24.17.906    LIST OF INELIGIBLES

(1) The department will publish a list of persons and entities that are ineligible to work on public works projects. The list will specify the dates of ineligibility. The list is public information and is available upon request from the department. The department will update the list as needed.

(2) The list will contain the name of ineligible employers and the names of any firms, corporations, partnerships or associations in which the employer or its owner(s) have a substantial financial interest. Those names will remain on the list for a period of three years from the date such names were first published on the list. The three year period of ineligibility will begin when the decision of the commissioner regarding ineligibility becomes final and no further appeals can be taken.

(3) An employer who desires to be removed from the list before the expiration of three years must show good cause for such removal. Such persons may petition the commissioner at any time during the period of ineligibility. The decision whether good cause exists to remove the employer from the list before the three year period expires rests in the sound discretion of the commissioner. In reviewing such petitions to determine if good cause exists, the commissioner shall consider the following matters:

(a) the history of the petitioner in taking all necessary measures to prevent or correct violations of statutes or rules;

(b) prior violations, if any, of statutes or rules;

(c) magnitude and seriousness of the violation; and

(d) other matters which indicate to the commissioner that the petitioner is not likely to violate these rules in the future.

History: 18-2-431, MCA; IMP, 18-2-432, MCA; NEW, 2002 MAR p. 2446, Eff. 9/13/02.