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46 Montana Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1995-1996)

handle is hein.sag/sagmt0017 and id is 1 raw text is: Mont. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 1
Office of the Attorney General
State of Montana
Opinion No. 1
February 23, 1995
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE - Applicability of Montana
Administrative Procedure Act to actions of Montana Self-Insurers Guaranty Fund
board of directors;
LABOR AND INDUSTRY, DEPARTMENT OF - Relation to Montana Self-Insurers
Guaranty Fund;
OPEN MEETINGS - Applicability of Open Meeting Law to Montana Self-Insurers
Guaranty Fund board of directors;
RIGHT TO KNOW - Applicability of Montana Administrative Procedure Act to
actions of Montana Self-Insurers Guaranty Fund board of directors;
STATE AGENCIES - Status of Montana Self-Insurers Guaranty Fund;
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - Montana Self-Insurers Guaranty Fund Act;
MONTANA CODE ANNOTATED - Title 2, chapter 4; chapter 3, part 2; sections 1-
11-103 (6), 2-3-102, -203(1), 5-4-402 to -404, 33-10-105, 39-71-504, -907, -
2101, -2103, -2103(2), -2104 to -2106, -2109, -2601, -2602, -2602(1), -2611, -
2611(1), -2615(2), -2615(3), -2618;
MONTANA CONSTITUTION - Article II, section 16;
MONTANA LAWS OF 1989 - Chapter 244;
MONTANA LAWS OF 1991 - Chapter 163;
MONTANA LAWS OF 1993 - Chapter 150.
HELD: 1. The Montana Self-Insurers Guaranty Fund does not ensure payment of
all potential covered workers' compensation claims against employers bound by
compensation plan No. I who are unable to pay the claims because of
insolvency.
2. Proceedings of the board of directors of the Montana Self-Insurers
Guaranty Fund are subject to the Montana Administrative Procedure Act (Mont.
Code Ann. tit. 2, ch. 4), and the Open Meeting Law (Mont. Code Ann. tit. 2, ch. 3,
pt. 2)