Montana Code 5-7-120. Full disclosure of public expenditures on federal lobbying
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.
Terms Used In Montana Code 5-7-120
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(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.