Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     18-1-106. Department of commerce to determine residency of selected contractors -- applications for redetermination -- determination as prima facie evidence. (1) The department of commerce shall determine whether or not certain contractors are residents of the state of Montana within the meaning of 18-1-102 and 18-1-103. Any public agency charged by law with the responsibility for the execution of any contract subject to the provisions of 18-1-102 may request that a determination of resident/nonresident status be made by the department. All requests must specify the name and address of the licensed public contractor for whom a determination of resident/nonresident status is required.
     (2) If a determination is made that a public contractor is not a resident but thereafter qualifies as a resident, the contractor may apply to the department of commerce for a redetermination of residency. If, upon redetermination, the public contractor is found to qualify as a resident, the contractor must be furnished a letter by the department attesting to resident status.
     (3) The determination of the department of commerce that a public contractor is or is not a resident within the meaning of 18-1-102 and 18-1-103 is prima facie evidence of that fact.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 92, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 2, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 558, L. 1995.

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