18-7-306. Public disclosure of costs. All public documents caused to be printed by any agency of state government shall contain the following statement, with required information inserted, to be printed on the exterior cover of the publication: "... copies of this public document were published at an estimated cost of $... per copy, for a total cost of $..., which includes $... for printing and $... for distribution." This statement shall be printed in the same size type as the body copy of the document and shall be set in a box composed of a 1-point rule. If the committee determines that the cost of publication cannot be reasonably estimated at the time of publication, the publications shall contain the following statement on the exterior cover in lieu of the statement concerning estimated cost: "This document printed at state expense. Information on the cost of publication can be obtained by writing department of administration, Helena, Montana."

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 646, L. 1979.