7-5-2304. Exemptions from competitive bidding requirements. The provisions of 7-5-2301 do not apply to contracts for:
(1) public printing entered into in accordance with the provisions of Title 18, chapter 7, part 4;
(2) purchases that, in the opinion of the governing body, are made necessary by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, other elements, epidemic, or riot or insurrection; for the immediate preservation of order or the public health; for the restoration of a condition of usefulness that has been destroyed by accident, wear, tear, or mischief; or for the relief of a stricken community overtaken by calamity; and
(3) a cooperative purchasing agreement allowed in 7-5-2310.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1933; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 4605.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 42, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 331, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 55, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1803(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 239, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 271, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 5. General Operation and Conduct of Business
7-5-2303. Use of public auction to make purchase
7-5-2304. Exemptions from competitive bidding requirements
7-5-2305. Prohibition on division of contracts to circumvent bidding requirements
7-5-2306. Use of installment purchase contracts
7-5-2307. Treatment of rental-purchase contracts
7-5-2308. Department of administration as purchasing agent
7-5-2309. Optional bidding preference for county resident
7-5-2310. Power to enter and execute cooperative purchasing agreements
7-5-2311. through 7-5-2314 reserved