{"data":{"id":"us-mt/18-2-425","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"18-2-425","heading":"Prohibition -- project labor agreement.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the state or any political subdivision that contracts for the construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of public works may not require that a contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier or carrier engaged in the construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of public works execute or otherwise become a party to any project labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement, prehire agreement, or other agreement with employees, their representatives, or any labor organization as a condition of bidding, negotiating, being awarded, or performing work on a public works contract.\n(2) For the purposes of this section, \"public works\" means:\n(a) a building, road, street, sewer, storm drain, water system, irrigation system, reclamation project, or other facility owned or to be contracted for by the state or a political subdivision and that is paid for in whole or in part with tax revenue paid by residents of the state; or\n(b) any other construction service or nonconstruction service as defined in 18-2-401.","path":["TITLE 18. PUBLIC CONTRACTS","CHAPTER 2. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS","Part 4. Special Conditions -- Standard Prevailing Rate of Wages"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0180/chapter_0020/part_0040/section_0250/0180-0020-0040-0250.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:48:32Z","sha256":"58fc80b704ab4908b55bce7694820a45d8dc1dd069bd78b1a268a64dad915f74","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/18-2-424","next":"us-mt/18-2-426"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}