{"data":{"id":"us-mt/39-31-206","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"39-31-206","heading":"Labor organization to guarantee certain rights and safeguards prior to certification or recognition.","body":"(1) Certification or recognition as an exclusive representative shall be extended or continued, as the case may be, only to a labor or employee organization the written bylaws of which provide for and guarantee the following rights and safeguards and whose practices conform to such rights and safeguards as:\n(a) provisions are made for democratic organization and procedures;\n(b) elections are conducted pursuant to adequate standards and safeguards;\n(c) controls are provided for the regulation of officers and agents having fiduciary responsibility to the organization; and\n(d) requirements exist for maintenance of sound accounting and fiscal controls, including annual audits.\n(2) The board shall hear and decide all disputes arising under subsection (1).","path":["TITLE 39. LABOR","CHAPTER 31. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES","Part 2. Public Employee Self-Organization and Certification of Bargaining Representative"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0310/part_0020/section_0060/0390-0310-0020-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:32Z","sha256":"0e802ebd5ad6435c4adb91f2ab54fdc63e6a3ca77fe78b4ec224aa44369b1937","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/39-31-205","next":"us-mt/39-31-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}