Montana Code Annotated
Title 5. Legislative Branch
Chapter 7. Lobbying

Part 1. General Provisions -- Licenses

5-7-101. Purposes of chapter -- applicability - 5-7-101. Purposes of chapter -- applicability. (1) The purposes of...

5-7-102. Definitions - 5-7-102. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this chapter: (1)...

5-7-103. Licenses -- fees -- eligibility -- waiver - 5-7-103. Licenses -- fees -- eligibility -- waiver. (1) Any...

5-7-104. Repealed - 5-7-104. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980. History: En....

5-7-105. Suspension of lobbying privileges - 5-7-105. Suspension of lobbying privileges. A lobbyist whose license has...

5-7-106. and 5-7-107 reserved - 5-7-106 and 5-7-107 reserved.

5-7-108. Inspection of applications and reports -- order of noncompliance -- notification - 5-7-108. Inspection of applications and reports -- order of noncompliance...

5-7-109. and 5-7-110 reserved - 5-7-109 and 5-7-110 reserved.

5-7-111. Commissioner to make rules - 5-7-111. Commissioner to make rules. (1) The commissioner shall promulgate...

5-7-112. Payment threshold -- inflation adjustment - 5-7-112. Payment threshold -- inflation adjustment. For calendar year 2004,...

5-7-113. through 5-7-119 reserved - 5-7-113 through 5-7-119 reserved.

5-7-120. Full disclosure of public expenditures on federal lobbying - 5-7-120. Full disclosure of public expenditures on federal lobbying. (1)...

Part 2. Registration and Reports

5-7-201. Docket -- contents - 5-7-201. Docket -- contents. The commissioner shall make available to...

5-7-202. Docket -- public record - 5-7-202. Docket -- public record. Such docket shall be a...

5-7-203. Principal -- name of lobbyist on docket - 5-7-203. Principal -- name of lobbyist on docket. Each principal...

5-7-204. Updating docket - 5-7-204. Updating docket. Any principal employing any lobbyist shall, when...

5-7-205. Repealed - 5-7-205. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980. History: En....

5-7-206. Repealed - 5-7-206. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980. History: En....

5-7-207. Report to legislature - 5-7-207. Report to legislature. Beginning with the first Tuesday following...

5-7-208. Principals to file report - 5-7-208. Principals to file report. (1) A principal subject to...

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,...

5-7-210. Reimbursement - 5-7-210. Reimbursement. Whenever a lobbyist invites a legislator to attend...

5-7-211. Governmental responses not lobbying payments - 5-7-211. Governmental responses not lobbying payments. Budget preparation or response...

5-7-212. Audit of lobbying reports - 5-7-212. Audit of lobbying reports. (1) The commissioner may audit...

5-7-213. Renumbered 2-2-106 - 5-7-213. Renumbered 2-2-106. Code Commissioner, 1995.

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...

5-7-302. Unprofessional conduct - 5-7-302. Unprofessional conduct. No lobbyist or principal shall engage in...

5-7-303. Repealed - 5-7-303. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980. History: En....

5-7-304. Repealed - 5-7-304. Repealed. Sec. 20, Initiative No. 85, 1980. History: En....

5-7-305. Penalties and enforcement - 5-7-305. Penalties and enforcement. (1) A person who violates any...

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...

5-7-307. through 5-7-309 reserved - 5-7-307 through 5-7-309 reserved.

5-7-310. Prohibition of lobbying by former government personnel - 5-7-310. Prohibition of lobbying by former government personnel. (1) An...