{"data":{"id":"us-mt/39-29-103","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"39-29-103","heading":"Notice and claim of preference.","body":"(1) A public employer shall, by posting or on the application form, give notice of the preference provided in 39-29-102.\n(2) A job applicant who believes that the applicant is eligible to receive a preference shall claim the preference in writing before the time for filing applications for the position involved has passed. Failure to make a timely preference claim for a position is a complete defense to an action instituted by an applicant under 39-29-104 with regard to that position.\n(3) If an applicant for a position makes a timely written preference claim, the public employer:\n(a) may, under an existing rule or ordinance implementing this subsection (3)(a), guarantee to a veteran a job interview for a position for which the veteran meets the required qualifications and has submitted a preference claim; and\n(b) shall give written notice of its hiring decision to the applicant claiming preference.","path":["TITLE 39. LABOR","CHAPTER 29. VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0290/part_0010/section_0030/0390-0290-0010-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:31Z","sha256":"fc0f88d3552d71a9e8a93c380d30ed89194f9344727860a0a8086898ad4ef1db","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/39-29-102","next":"us-mt/39-29-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}