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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT creating the offense of dissemination of false election information; and providing penalties."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. Dissemination of false election information. (1) A person commits the offense of dissemination of false election information if the person purposely or knowingly, as defined in 45-2-101, disseminates false information about the date, time, or place of voting with the intent to induce a person not to vote.
(2) A person convicted of the offense of dissemination of false election information shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 13, chapter 1, part 1, and the provisions of Title 13, chapter 1, part 1, apply to [section 1].