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MT Code § 13-37-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-205. Campaign depositories

  13-37-205. Campaign depositories. (1) Except as provided in 13-37-206, each candidate, each political committee, and each joint fundraising committee shall designate one primary campaign depository for the purpose of depositing all contributions received and disbursing all expenditures made by the candidate or political committee.  (2) The candidate or political committee may also designate one secondary depository in each county in which an election is held and in which the candidate or committee participates. Deputy campaign treasurers may make deposits in and expenditures from secondary depositories when authorized to do so as provided in 13-37-202(2).   (3) Only a bank, credit union, savings and loan association, or building and loan association authorized to transact business in Montana may be designated as a campaign depository.   (4) The candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee shall file the name and address of each designated primary and secondary depository at the same time and with the same officer with whom the candidate or committee files the name of the candidate's or committee's campaign treasurer pursuant to 13-37-201.   (5) This section does not prevent a candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee from having more than one campaign account in the same depository, but a candidate may not utilize the candidate's regular or personal account in the depository as a campaign account.   (6) A candidate for the legislature may use the same account in a campaign depository for primary election contributions received and general election contributions received and is not required to segregate the funds if:   (a) the candidate maintains records concerning whether contributions received are designated for the primary election or the general election; and   (b) the balance in the account that contains commingled primary election funds and general election funds does not drop below the amount of general election contributions received until after the day of the primary election.   History: En. 23-4781 by Sec. 6, Ch. 480, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 23, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4781(6); amd. Sec. 249, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 98, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 126, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 494, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 571, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-206. Exception for certain school districts and certain special districts

  13-37-206. Exception for certain school districts and certain special districts. (1) The provisions of this part, except 13-37-216 and 13-37-217, do not apply to a candidate for the office of trustee of a school district, the candidate's political campaign, or a political committee organized to support or oppose a school district issue or a candidate when the school district is:   (a) a first-class district located in a county having a population of less than 15,000;   (b) a second- or third-class district; or   (c) a county high school district having a student enrollment of less than 2,000.   (2) The provisions of this part, except 13-37-216 and 13-37-217, do not apply to a candidate, the candidate's political campaign, or a political committee organized to support or oppose an issue or a candidate if the candidate is running for or the committee's issue involves a unit of local government authorized by law to perform a single function or a limited number of functions, including but not limited to a conservation district, a weed management district, a fire district, a community college district, a hospital district, an irrigation district, a sewer district, a transportation district, a water district, any other special purpose district, or any entity formed by interlocal agreement.   History: En. 23-4781 by Sec. 6, Ch. 480, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 23, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4781(7); amd. Sec. 250, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 361, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 191, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 127, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 202, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 193, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
MT Code § 13-37-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-207. Deposit of contributions -- statement of campaign treasurer

  13-37-207. Deposit of contributions -- statement of campaign treasurer. (1) All funds received by the campaign treasurer or any deputy campaign treasurer of any candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee must be deposited prior to the end of the fifth business day following their receipt, Sundays and holidays excluded, in a checking account, share draft account, share checking account, or negotiable order of withdrawal account in a campaign depository designated pursuant to 13-37-205.  (2) A statement showing the amount received from or provided by each person and the account in which the funds are deposited must be prepared by the campaign treasurer at the time the deposit is made. This statement along with the receipt form for cash contributions deposited at the same time and a deposit slip for the deposit must be kept by the treasurer as a part of the treasurer's records.   History: En. 23-4782 by Sec. 7, Ch. 480, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4782; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 98, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 128, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 494, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-208. Treasurer to keep records

  13-37-208. Treasurer to keep records. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), the campaign treasurer of each candidate, each political committee, and each joint fundraising committee shall keep detailed accounts of all contributions received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of the candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee that are required to be set forth in a report filed under this chapter. The accounts must be current within not more than 10 days after the date of receiving a contribution or making an expenditure.  (b) The accounts described in subsection (1)(a) must be current as of the 5th day before the date of filing of a report as specified in 13-37-228.   (2) Accounts of a deputy campaign treasurer must be transferred to the treasurer of a candidate or political committee before the candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee finally closes its books or when the position of a deputy campaign treasurer becomes vacant and no successor is appointed.   (3) Accounts kept by a campaign treasurer of a candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee must be preserved by the campaign treasurer for a period of 4 years.   History: En. 23-4783 by Sec. 8, Ch. 480, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4783(1), (3); amd. Sec 251, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 129, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 429, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 494, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 565, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-209. Inspection of records

  13-37-209. Inspection of records. Accounts kept by the campaign treasurer of a candidate or political committee may be inspected under reasonable circumstances before, during, or after the election to which the accounts refer by the campaign treasurer of any opposing candidate or political committee in the same electoral district. The right of inspection may be enforced by appropriate writ issued by any court of competent jurisdiction. The campaign treasurers of political committees supporting a candidate may be joined with the campaign treasurer of the candidate as respondents in such a proceeding.   History: En. 23-4783 by Sec. 8, Ch. 480, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4783(2).
MT Code § 13-37-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-210. Repealed

