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MT Code § 5-7-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-103. Licenses -- fees -- eligibility -- waiver

  5-7-103. Licenses -- fees -- eligibility -- waiver. (1) Any adult of good moral character who is otherwise qualified under this chapter may be licensed as a lobbyist. The commissioner shall provide a license application form. The application form may be obtained from and must be filed in the office of the commissioner. Upon approval of the application and receipt of the license fee by the commissioner, a license must be issued that entitles the licensee to practice lobbying on behalf of one or more enumerated principals. The license fee is $150 for each lobbyist except as provided in subsection (5) or unless the fee is waived for hardship reasons under this subsection. Each license expires on December 31 of each even-numbered year or may be terminated at the request of the lobbyist. A lobbyist who believes that payment of the license fee may constitute a hardship may apply to the commissioner for a waiver of the fee required by this section. The commissioner may waive all or a portion of the license fee upon proof by the lobbyist that payment of the fee constitutes a hardship.  (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b), an application may not be disapproved without affording the applicant a hearing. The hearing must be held and the decision entered within 10 business days of the date of the filing of the application, excluding the date on which the application is filed.   (b) An application may not be approved if a principal has failed to file reports required under 5-7-208.   (3) The fines collected under this chapter must be deposited in the state treasury.   (4) The commissioner shall deposit the license fee provided for in subsection (1) in the general fund.   (5) A lobbyist who receives payments from one or more principals that total less than the amount specified under 5-7-112 in a calendar year is not required to pay the license fee or file an application form as provided for in subsection (1).   (6) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement the waiver provisions of subsections (1) and (5).   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 248, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-803(1); amd. Sec. 3, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 498, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 18, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 557, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 572, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 26, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-7-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-104. Repealed

  5-7-104. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 248, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-803(2).
MT Code § 5-7-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-105. Suspension of lobbying privileges

  5-7-105. Suspension of lobbying privileges. A lobbyist whose license has been suspended and a person who has been adjudged guilty of a violation of any provision of this chapter may not engage in lobbying until that person has been reinstated to the practice and duly licensed.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 248, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-803(3); amd. Sec. 4, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4 , 1980; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 572, L. 2003.
MT Code § 5-7-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-106. and 5-7-107 reserved

  5-7-106 and 5-7-107 reserved.
MT Code § 5-7-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-108. Inspection of applications and reports -- order of noncompliance -- notification

  5-7-108. Inspection of applications and reports -- order of noncompliance -- notification. (1) Each application and report filed with the commissioner must be inspected within 10 days after it is filed. If a person has not satisfied the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall immediately notify the person of the noncompliance.   (2) An order of noncompliance may be issued when:   (a) it is determined that an application or report filed with the commissioner does not conform to the requirements of this chapter; or   (b) a person has failed to file an application or report required by law.   (3) The person notified of noncompliance shall submit the necessary information within 5 days after receiving the notice of noncompliance. If the person notified of noncompliance fails to submit the required information within 5 days, the commissioner may initiate a civil action pursuant to the procedures contained in 5-7-305.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 91, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 31, L. 2003.
MT Code § 5-7-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-109. and 5-7-110 reserved

  5-7-109 and 5-7-110 reserved.
MT Code § 5-7-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-111. Commissioner to make rules

  5-7-111. Commissioner to make rules. (1) The commissioner shall promulgate and publish rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter in conformance with the Montana Administrative Procedure Act and, in particular, shall provide rules necessary to allocate salary, expenses, and any other payments between lobbying activities and other activities not connected with lobbying for any person whose activities are not solely limited to lobbying.   (2) Such rules shall be designed to effect and promote the purposes of this chapter, express or implied. Such rules shall be as simple and easily complied with as possible.   History: En. Sec. 17, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980.
MT Code § 5-7-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-112. Payment threshold -- inflation adjustment

  5-7-112. Payment threshold -- inflation adjustment. For calendar year 2004, the payment threshold referred to in 5-7-102(12)(b)(iii), 5-7-103, and 5-7-208 is $2,150. The commissioner shall adjust the threshold amount following a general election by multiplying the threshold amount valid for the year in which the general election was held by an inflation factor, adopted by the commissioner by rule. The rule must be written to reflect the annual average change in the consumer price index from the prior year to the year in which the general election is held. The resulting figure must be rounded up or down to the nearest $50 increment. The commissioner shall adopt the adjusted amount by rule.  History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 572, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 130, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 6, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-7-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-113. through 5-7-119 reserved

  5-7-113 through 5-7-119 reserved.
MT Code § 5-7-120 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses|5-7-120. Full disclosure of public expenditures on federal lobbying

