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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Montana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Mont. Code Ann. Title 50, ch. 71, part 2
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- employers; owners or persons in control of premises (owner or lessee employers)
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Montana DUT-MT
Operative words
(1) An employer who is the owner or lessee of any real property in this state shall not construct or cause to be constructed or maintained any place of employment that is unsafe. (2) Every employer who is the owner of a place of employment or lessee thereof shall repair and maintain the same as to render it safe.
Penalty
As DUT-MT-010: no penalty in part 2; public sector enforcement under 50-71-116 to -120; federal OSHA for private employers
What it required
The employer that owns or leases its premises 'shall not... maintain any place of employment that is unsafe' and 'shall repair and maintain the same as to render it safe'; the physical modifications of 2020-2021 (barriers, spacing, ventilation, closed common areas, occupancy limits) are the maintenance this section commands.
Retrieval noteUnamended since 1969.