{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-35-804","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-35-804","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(1) A complaint of 13-35-802 may be filed with the commissioner of political practices pursuant to 13-37-111. A sufficiency finding from the commissioner of an investigation into a complaint filed under 13-37-111 is subject to civil penalties under 13-37-128 imposed by the commissioner or county attorney.\n(2) A second sufficiency finding by the commissioner must be referred to the county attorney for misdemeanor prosecution. Upon conviction, a violation is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment in county jail for not more than 6 months, or both.\n(3) A third sufficiency finding by the commissioner must be referred to the attorney general or county attorney for felony prosecution. Upon conviction, a violation is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 2 years, or both.\n(4) All penalties accruing under this section are cumulative to each other, and a suit for or recovery of one is not a bar to the recovery of any other penalty.\n(5) A prosecution under this section is not a bar to enforcement by injunction or other appropriate civil or administrative remedies.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 35. ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN PRACTICES AND CRIMINAL PROVISIONS","Part 8. Deepfake Regulation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0350/part_0080/section_0040/0130-0350-0080-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:32Z","sha256":"3e857f0af796cbf523b0994697bf87c2dcb4fc1f890e9031466fbe31a11d546b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-35-803","next":"us-mt/13-36-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}