Montana § 5-7-120 Full Disclosure Of Public Expenditures On Federal Lobbying

Montana Statutes

§ 5-7-120 — Full Disclosure Of Public Expenditures On Federal Lobbying

Montana·Title 5 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH·Ch. 7 LOBBYING·Part 1 General Provisions -- Licenses

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 gov

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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.

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