Montana Code 49-3-205. Governmental services
49-3-205. Governmental services. (1) All services of every state or local governmental agency must be performed without discrimination based upon race, color, religion, creed, political ideas, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, or national origin.
Terms Used In Montana Code 49-3-205
- Age: means number of years since birth. See Montana Code 49-3-101
- Physical or mental disability: means :
(i)a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities;
(ii)a record of such an impairment; or
(iii)a condition regarded as such an impairment. See Montana Code 49-3-101
- Sex: has the meaning provided in 1-1-201. See Montana Code 49-3-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State or local governmental agency: means :
(a)any branch, department, office, board, bureau, commission, agency, university unit, college, or other instrumentality of state government; or
(b)a county, city, town, school district, or other unit of local government and any instrumentality of local government. See Montana Code 49-3-101
(2)A state or local facility may not be used in the furtherance of any discriminatory practice, nor may a state or local governmental agency become a party to an agreement, arrangement, or plan that has the effect of sanctioning discriminatory practices.
(3)Each state or local governmental agency shall analyze all of its operations to ascertain possible instances of noncompliance with the policy of this chapter and shall initiate comprehensive programs to remedy any defect found to exist.
(4)This section does not prevent the nonarbitrary consideration in adoption proceedings of relevant information concerning the factors listed in this section.