18-4-132. Application. (1) Except as provided in 18-4-313, which applies retroactively to telecommunications equipment and systems and data processing equipment acquired under existing contracts, leases, or rental agreements, and subject to the terms of such agreements, this chapter applies only to contracts solicited or entered into after January 1, 1984, unless the parties agree to its application to a contract solicited or entered into prior to January 1, 1984.
     (2) This chapter applies to expenditure of public funds irrespective of their source, including federal assistance money, by this state acting through a governmental body, as defined in 18-4-123, under any contract; but this chapter does not apply to either grants or contracts between the state and its political subdivisions or other governments, except as provided in part 4. This chapter also applies to the disposal of state supplies. Nothing in this chapter or in rules adopted thereunder prevents any governmental body or political subdivision from complying with the terms and conditions of any grant, gift, bequest, or cooperative agreement.
     (3) This chapter does not apply to construction contracts.
     (4) This chapter does not apply to expenditures of or the authorized sale or disposal of equipment purchased with money raised by student activity fees designated for use by the student associations of the university system.
     (5) This chapter does not apply to contracts entered into by the Montana state lottery that have an aggregate value of less than $250,000.

     History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 519, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 548, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 359, L. 1995.