  13-37-210. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 571, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 225, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 481, L. 2007.
MT Code § 13-37-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-212. through 13-37-214 reserved

  13-37-212 through 13-37-214 reserved.
MT Code § 13-37-215 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-215. Repealed

  13-37-215. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 152, L. 2019.   History: En. 23-4784 by Sec. 9, Ch. 480, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4784; amd. Sec. 252, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 21, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 130, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 13-37-217 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-217. Contributions in name of undisclosed principal

  13-37-217. Contributions in name of undisclosed principal. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person may not make a contribution of the person's own money or of another person's money to any other person in connection with any election in any other name than that of the person who in truth supplies the money. A person may not knowingly receive a contribution or enter or cause the contribution to be entered in the person's accounts or records in another name than that of the person by whom it was actually furnished.  (2) A joint fundraising committee shall allocate contributions as provided in 13-37-211 to a participant in the name of the original contributor to the joint fundraising committee, and a participant may receive and may enter these contributions into the participant's account. A participant shall account for the original contributors of the gross contributions allocated by the joint fundraising committee in the participant's records.   History: En. Sec. 18, Init. Act, Nov. 1912; re-en. Sec. 10783, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 10783, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 94-1437, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 23-4737 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 54, Ch. 365, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4737; amd. Sec. 254, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 131, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 494, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-218 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-218. Repealed

  13-37-218. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 571, L. 2021.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 529, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 634, L. 1993 (voided by I.R. No. 112, Nov. 8, 1994); amd. Sec. 2, I.M. No. 118, approved Nov. 8, 1994; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 143, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 462, L. 2003.
MT Code § 13-37-219 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-219. Limitations on contributions to candidate when office sought is not known

  13-37-219. Limitations on contributions to candidate when office sought is not known. A candidate, as defined in 13-1-101(8)(b), who has not determined the office to which the individual will seek nomination or election is subject to the lowest contribution limitation of the offices the candidate is considering seeking.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 330, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 259, L. 2015.
MT Code § 13-37-220 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-220. Child-care expenses

  13-37-220. Child-care expenses. (1) While a candidate is engaged in campaign activity, a candidate may use contributions deposited in the candidate's primary campaign depository as provided in 13-37-205 to pay the candidate's reasonable and necessary child-care expenses.  (2) When a candidate expends funds from the candidate's primary campaign depository as provided in 13-37-205 to pay for the candidate's child-care expenses, each expenditure must be reported as provided in Title 13, chapter 37, part 2.   (3) After the candidate's closing campaign report provided for in 13-37-228 is filed, the candidate may not expend surplus campaign funds for the candidate's child-care expenses as provided in 13-37-240(1).   (4) In-kind child care provided to the candidate while the candidate is engaging in campaign activity by the candidate's family or an individual known to the candidate is not a contribution and is not reportable under this chapter. The commissioner shall broadly construe this provision.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 492, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-221. through 13-37-224 reserved

  13-37-221 through 13-37-224 reserved.
MT Code § 13-37-225 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-225. Reports of contributions and expenditures required -- electronic filing and publication

  13-37-225. Reports of contributions and expenditures required -- electronic filing and publication. (1) (a) Except as provided in 13-37-206, each candidate, political committee, and joint fundraising committee shall file with the commissioner periodic electronic reports of contributions and expenditures made by or on the behalf of a candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee.  (b) The commissioner may, for good cause shown in a written application by a candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee grant a waiver to the requirement that reports be filed electronically.   (2) The commissioner shall post on the commissioner's website:   (a) all reports filed under 13-37-226 within 7 business days of filing; and   (b) for each election, the calendar dates that correspond with the filing requirements of 13-37-226.   (3) In lieu of all contribution and expenditure reports required by this chapter, the commissioner shall accept copies of the reports filed by candidates for congress and president of the United States and their political committees pursuant to the requirements of federal law.   (4) A person who makes an election communication, electioneering communication, or independent expenditure is subject to reporting and disclosure requirements as provided in chapters 35 and 37 of this title.   History: En. 23-4778 by Sec. 3, Ch. 480, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4778(1), (2); amd. Sec. 255, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 591, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 132, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 167, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 259, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 429, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 494, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-227 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-227. Comprehensive report when several candidates or issues involved

  13-37-227. Comprehensive report when several candidates or issues involved. The commissioner shall adopt rules that will permit political committees, including political parties or joint fundraising committees, to file copies of a single comprehensive report when they support or oppose more than one candidate or issue. The commissioner shall adopt rules under which committees filing periodic reports with the federal election commission and committees headquartered outside the state of Montana shall report in accordance with this title.  History: En. 23-4778 by Sec. 3, Ch. 480, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4778(7); amd. Sec. 257, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 494, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-228 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-228. Time periods covered by reports

