for both state and nonstate assets entrusted to the state;
(b) opportunities for and advantages of installing an integrated system of asset management tools by employing an economical and effective transition from currently nonautomated or automated but not integrated legacy systems to a fully integrated, automated set of systems and an evaluation of what, if any, legislative actions would be required to support such a transition; and
(c) other matters that the committee determines are relevant to its purpose.
(3) The committee may form active working groups of state management and information system professionals, including personnel from the department of administration, the office of budget and program planning, the legislative fiscal division, and the legislative audit division, as well as separate user groups, to meet separately and with the committee to identify problems and opportunities and to advise the committee regarding potential solutions and planning details.
(4) The committee may:
(a) review administrative rules relevant to information technology or state management systems for the purpose of determining compliance with Title 2, chapter 17, part 5, and may take any action available as a remedy under the Montana Administrative Procedure Act; or
(b) by an affirmative vote of at least five members of the committee, contract for the preparation of an economic impact statement or require the department promulgating an administrative rule related to information technology or the management of state assets to prepare an economic impact statement, following the provisions of 2-4-405.
(5) The committee may investigate and issue reports on any matter concerning information technology or state management systems. 
