Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY

Part 11. Judicial Standards Commission

Public Disclosure Required

3-1-1121. Public disclosure required. (1) If the commission finds good cause to order a hearing pursuant to 3-1-1106(2), the commission must allow public access to:

(a) all papers pertaining to each finding of good cause, including charges that are later determined not to be grounds for recommending retirement or disciplinary action to the supreme court;

(b) the proceedings in which the commission or masters hear the charges against a judge; and

(c) all transcripts or recordings of proceedings before the commission or masters pertaining to the matters described in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b).

(2) A complaint must be made public on request by a member of the public 12 years after dismissal.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 441, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 460, L. 2023.