2-6-401. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Local government" means:
     (a) any city, town, county, consolidated city-county, or school district; and
     (b) any subdivision of an entity named in subsection (1)(a).
     (2) (a) "Public records" includes any paper, correspondence, form, book, photograph, microfilm, magnetic tape, computer storage media, map, drawing, or other document, including all copies of the record, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that has been made or received by any local government in connection with the transaction of official business and preserved for informational value or as evidence of a transaction and all other records or documents required by law to be filed with or kept by any local government in the state of Montana.
     (b) The term includes electronic mail sent or received in connection with the transaction of official duties.
     (3) "Records custodian" means any individual responsible for the proper filing, storage, or safekeeping of any public records.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 420, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 77, L. 2001.