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MT Code § 13-37-250 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 2. Campaign Finance|13-37-250. Voluntary spending limits

  13-37-250. Voluntary spending limits. (1) (a) The following statement may be used in printed matter and in broadcast advertisements and may appear in the voter information pamphlet prepared by the secretary of state: "According to the Office of the Commissioner of Political Practices, _______ is in compliance with the voluntary expenditure limits established under Montana law."   (b) The treasurer of each political committee, as defined in 13-1-101, who files a certification on a ballot issue pursuant to 13-37-201 may also file with the commissioner a sworn statement that the committee will not exceed the voluntary expenditure limits of this section. If a sworn statement is made, it must be filed with the commissioner within 30 days of the certification of the political committee.   (c) A political committee that has not filed a sworn statement with the commissioner may not distribute any printed matter or pay for any broadcast claiming to be in compliance with the voluntary expenditure limits of this section.   (d) A political committee may not use evidence of compliance with the voluntary expenditure limits of this section to imply to the public that the committee has received endorsement or approval by the state of Montana.   (2) For the purposes of this section, the expenditures made by a political committee consist of the aggregate total of the following during the calendar year:   (a) all committee loans or expenditures made by check or cash; and   (b) the dollar value of all in-kind contributions made or received by the committee.   (3) In order to be identified as a political committee in compliance with the voluntary expenditure limits of this section, the committee's expenditures, as described in subsection (2), may not exceed $195,000.   (4) A political committee that files with the commissioner a sworn statement to abide by the voluntary expenditure limits of this section but that exceeds those limits shall pay a fine of $6,500 to the commissioner. This money must be deposited in a separate fund to be used to support the enforcement programs of the office of the commissioner.   (5) After July 1, 2004, all limits on voluntary spending in this section must be multiplied by an inflation factor, which is determined by dividing the consumer price index for June of the year prior to the year in which the general election is held by the consumer price index for June 2003. The resulting figure must be rounded up or down to the nearest $50 increment.   History: En. Sec. 2, I.M. No. 125, Nov. 5, 1996; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 294, L. 1997 (voided by I.R. No. 114, Nov. 3, 1998); amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 51, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 87, Ch. 414, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 462, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 475, L. 2003.
MT Code § 13-37-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-301. Repealed

  13-37-301. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. 23-4901 by Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 538, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4901.
MT Code § 13-37-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-302. Repealed

  13-37-302. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. 23-4902 by Sec. 2, Ch. 263, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 538, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4902; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 579, L. 1979.
MT Code § 13-37-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-303. Repealed

  13-37-303. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. 23-4903 by Sec. 3, Ch. 263, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4903; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 579, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 370, L. 1987.
MT Code § 13-37-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-304. Repealed

  13-37-304. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. 23-4904 by Sec. 4, Ch. 263, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 538, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4904; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 579, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 703, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 361, L. 1991.
MT Code § 13-37-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-305. Repealed

  13-37-305. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. 23-4905 by Sec. 5, Ch. 263, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4905; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 361, L. 1991.
MT Code § 13-37-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-306. Repealed

  13-37-306. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. 23-4906 by Sec. 6, Ch. 263, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 538, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4906.
MT Code § 13-37-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-307. Repealed

  13-37-307. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 579, L. 1979.
MT Code § 13-37-308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 3. Public Campaign Finance (Repealed)|13-37-308. Repealed

  13-37-308. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 581, L. 1993.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 579, L. 1979.
MT Code § 13-37-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 4. Miscellaneous Provisions|13-37-401. Definitions

  13-37-401. Definitions. As used in 13-37-402 and this section, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Constituent services" means travel, mailing, and other expenses incurred to represent and serve constituents and authorized in rules adopted by the commissioner to implement the provisions of 13-37-402 and this section.   (2) "Personal benefit" has the meaning provided in 13-37-240.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 487, L. 2007.
MT Code § 13-37-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 4. Miscellaneous Provisions|13-37-402. Constituent accounts -- reports

  13-37-402. Constituent accounts -- reports. (1) A constituent services account may be established to pay for constituent services by a successful candidate required to report under 13-37-229. A constituent services account may be established by filing an appropriate form with the commissioner.   (2) (a) A successful candidate may deposit only surplus campaign funds in a constituent services account.   (b) The money in the account may be used only for constituent services. The money in the account may not be used for personal benefit. Expenditures from a constituent services account may not be made when the holder of the constituent services account also has an open campaign account.   (3) A person described in subsection (1) may not establish any account related to the public official's office other than a constituent services account. This subsection does not prohibit a person from establishing a campaign account.   (4) The holder of a constituent services account shall file a quarterly report with the commissioner, by a date established by the commissioner by rule. The report must disclose the source of all money deposited in the account and enumerate expenditures from the account. The report must include the same information as required for a candidate required to report under 13-37-229. The report must be certified as provided in 13-37-231.   (5) The holder of a constituent services account shall close the account within 120 days after the account holder leaves public office.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 487, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 259, L. 2015.
MT Code § 13-37-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 4. Miscellaneous Provisions|13-37-403. Constituent services account -- prior contributions -- donation to charity