  5-7-120. Full disclosure of public expenditures on federal lobbying. (1) Each quarter of a fiscal year that a state agency or a local government, as the terms are defined in 2-2-102, makes an expenditure for the services of a lobbyist to lobby an elected federal official or an appointee of an elected federal official, the state agency or local government shall make readily available for public inspection upon request a summary report itemizing each lobbying service provided and how much money was spent for each service.  (2) Each state agency and local government subject to subsection (1) shall:   (a) designate an office from which a copy of the report may be obtained; and   (b) post a copy of the report to the agency's or local government's website on the internet, if the agency or local government has a website.   (3) For purposes of this section:   (a) "expenditure" means a payment by the state agency or local government or a payment by a contractor of the state agency or local government; and   (b) "lobbying" means the practice of promoting or opposing an official action by an elected federal official or an appointee of an elected federal official.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 241, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 6, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-7-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-201. Docket -- contents

  5-7-201. Docket -- contents. The commissioner shall make available to the public the information required by this chapter, including but not limited to the name and business address of each lobbyist, the name and business address of the lobbyist's principal, and the subject or subjects to which the employment relates or a statement that the employment relates to all matters in which the principal has an interest. The docket entry for each principal must also indicate the date of receipt of the principal's lobbying reports as required by 5-7-208.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 157, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 43-805(part); amd. Sec. 5, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 91, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 245, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-7-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-202. Docket -- public record

  5-7-202. Docket -- public record. Such docket shall be a public record and open to the inspection of any individual upon demand at any time during the regular business hours of the office of the commissioner.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 157, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 43-805(part); amd. Sec. 6, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980.
MT Code § 5-7-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-203. Principal -- name of lobbyist on docket

  5-7-203. Principal -- name of lobbyist on docket. Each principal who employs a lobbyist shall within 1 week after the employment cause the name of the lobbyist to be entered upon the docket. It is also the duty of the lobbyist to enter the lobbyist's name upon the docket. Upon the termination of employment, that fact may be entered opposite the name of the lobbyist either by the lobbyist or by the principal.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 157, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 43-804; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 3, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 246, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-7-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-204. Updating docket

  5-7-204. Updating docket. Any principal employing any lobbyist shall, when further subjects of legislation are introduced or arise which such lobbyist is to promote or oppose, make or cause to be made additional entries in the docket stating such employment so that the docket will show at all times all subjects of legislation in relation to which the lobbyist is employed or the general statement provided in 5-7-201.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 157, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 43-805(2).
MT Code § 5-7-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-205. Repealed

  5-7-205. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 157, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 43-805(3).
MT Code § 5-7-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-206. Repealed

  5-7-206. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-806(2).
MT Code § 5-7-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-207. Report to legislature

  5-7-207. Report to legislature. Beginning with the first Tuesday following the beginning of any regular or special session of the legislature and on the first Tuesday of every month thereafter during which the legislature is in session, the commissioner shall make available from the commissioner's records a report to each member of each house of the legislature containing the names of lobbyists registered under this chapter, not previously reported, the names of the principals whom they represent as lobbyists, and the subjects of legislation in which each principal is interested.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 157, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 43-805(part); amd. Sec. 7, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 349, L. 1993.
MT Code § 5-7-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-209. Payments prohibited unless reported -- penalty for late filing, failure to report, or false statement

  5-7-209. Payments prohibited unless reported -- penalty for late filing, failure to report, or false statement. A principal may not make payments to influence official action by any legislator or the legislature unless that principal files the reports required under this chapter. A principal who fails to file a required report within the time required by this chapter is subject to the penalties provided in 5-7-305 and 5-7-306(1). A principal who knowingly files a false, erroneous, or incomplete statement commits the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities.  History: En. Sec. 12, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 31, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 402, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 6, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-7-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-210. Reimbursement

  5-7-210. Reimbursement. Whenever a lobbyist invites a legislator to attend a function that the lobbyist or the lobbyist's principal has fully or partially funded or sponsored or whenever a lobbyist offers a legislator a gift, the lobbyist shall, upon request, supply the recipient legislator with the benefit's true or estimated cost and allow the legislator to reimburse. The expenditures must be itemized in the principal's reports with a notation "reimbursed by benefactee".  History: En. Sec. 13, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 247, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 6, L. 2021.
MT Code § 5-7-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-211. Governmental responses not lobbying payments

  5-7-211. Governmental responses not lobbying payments. Budget preparation or response to requests of a house or committee of the legislature by any governmental entity shall not be considered lobbying payments for the purposes of this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 14, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980.
MT Code § 5-7-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-212. Audit of lobbying reports

  5-7-212. Audit of lobbying reports. (1) The commissioner may audit the reports filed under 5-7-208 and shall investigate any irregularities and report any apparent violations of this chapter to the attorneys having authority to prosecute. The lobbyist is required to provide and the principal is required to obtain and keep for a period of 3 years from the date of filing all records supporting the reports filed under 5-7-208.   (2) All records under subsection (1) must be open to inspection on request of the commissioner or an attorney having authority to prosecute violations of this chapter. The commissioner and the attorneys are given the power to:   (a) subpoena and compel attendance;   (b) issue enforceable civil investigative demands;   (c) take evidence; and   (d) require the production of any books, correspondence, memoranda, bank account statements, or other records which are relevant or material for the purpose of conducting any investigation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 15, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 91, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 498, L. 1991.
MT Code § 5-7-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 2. Registration and Reports|5-7-213. Renumbered 2-2-106

