Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB239: Revise laws related to construction contractors
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to construction contractors; transferring construction contractor registration to a department licensing program; providing a purpose; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; providing licensing requirements; providing for unprofessional conduct; providing for fees and fines; providing for penalties for violations; amending sections 18-2413, 18-2-414, 37-1-401, 39-9-101, 39-9-102, 39-9-206, 39-9-207, 39-9-301, 39-9-303, and 39-71-401, mca; repealing sections 39-9-201 and 39-9-204, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; TRANSFERRING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION TO A DEPARTMENT LICENSING PROGRAM; PROVIDING A PURPOSE; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; PROVIDING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT; PROVIDING FOR FEES AND FINES; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AMENDING SECTIONS 18-2413, 18-2-414, 37-1-401, 39-9-101, 39-9-102, 39-9-206, 39-9-207, 39-9-301, 39-9-303, AND 39-71-401, MCA; REPEALING SECTIONS 39-9-201 AND 39-9-204, MCA; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of [sections 1 through 8] is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the public through the regulation of construction contractors. Section 2. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 8], the following definitions apply: (1) "Construction contractor" means, except as provided in 39-9-211, a person, firm, or corporation that: (a) in the pursuit of an independent business, offers to undertake, undertakes, or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck, or demolish for another a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation, or other structure, project, development, or improvement attached to real estate, including the installation of carpeting or other floor covering, the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works, or the installation or repair of roofing or siding; or (b) in order to do work similar to that described in subsection (1)(a) upon the construction contractor's property, employs …