  13-37-403. Constituent services account -- prior contributions -- donation to charity. A person who established a constituent services account prior to May 14, 2007, shall donate any money remaining in the account on April 24, 2009, to charity by July 1, 2009, or deposit the money by July 1, 2009, into a constituent services account established after May 14, 2007, and shall close the old account. The holder of a constituent services account subject to this section shall file a report with the commissioner describing the disposition of the money subject to this section.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 347, L. 2009.
MT Code § 13-37-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 4. Miscellaneous Provisions|13-37-404. Report by political committee operation from state-owned property

  13-37-404. Report by political committee operation from state-owned property. (1) If a person other than an individual leases office space from the state or the Montana university system, files as a political committee pursuant to 13-37-201, and has more than $5,000 in expenditures in a calendar year, the person shall submit a report by April 1 of the succeeding year to the legislative services division in accordance with 5-11-210. The report must contain the following information:  (a) the name of the political committee, the type of political committee, the political committee's mailing address, and the name of the political committee's treasurer;   (b) the purpose of the political committee or the name of the candidate or ballot issue supported or opposed by the committee;   (c) the total amount of contributions received by the committee in the preceding calendar year;   (d) the total amount of expenditures made by the committee in the preceding calendar year; and   (e) a listing of any reports submitted by the organization to the commissioner of political practices.   (2) The executive director of the legislative services division shall distribute a copy of the report to the members of the state administration and veterans' affairs interim committee and the members of the corresponding standing committees with jurisdiction over election laws. If the report is submitted by an entity leasing property from the Montana university system, the report must also be distributed to the members of the education interim committee and the members of the corresponding standing committees with jurisdiction over education laws.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 565, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 5. Prohibiting Foreign Influence in Elections|13-37-501. Definitions

  13-37-501. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Entity" means a partnership, association, limited liability company, joint venture, corporation, or any other legal or commercial organization, or a combination of entities.   (2) "Foreign national" means:   (a) a government of a foreign country;   (b) a political party of a foreign country;   (c) an entity located outside of the United States unless that entity:   (i) is organized under or created under federal law, state law, or the law of another place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and   (ii) has its principal place of business within the United States;   (d) an entity that:   (i) is organized under the laws of a foreign country; or   (ii) has its principal place of business in a foreign country; and   (e) an individual who is not lawfully admitted for the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with immigration laws and who is not:   (i) a citizen of the United States; or   (ii) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 330, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-37-502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 5. Prohibiting Foreign Influence in Elections|13-37-502. Prohibition on foreign national interference in election

  13-37-502. Prohibition on foreign national interference in election. (1) It is unlawful for a foreign national, directly or through an intermediary, to make a disbursement for an electioneering communication, a contribution, or an expenditure, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or an expenditure, in connection with any candidate election.   (2) It is unlawful for a person to solicit, accept, or receive a contribution, expenditure, or disbursement described in subsection (1) from a foreign national.   (3) To the extent that a potential violation of this section also violates 52 U.S.C. 30121 or 11 CFR 110.20, investigation and enforcement of the matter must be referred to the federal election commission. The commissioner or a county attorney may not bring an enforcement action regarding the portion of the matter that also violates 52 U.S.C. 30121 or 11 CFR 110.20.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 330, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-37-503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 5. Prohibiting Foreign Influence in Elections|13-37-503. Penalties

  13-37-503. Penalties. A person who violates 13-37-502 is liable in a civil action pursuant to 13-37-128.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 330, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-37-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 6. Minor Parties|13-37-602. Organization statement

  13-37-602. Organization statement. (1) Within 5 days of becoming a reporting entity, the reporting entity shall certify its name and complete address with the commissioner.   (2) A minor party qualification committee shall include the following additional information in the certification:   (a) the name and address of the committee's treasurer;   (b) the name and address of all officers, if any;   (c) an organizational statement; and   (d) the name and address of the depository designated for depositing all contributions received and disbursing all expenditures made by the minor party qualification committee.   (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 depository under subsection (2).   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 337, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-37-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 6. Minor Parties|13-37-603. Reporting entity -- reports required -- exception

  13-37-603. Reporting entity -- reports required -- exception. (1) A reporting entity shall keep detailed records of all contributions received and expenditures made by or on behalf of the reporting entity. If the reporting entity is a minor party qualification committee, the treasurer appointed pursuant to 13-37-602 shall keep the records on behalf of the minor party qualification committee.  (2) A reporting entity may not knowingly report a contribution in the name of any person other than the person by whom it was actually furnished.   (3) A reporting entity shall file periodic reports containing the information required by 13-37-605 pursuant to the dates required by 13-37-604.   (4) Records kept pursuant to this section must be preserved by the reporting entity for 4 years from the date prescribed in 13-10-609(2) on which the signatures were presented or otherwise would have been presented to the election administrator.   (5) The commissioner may inspect records or accounts that must be kept pursuant to this part, as long as the inspection is made during reasonable office hours.   (6) If a reporting entity is otherwise required to file a report under Title 13, chapter 37, part 2, concerning the same matters required to be reported under this part, the reporting entity may not be required to file a duplicate report or duplicate information but shall file the information in one report.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 337, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 399, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 6. Minor Parties|13-37-604. Reporting dates