  5-7-213. Renumbered 2-2-106. Code Commissioner, 1995.
MT Code § 5-7-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement|5-7-301. Prohibition of practice without license and registration

  5-7-301. Prohibition of practice without license and registration. (1) An individual may not practice as a lobbyist unless that individual has been licensed under 5-7-103 and listed on the docket as employed in respect to all the matters that the individual is promoting or opposing.   (2) A principal may not directly or indirectly authorize or permit any lobbyist employed by that principal to practice lobbying until the lobbyist is licensed and the names of the lobbyist and the principal are entered on the docket.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-806(part); amd. Sec. 8, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 248, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 5-7-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement|5-7-302. Unprofessional conduct

  5-7-302. Unprofessional conduct. No lobbyist or principal shall engage in or directly or indirectly authorize any unprofessional conduct.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-806(part); amd. Secs. 9, 10, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 568, L. 1983.
MT Code § 5-7-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement|5-7-303. Repealed

  5-7-303. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-806(3).
MT Code § 5-7-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement|5-7-304. Repealed

  5-7-304. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 157, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 43-807.
MT Code § 5-7-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement|5-7-306. Civil penalties for delays in filing -- option for hearing -- suspension of penalty

  5-7-306. Civil penalties for delays in filing -- option for hearing -- suspension of penalty. (1) In addition to any other penalties or remedies established by this chapter, a person who fails to file a report within the time required by this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of $50 for each working day that the report is late until the report is filed or until the penalties reach a maximum of $2,500 for each late report.   (2) The penalty imposed in subsection (1) is not subject to the procedural requirements of 5-7-305 and must be applied if a person fails to meet the requirements of 5-7-108(3).   (3) A person against whom a civil penalty is imposed pursuant to subsection (1) may request, within 10 days of receiving a notice of imposition of a civil penalty, a hearing before the commissioner. Upon receipt of a timely request, the commissioner shall hold an informal contested case hearing as provided in Title 2, chapter 4, part 6. Upon the filing of a timely request for a hearing, the imposition of the daily civil penalty provided for in this section must be suspended until the commissioner issues a decision. At the hearing, the commissioner shall consider any factors or circumstances in mitigation and may reduce or waive the civil penalty.   (4) All civil penalties imposed pursuant to this section must be deposited in the state general fund.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 31, L. 2003.
MT Code § 5-7-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement|5-7-307. through 5-7-309 reserved

  5-7-307 through 5-7-309 reserved.
MT Code § 5-7-310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 7. Lobbying|Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement|5-7-310. Prohibition of lobbying by former government personnel

  5-7-310. Prohibition of lobbying by former government personnel. (1) An individual may not be licensed as a lobbyist and a principal may not directly authorize or permit lobbying by an individual if during the 24 months prior to applying for a license that individual served as a state legislator, elected state official, department director, appointed state official, or member of a certain personal staff, as defined by 2-18-101.   (2) The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to an individual who seeks a license to serve as a lobbyist as part of the individual's responsibilities as an employee of state or local government.   History: En. Sec. 1, I.M. No. 153, approved Nov. 7, 2006.
MT Code § 5-11-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-101. Appointment and composition of council

  5-11-101. Appointment and composition of council. (1) There is a legislative council. Subject to subsection (2), the legislative council consists of:   (a) the speaker of the house, the minority leader of the house, and, subject to 5-5-234, four members chosen by the speaker of the house, two from the majority party and two from the minority party; and   (b) the president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, and, subject to 5-5-234, four members chosen by the committee on committees, two from the majority party and two from the minority party.   (2) If a legislator is or would be a member of the legislative council by virtue of a legislative leadership position and the legislator will not serve in the following legislative session because of term limits, the legislator may designate another member of the same house and the same political party to serve on the legislative council in the legislator's place.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 431, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-709(1); amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 545, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 19, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 4, Sp. L. May 2007.
MT Code § 5-11-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-102. Term

  5-11-102. Term. Membership on the council is for 2 years while the member remains qualified and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Members required to be appointed by leadership under 5-11-101 must be appointed immediately following organization of the senate and the house of representatives as provided in 5-2-212 and 5-2-213.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 431, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-709(2); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 5-11-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 5. Legislative Branch|Chapter 11. Legislative Council and Publication of Laws|Part 1. Composition -- Powers and Duties -- Personnel|5-11-103. Vacancies

  5-11-103. Vacancies. A vacancy on the legislative council must be filled by the selection of another member by the same method as the original appointment.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 34, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 431, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-709(3); amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 545, L. 1995.