20-3-332. Personal immunity of trustees. (1) When acting in their official capacity at a regular or special meeting of the board or a committee of the board, the trustees of each district are individually immune from suit for damages, as provided in 2-9-305.
(2) The trustees of each district are responsible for the proper administration and use of all money of the district in accordance with the provisions of law and this title. Failure or refusal to do so constitutes grounds for removal from office.
(3) An additional trustee, as provided for in 20-3-352(2), who is chosen as a nonvoting presiding officer of the board of trustees of an elementary district is entitled to all of the immunization, defenses, and indemnifications described in subsection (1) of this section.
History: En. 75-5941 by Sec. 70, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 91, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 479, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 343, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 14, L. 2011.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 3. School District Trustees
20-3-301. Election and term of office
20-3-302. Legislative intent to elect less than majority of trustees
20-3-303. Term of vacated trustee position after election
20-3-305. Candidate qualification, filing deadline, and withdrawal
20-3-307. Qualification and oath
20-3-308. Vacancy of trustee position
20-3-309. Filling vacated trustee position -- appointee qualification and term of office
20-3-311. Trustee travel reimbursement and compensation of secretary for joint board
20-3-312. Trustees of district affected by boundary change
20-3-313. Election by acclamation -- notice
20-3-314. through 20-3-320 reserved
20-3-321. Organization and officers
20-3-323. District policy and record of acts
20-3-326. through 20-3-329 reserved
20-3-331. Purchase of insurance -- self-insurance plan
20-3-332. Personal immunity of trustees
20-3-334. and 20-3-335 reserved
20-3-336. Single-member trustee districts -- legislative intent -- minority defined
20-3-337. Plan for creating single-member trustee districts -- petition election
20-3-338. Trustees elected by single-member district
20-3-339. and 20-3-340 reserved
20-3-341. Number of trustee positions in elementary districts -- transition
20-3-342. Determination of terms after consolidation of elementary districts
20-3-343. Determination of terms after change of district classification
20-3-345. through 20-3-350 reserved
20-3-351. Number of trustee positions in high school districts
20-3-353. Establishment and purpose of trustee nominating districts
20-3-354. Redetermination of additional trustee positions and subsequent adjustments
20-3-356. Membership of elected trustees of county high school district and nomination of candidates
20-3-357. through 20-3-360 reserved
20-3-361. Joint board of trustees organization and voting membership