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INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________

By Request of the State-Tribal Relations Committee

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT CLARIFYING THAT MINORS MAY NOT DISAFFIRM CONTRACTS FOR HOUSING; AMENDING SECTION 41-1-305, MCA; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE and AN APPLICABILITY DATE.”

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

Section 1. Section 41-1-305, MCA, is amended to read:

"41-1-305. Minor may not disaffirm contract for necessaries. (1) A minor may not disaffirm a contract, otherwise valid, to pay the reasonable value of things necessary for the minor's support or that of to support the minor or the minor's family, that was entered into by the minor when not under the care of a parent or guardian able to provide for the minor or the minor's family.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the phrase "necessary to support the minor or the minor's family" includes housing."

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Applicability. [This act] applies to contracts entered into after [the effective date of this act].