Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 20. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 25. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Part 1. University System -- General

Student Construction Project -- Disclosure -- Immunity

20-25-110. Student construction project -- disclosure -- immunity. (1) The entity that transfers title to a construction project constructed as part of a public education program shall disclose the fact that the construction project was constructed as part of a public education program on at least one document, form, or application executed prior to or contemporaneously with an offer for the purchase, sale, rental, or lease of the construction project. The disclosure provided for in this subsection must be in the following form or in a substantially similar form: "Student Construction Project: This property was constructed as part of a public education program and was in whole or in part constructed by students. The school district or public postsecondary institution responsible for the education program is not liable for civil damages resulting from construction projects constructed as part of a public education program except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct."

(2) Except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct, a school district or public postsecondary institution is not liable for civil damages resulting from a construction project constructed as part of a public education program if the disclosure required in subsection (1) is made.

(3) As used in this section, "public education program" means a program operated by a public school or a public postsecondary institution.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 521, L. 2005.