{"data":{"id":"us-mt/5-7-209","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"5-7-209","heading":"Payments prohibited unless reported -- penalty for late filing, failure to report, or false statement.","body":"A principal may not make payments to influence official action by any legislator or the legislature unless that principal files the reports required under this chapter. A principal who fails to file a required report within the time required by this chapter is subject to the penalties provided in 5-7-305 and 5-7-306(1). A principal who knowingly files a false, erroneous, or incomplete statement commits the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities.","path":["TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","CHAPTER 7. LOBBYING","Part 2. Registration and Reports"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0050/chapter_0070/part_0020/section_0090/0050-0070-0020-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:56Z","sha256":"b9fb990fc783d9e0b253b8357bfa4b44badbd2927eddf2f946faff719d8a94db","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/5-7-208","next":"us-mt/5-7-210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}