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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DENIAL OF ACCESS TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS' ORGANIZATIONS OR MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES BASED ON EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BELIEFS; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. Prohibited practices -- denial of access to real estate brokers' organizations or multiple listing services based on religious or moral beliefs. It is an unfair method of competition under 30-14-103 for a person to do any of the following based on an individual's religious or moral beliefs or the lawful expression of those beliefs in a nonprofessional setting that does not involve real estate-related activities or transactions:
(1) deny an individual access, membership, or participation in any multiple listing service or real estate brokers' organization;
(2) disfavor an individual in terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation in any multiple listing service or real estate brokers' organization; or
(3) discipline an individual under the rules of a real estate brokers' organization.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 30, chapter 14, part 2, and the provisions of Title 30, chapter 14, part 2, apply to [section 1].
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.