Montana Code 22-3-914. Closure of hearings
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22-3-914. Closure of hearings. To the extent allowed by Montana law, the board shall, upon the request of either party or an intervenor, close any part of a board hearing or any part of a hearing under 22-3-913 to the public if the board finds that information required at the hearing may include identification of the specific location of a burial site that may lead to compromise of a burial site, human skeletal remains, or funerary objects or that information necessary for a determination regarding repatriation may compromise or interfere with any religious practice or custom.
Terms Used In Montana Code 22-3-914
- Board: means the burial preservation board established in 22-3-804. See Montana Code 22-3-903
- Burial site: has the meaning provided in 22-3-803. See Montana Code 22-3-903
- Funerary objects: means objects that, as part of a death rite or ceremony, are reasonably believed to have been placed with human skeletal remains at a specific burial site either at the time of death or later and which human skeletal remains are currently in the possession or control of an agency, museum, or person, either along with the human skeletal remains or that can be identified by a preponderance of the evidence to be related to specific known human skeletal remains not currently in the possession or control of the agency, museum, or person. See Montana Code 22-3-903
- Human skeletal remains: has the meaning provided in 22-3-803. See Montana Code 22-3-903