SENATE BILL NO. 292
INTRODUCED BY M. SPRAGUE
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING THAT A PERSON WHO USES THE TERM "PLUMBER" OR "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR" IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERSON'S NAME, BUSINESS NAME, OR PLACE OF BUSINESS WHEN THE PERSON IS NOT LICENSED AS A MASTER PLUMBER IS SUBJECT TO THE REMEDIES AND PENALTY PROVISIONS OF SECTION 37-1-317, MCA, FOR PRACTICING WITHOUT A LICENSE; AND AMENDING SECTION 37-69-324, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 37-69-324, MCA, is amended to read:
"37-69-324. Penalty -- definition. (1) A person is subject to the remedies and penalties established in 37-1-317 if the person:
(a) who works at the field of plumbing or maintains or conducts a plumbing business or an
individual who connects or disconnects plumbing from a public water or sewer system in violation of
any provisions of this chapter or at a time when he the person is not exempt from the provisions of this
chapter pursuant to the provisions of a duly an enacted and subsisting ordinance of a city or town; is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, is guilty of
a misdemeanor
(b) uses in connection with the person's name, business name, or place of business the term
"plumber" or "plumbing contractor" or represents in any way that the person is a plumber or plumbing
contractor if the person is not a licensed master plumber; or
(c) violates the provisions of 37-69-402(1).
(2) However, this chapter section may not be construed to apply to or affect plumbing or pipefitting
as indicated in the 37-69-102 exceptions.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the term "person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, or other entity."
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