  13-37-228. Time periods covered by reports. Reports filed under 13-37-225 and 13-37-226 must be filed to cover the following time periods even though no contributions or expenditures may have been received or made during the period:  (1) The initial report must cover all contributions received or expenditures made by a candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee from the time that a person became a candidate a political committee, as defined in 13-1-101, or a joint fundraising committee, as provided in 13-37-211, until the 5th day before the date of filing of the appropriate initial report pursuant to 13-37-226. Reports filed by political committees organized to support or oppose a statewide ballot issue must disclose all contributions received and expenditures made prior to the time an issue becomes a ballot issue by transmission of the petition to the proponent of the ballot issue or referral by the secretary of state even if the issue subsequently fails to garner sufficient signatures to qualify for the ballot.   (2) Subsequent periodic reports must cover the period of time from the closing of the previous report to 5 days before the date of filing of a report pursuant to 13-37-226. For the purposes of this subsection, the reports required under 13-37-226(1)(c), (1)(d), (2)(c), and (2)(d) are not periodic reports and must be filed as required by 13-37-226(1)(c), (1)(d), (2)(c), and (2)(d), as applicable.   (3) Closing reports must cover the period of time from the last periodic report to the final closing of the books of the candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee. A candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee shall file a closing report following an election in which the candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee participates whenever all debts and obligations are satisfied and further contributions or expenditures will not be received or made that relate to the campaign unless the election is a primary election and the candidate, political committee, or joint fundraising committee will participate in the general election.   (4) If all debts and obligations are satisfied and further contributions or expenditures will not be received or made, a joint fundraising committee may file a closing report at any time.   History: En. 23-4778 by Sec. 3, Ch. 480, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4778(8); amd. Sec. 258, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 75, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 401, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 481, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 133, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 252, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 259, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 429, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 494, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-230 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-230. Repealed

  13-37-230. Repealed. Sec. 18, Ch. 259, L. 2015.   History: En. 23-4779 by Sec. 4, Ch. 480, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4779(10) through (16); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 2009.
MT Code § 13-37-231 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-231. Reports to be certified as true, complete, and correct

  13-37-231. Reports to be certified as true, complete, and correct. (1) A report required by this chapter to be filed by a candidate or political committee must be verified as true, complete, and correct by the oath or affirmation of the individual filing the report. The individual filing the report must be the candidate or an officer of a political committee who is on file as an officer of the committee with the commissioner.   (2) A copy of a report or statement filed by a candidate or political committee must be preserved by the individual filing it for a period coinciding with the term of office for which the person was a candidate or for a period of 4 years, whichever is longer.   History: En. 23-4780 by Sec. 5, Ch. 480, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4780; amd. Sec. 260, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 134, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 259, L. 2015.
MT Code § 13-37-233 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-233. Reports to be filed regardless of tax status

  13-37-233. Reports to be filed regardless of tax status. (1) A person that makes an election communication, an electioneering communication, or an independent expenditure shall file reports required by this chapter regardless of the person's tax status under state or federal law.  (2) This section does not apply to the exemptions granted to a religious organization under the definitions of a contribution, election communication, electioneering communication, and expenditure as provided in 13-1-101.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 259, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 565, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-234 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-234. Religious organization exemptions to be broadly construed

  13-37-234. Religious organization exemptions to be broadly construed. Pursuant to the first amendment to the United States constitution and to ensure the consistent application of the law, the commissioner shall broadly construe the exemptions concerning religious organizations provided in 13-1-101(9)(b)(iv), (15)(b)(v), (17)(b)(v), and (19)(b)(vi).  History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 565, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-235 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-235. through 13-37-239 reserved

  13-37-235 through 13-37-239 reserved.
MT Code § 13-37-240 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-240. Surplus campaign funds

  13-37-240. Surplus campaign funds. (1) A candidate shall dispose of any surplus funds from the candidate's campaign within 120 days after the time of filing the closing campaign report pursuant to 13-37-228. In disposing of the surplus funds, a candidate may not contribute the funds to another campaign, including the candidate's own future campaign, or use the funds for personal benefit. A successful candidate for a statewide elected or legislative office or for public service commissioner may establish a constituent services account as provided in 13-37-402. The candidate shall provide a supplement to the closing campaign report to the commissioner showing the disposition of any surplus campaign funds.   (2) For purposes of this section, "personal benefit" means a use that will provide a direct or indirect benefit of any kind to the candidate or any member of the candidate's immediate family.   History: En. Sec. 3, I.M. No. 118, approved Nov. 8, 1994; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 487, L. 2007.
MT Code § 13-37-241 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-241. Candidate campaign debt

  13-37-241. Candidate campaign debt. (1) If a candidate has unpaid primary election debt that consists solely of loans from the candidate to the candidate's campaign and if the candidate advances to the general election, the candidate is not required to pay off the primary election debt with primary election funds. Under these circumstances, leftover primary election funds may be used for general election purposes.  (2) Following the general election, the candidate may repay a loan the candidate made to the candidate's campaign with primary or general election funds.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 279, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-242 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-242. through 13-37-249 reserved

  13-37-242 through 13-37-249 reserved.