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Mont. Code Ann. § 20-3-331 (2026)

Purchase Of Insurance -- Self-Insurance Plan

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TITLE 20. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 3. ELECTED OFFICIALS

Part 3. School District Trustees

Purchase Of Insurance -- Self-Insurance Plan

20-3-331. Purchase of insurance -- self-insurance plan. (1) To provide the district, trustees, and employees with liability insurance pursuant to 2-9-211 and group health and life insurance pursuant to 2-18-702, the trustees of a district may:

(a) purchase insurance coverage;

(b) participate in a district health insurance trust as defined in 20-3-366 for group health insurance; or

(c) establish a self-insurance plan for the district, trustees, and employees for liability as provided in 2-9-211 and for group health and life insurance as provided in 2-18-702.

(2) The trustees shall include the cost of coverage in the district's general fund or in any other legally available fund, including the internal service fund referenced in subsection (3).

(3) Whenever the trustees of a district establish a self-insurance plan or participate in a district health insurance trust as defined in 20-3-366, the trustees shall establish an internal service fund to account for the activities of the self-insurance plan.

History: En. 75-5939 by Sec. 68, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5939; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 425, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 299, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 11, Sp. L. June 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 568, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 770, L. 2023.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1991–1991 · leading case: Crowell v. Sch. Dist. No. 7, 805 P.2d 522 (Mont. 1991).
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Crowell v. Sch. Dist. No. 7, 805 P.2d 522 (Mont. 1991). · cites it 4× “" The statute did then enact what is now § 20-3-331, MCA, which provided that the trustees of any district may purchase insurance coverage for the district, trustees and employees against liability.”
S.M. v. R.B., 811 P.2d 1295 (Mont. 1991). · cites it 2× “Have the Montana statutes and case law interpretations resulted in an ambiguity requiring a reversal of the District Court holding that the defendants are immune under § 2-9-111, MCA? Plaintiffs argue there is a statutory ambiguity which is apparent upon a comparison of §…”
Sm v. Rb, 811 P.2d 1295 (Mont. 1991). · cites it 2× “I Have the Montana statutes and case law interpretations resulted in an ambiguity requiring a reversal of the District Court holding that the defendants are immune under § 2-9-111, MCA? Plaintiffs argue there is a statutory ambiguity which is apparent upon a comparison of §…”
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