Montana Code 5-1-203. Report to state census and economic information center
5-1-203. Report to state census and economic information center. (1) By May 1 of each year in which the federal decennial census is taken and in which the United States census bureau allocates incarcerated individuals as residents of a state prison, the department shall deliver to the center:
Terms Used In Montana Code 5-1-203
- Center: means the state census and economic information center established in 90-1-109. See Montana Code 5-1-201
- Department: means the department of corrections established in 2-15-2301. See Montana Code 5-1-201
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Last known address: means an individual's last known complete street or physical address prior to the individual's incarceration. See Montana Code 5-1-201
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State prison: means a facility listed in 53-30-101(1), (2), or (4). See Montana Code 5-1-201
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)a unique identifier not including the name or offender identification number for each incarcerated individual subject to the jurisdiction of the department on the date for which the decennial census reports population numbers;
(b)the street address of the prison in which the individual was incarcerated at the time of the census;
(c)the last known address of the individual prior to incarceration;
(d)the individual’s race, whether the individual is an American Indian or an Alaska Native, whether the individual is of Hispanic or Latino origin, and if the person is 18 years of age or older; and
(e)other information the center may request.
(2)The department shall provide the information in subsection (1) in a format specified by the center.
(3)The information provided as required in subsection (1) is private. It may not:
(a)include the incarcerated individual’s name or other information that may allow the individual to be identified except by the department; or
(b)be disclosed by the department or the center except as redistricting data aggregated by census block for the purposes described in 5-1-205.