22-3-810. Closure of board meetings. The board may close part of a meeting of the board to the public if the board finds that information that may be acquired at that part of the meeting may allow a person to identify a burial site, human skeletal remains, or burial material and pilfer, disturb, or destroy the human skeletal remains, burial site, or burial material.

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Terms Used In Montana Code 22-3-810

  • Board: means the burial preservation board established in 22-3-804. See Montana Code 22-3-803
  • Burial material: means any item found at the burial site or with the human skeletal remains and directly associated with the burial or burial site. See Montana Code 22-3-803
  • Burial site: means , except for cemeteries and graveyards protected under existing state law, any natural or prepared physical location, whether originally below, on, or above the surface of the earth, into which human remains were intentionally deposited as a part of the death rites or ceremonies of a culture. See Montana Code 22-3-803
  • Human skeletal remains: means any part of the human body in any state of decomposition taken from a burial site. See Montana Code 22-3-803
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201