{"id":"DUT-MT-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 71)","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. Title 50, ch. 71, part 2","instrument":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-71-202","title":"Employer to provide and maintain safe place of employment","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers; owners or persons in control of premises (owner or lessee employers)"],"clause":"(1) An employer who is the owner or lessee of any real property in this state shall not construct or cause to be constructed or maintained any place of employment that is unsafe. (2) Every employer who is the owner of a place of employment or lessee thereof shall repair and maintain the same as to render it safe.","enforcement":"As DUT-MT-010: no penalty in part 2; public sector enforcement under 50-71-116 to -120; federal OSHA for private employers","functions":[],"notes":"The employer that owns or leases its premises \u0027shall not... maintain any place of employment that is unsafe\u0027 and \u0027shall repair and maintain the same as to render it safe\u0027; the physical modifications of 2020-2021 (barriers, spacing, ventilation, closed common areas, occupancy limits) are the maintenance this section commands.","sourceUrl":"https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0710/part_0020/section_0020/0500-0710-0020-0020.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":78085,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MT","url":"/library/DUT-MT-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MT-011","citation":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 71), Mont. Code Ann. 50-71-202 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-011)","stateName":"Montana","related":["DUT-MT-010"]}