7-5-4209. Social host ordinances fining landlords prohibited -- maintaining lists for enforcement prohibited, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 5. GENERAL OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

Part 42. Municipal Ordinances and Resolutions

Social Host Ordinances Fining Landlords Prohibited -- Maintaining Lists For Enforcement Prohibited

7-5-4209. Social host ordinances fining landlords prohibited -- maintaining lists for enforcement prohibited. (1) A social host ordinance enacted by a municipality may not impose a fine on a person who is a landlord of the property as defined in 70-24-103 unless the landlord is a participant in the party, event, or gathering that results in a violation of a social host ordinance.

(2) As part of enforcement of a social host ordinance, a municipality may not maintain or circulate a list of landlords, property owners, or properties on which a social host ordinance violation has occurred.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a "social host ordinance" is an ordinance enacted to prohibit the encouraging, conducting, allowing, or organizing of parties, events, and gatherings at which a person under 21 years of age is in possession of or is consuming an alcoholic beverage.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 415, L. 2013.