  13-37-604. Reporting dates. (1) A reporting entity shall file reports quarterly, due on the 15th day of January, April, July, and October, beginning in the quarter in which the individual or minor party qualification committee becomes a reporting entity and ending when the reporting entity files a closing report as provided by subsection (4).  (2) The initial report must include contributions and expenditures prior to the time a person became a reporting entity until the 5th day before the date of filing of the initial report, even if the minor party petition subsequently fails to garner sufficient signatures to qualify the minor party for primary elections.   (3) (a) 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 the next report.   (b) Reports required under subsection (1) must be filed quarterly until the reporting entity files a closing report, even if no contributions have been received or no expenditures have been made during the reporting period.   (4) (a) A reporting entity shall file a closing report whenever all debts and obligations relating to the effort to support or oppose the qualification of a minor political party for primary elections are satisfied and further contributions or expenditures will not be received or made that relate to qualifying the minor political party for primary elections using the minor party petition.   (b) A closing report may be combined with the reporting entity's final quarterly report. However, the combined report must cover the period of time from the closing of the previous report until the date of filing of the combined quarterly and closing report.   (c) If the reporting entity does not file the closing report with the final quarterly report, the closing report must cover the period of the time from the closing of the last quarterly report until the date of the closing report.   (5) A reporting entity may file a combined opening and closing report if it otherwise comports with the requirements of this section.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 337, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 399, L. 2021.
MT Code § 13-37-606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 6. Minor Parties|13-37-606. Forms

  13-37-606. Forms. The commissioner shall prescribe reporting forms required for submissions under this part.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 337, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-37-607 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 37. Control of Campaign Practices|Part 6. Minor Parties|13-37-607. Penalties

  13-37-607. Penalties. A person who violates the reporting requirements of this part is subject to civil liability under 13-37-128(1) for an amount up to $500 or three times the amount of the unlawful expenditures or contributions, whichever is greater.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 337, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-38-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 38. Political Parties|Part 1. General Provisions|13-38-101. Powers of parties

  13-38-101. Powers of parties. Each political party may:   (1) make its own rules;   (2) provide for and select its own offices;   (3) call conventions and provide for the number and qualification of delegates;   (4) adopt platforms;   (5) provide for selection of delegates to national conventions;   (6) provide for the nomination of presidential electors;   (7) provide for the selection of national committee representatives;   (8) make nominations to fill vacancies occurring among its candidates nominated for offices to be filled by the state at large or by any district consisting of more than one county where the vacancies are caused by death, resignation, or removal from the electoral district;   (9) perform all other functions inherent in a party organization.   History: En. Sec. 81, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3406; amd. Sec. 135, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 13-38-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 38. Political Parties|Part 1. General Provisions|13-38-102. Repealed

  13-38-102. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1981.   History: En. Sec. 83, Ch. 368, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3407.
MT Code § 13-38-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 38. Political Parties|Part 1. General Provisions|13-38-103. Repealed

  13-38-103. Repealed. Sec. 15, Ch. 363, L. 2001.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 368, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 257, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 23-3001.
MT Code § 13-38-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 38. Political Parties|Part 1. General Provisions|13-38-104. Party rules to be filed with secretary of state

  13-38-104. Party rules to be filed with secretary of state. The state central committee of each political party in this state must file a current copy of the rules of government of the party with the secretary of state.   History: En. Sec. 261, Ch. 571, L. 1979.
MT Code § 13-38-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 38. Political Parties|Part 1. General Provisions|13-38-105. City and county central committee rules to be filed with election administrator

  13-38-105. City and county central committee rules to be filed with election administrator. The city and county central committees of each political party of this state shall file a current copy of their rules of government with the election administrator. Rules adopted by a city or county central committee are effective only upon filing with the election administrator.   History: En. Sec. 262, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-38-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 38. Political Parties|Part 1. General Provisions|13-38-106. Precinct committee representative proxies

  13-38-106. Precinct committee representative proxies. (1) If the use of a proxy by a precinct committee representative elected or appointed pursuant to 13-38-201 is authorized under party rules, the proxy must be:   (a) in writing;   (b) dated on a day or at a time prior to the meeting in which the proxy is used; and   (c) signed or electronically authorized by the precinct committee representative on whose behalf it will be cast.   (2) A precinct committee representative's proxy that is cast in violation of the provisions in this section is invalid, and the outcome of a vote or action determined by the use of a precinct committee representative's unauthorized proxy is void.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 198, L. 2019.
MT Code § 13-38-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 13. Elections|Chapter 38. Political Parties|Part 1. General Provisions|13-38-107. Assumed business names and trademarks of central committees

  13-38-107. Assumed business names and trademarks of central committees. Only a city, county, or state central committee of a political party may register an assumed business name, trademark, or service mark for the central committee as provided by 30-13-219 and 30-13-342.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 198, L. 2019.