Montana Statutes
§ 5-7-101 — Purposes Of Chapter -- Applicability
5-7-101 . Purposes of chapter -- applicability.
(1)The purposes of this chapter are to promote a high standard of ethics in the practice of lobbying, to prevent unfair and unethical lobbying practices, to provide for the licensing of lobbyists and the suspension or revocation of the licenses, and to require disclosure of the amounts of money spent for lobbying.
(2)This chapter does not subject an individual lobbying on the individual's own behalf to any reporting requirements or deprive an individual of the constitutional right to communicate with legislators.
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Legislative History
En. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-801; amd. Sec. 1, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 568, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 498, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 244, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 2021.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-7-101
Purposes Of Chapter -- Applicability§ 5-7-102
Definitions§ 5-7-104
Repealed§ 5-7-105
Suspension Of Lobbying Privileges§ 5-7-106
Disclosure Of Local Government Lobbying Contract -- Exemption For Local Government Associations§ 5-7-107
Reserved§ 5-7-109
And 5-7-110 Reserved§ 5-7-111
Commissioner To Make Rules§ 5-7-113
Through 5-7-119 Reserved§ 5-7-201
Docket -- Contents§ 5-7-202
Docket -- Public Record