Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHAPTER 7. LOBBYING

Part 3. Prohibitions -- Enforcement

Prohibition Of Practice Without License And Registration

5-7-301. Prohibition of practice without license and registration. (1) An individual may not practice as a lobbyist unless that individual has been licensed under 5-7-103 and listed on the docket as employed in respect to all the matters that the individual is promoting or opposing.

(2) A principal may not directly or indirectly authorize or permit any lobbyist employed by that principal to practice lobbying until the lobbyist is licensed and the names of the lobbyist and the principal are entered on the docket.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 157, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 43-806(part); amd. Sec. 8, I.M. No. 85, approved Nov. 4, 1980; amd. Sec. 248, Ch. 61, L. 2007.