{"data":{"id":"us-mt/13-37-241","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"13-37-241","heading":"Candidate campaign debt.","body":"(1) If a candidate has unpaid primary election debt that consists solely of loans from the candidate to the candidate's campaign and if the candidate advances to the general election, the candidate is not required to pay off the primary election debt with primary election funds. Under these circumstances, leftover primary election funds may be used for general election purposes.\n(2) Following the general election, the candidate may repay a loan the candidate made to the candidate's campaign with primary or general election funds.","path":["TITLE 13. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 37. CONTROL OF CAMPAIGN PRACTICES","Part 2. Campaign Finance"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0130/chapter_0370/part_0020/section_0410/0130-0370-0020-0410.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:34Z","sha256":"d9fee2a6bc5898884917014fd1e30eb990c28a7982e2efb7f992a00b1c936ce8","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/13-37-240","next":"us-mt/13-37-242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}