HOUSE BILL NO. 433
INTRODUCED BY B. WISEMAN
AN ACT REQUIRING STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE READILY AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION A SUMMARY REPORT ITEMIZING EXPENDITURES FOR LOBBYING AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED FEDERAL OFFICIAL; REQUIRING STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DESIGNATE AN OFFICE FROM WHICH THE SUMMARY REPORT MAY BE OBTAINED; AND REQUIRING STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO POST THE SUMMARY REPORT TO THE INTERNET.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. 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, "expenditure" means a payment by the state agency or local government or a payment by a contractor of the state agency or local government.
Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 5, chapter 7, part 1, and the provisions of Title 5, chapter 7, part 1, apply to [section 1].
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