Thursday, February 15, 2007

BillingsGazette.com :: Nonprofits fight bill on openness

BillingsGazette.com :: Nonprofits fight bill on openness: "Nonprofits fight bill on openness

By CHARLES S. JOHNSON
Gazette State Bureau
HELENA - Disagreeing with the Schweitzer administration, officials from Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corp. and Student Assistance Foundation said Wednesday they already conduct business openly and fought being placed under state open meetings laws.

House Bill 578, by Rep. John Musgrove, D-Havre, would put the two nonprofits under the state open meetings law and require that they furnish copies of their financial audits to the legislative auditor."

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