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51 Montana Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2006)

handle is hein.sag/sagmt0003 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME NO. 51

CORRECTIONS - Establishing methamphetamine treatment programs through contracts
with private Montana nonprofit corporations;
DRUGS - Establishing methamphetamine treatment programs through contracts with
private Montana nonprofit corporations;
PUBLIC CONTRACTS - Inapplicability of privatization review procedures where
legislature requires implementation of program through contracts with private vendors;
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - Plain meaning of statutory language requires no
extrinsic aids to interpretation;
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - Shall generally connotes mandatory duty;
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - Specific requirement controls over inconsistent
general provision;
MONTANA CODE ANNOTATED - Title 2, chapter 8, part 3; Title 18; sections 1-2-
101, -102, 1-3-223, 2-8-301 to -304, -301(1), (3)(a), (4), -302, (2) to (5)(a), (6), -303, 45-
9-102, 53-1-203, (1)(a), (1)(c), (2), 46-18-201, -202, 53-1-203, (1), (a), (c), (ii), (2);
MONTANA CONSTITUTION - Article VI, section 10(2);
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - 51 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 4 (2005).
HELD:      When the Department of Corrections contracts with a Montana private
nonprofit corporation to establish residential methamphetamine treatment
programs pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 53-1-203(1)(c)(ii), it need not
undergo the privatization plan process outlined in Mont. Code Ann. §§ 2-8-
302 and 2-8-303.
February 28, 2006
Mr. Bill Slaughter, Director
Department of Corrections
1539 Eleventh Avenue
Helena, MT 59620-1301
Dear Mr. Slaughter:
You have requested my opinion on a question that I have phrased as follows:

OPINION NO. 13

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