13-37-505. Prohibition on foreign national interference in statewide ballot issues, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 13. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 37. CONTROL OF CAMPAIGN PRACTICES

Part 5. Prohibiting Foreign Influence in Elections

Prohibition On Foreign National Interference In Statewide Ballot Issues

13-37-505. Prohibition on foreign national interference in statewide ballot issues. (1) It is unlawful for a foreign national, directly or through an intermediary, to make a disbursement for an electioneering communication, a contribution, or an expenditure, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or an expenditure, in connection with any statewide ballot issue.

(2) It is unlawful for a person to:

(a) solicit, accept, or receive any funds from a foreign national for any purpose described in subsection (1); or

(b) make a contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure using any funds the person knows were received from a foreign national for any purpose described in this section.

(3) (a) Upon receipt of a contribution by a political committee created to support or to oppose a ballot issue, the committee treasurer shall obtain from the donor an affirmation that the donor is not a foreign national.

(b) Records of the donor affirmation received must be included in the treasurer's recordkeeping obligations under 13-37-207 and 13-37-208.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 730, L. 2025.