Montana Regulations § 44.11.103 INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS
Regulation Text
(1)
All statutory references in these rules refer to the Montana Code Annotated, unless otherwise indicated.
(2)
Terms used in these rules shall be construed, unless the meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or unless such construction is inconsistent with the intent of the law, to mean the following:
(a)
election definitions as set forth in Title 13, MCA;
(b)
ethics definitions as set forth in Title 2, MCA;
(c)
lobbying definitions as set forth in Title 5, MCA; and
(d)
the definitions as set forth in these rules.
(3)
"Attribution" is described in
13-35-225
, MCA, and is further explained by ARM [NEW RULE VI].
(4)
"Ballot Committee" is a political committee specifically organized to support or oppose a ballot issue as defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.202.
(5)
"Campaign Account" is as referred to in
13-37-205
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.409.
(6)
"Candidate" is as defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and as applied to contribution limits in
13-37-216
and
13-37-218
, MCA.
(7)
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Political Practices as created under
2-15-411
and
13-37-102
, MCA.
(8)
"Complainant" means any person that files a complaint with the commissioner alleging a violation of the statutes or rules within the commissioner's jurisdiction.
(9)
"Contested Primary" is defined in ARM 44.11.222.
(10)
"Contribution" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.401.
(11)
"Coordinated" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.602.
(12)
"De Minimis" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.603.
(13)
"Earmarked Contribution" is as defined in ARM 44.11.404.
(14)
"Election" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA.
(15)
"Election Activity" means any activity that may constitute reportable election activity under Title 13, MCA.
(16)
"Election Communication" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.604.
(17)
"Electioneering" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.606.
(18)
"Electioneering Communication" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.605.
(19)
"Ethics Code" means the code of ethics, Title 2, chapter 2, part 1, MCA.
(20)
"Expenditure" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.501.
(21)
"Fair market value" means the retail price of such services, property, or rights in the market from which it ordinarily would have been either purchased by the expendee at the time of its expenditure, or purchased or sold by the contributor at the time of its contribution.
(22)
"Immediate Family" as described in
2-2-302
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.608 and 44.11.703.
(23)
"Incidental Committee" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.202.
(24)
"Independent Committee" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.202.
(25)
"Independent Expenditure" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA.
(26)
"In-kind" is defined in ARM 44.11.403, 44.11.503, and 44.11.701.
(27)
"Media" includes three subtypes which are subject to all restrictions, definitions, requirements, and limitations on communications found in these rules:
(a)
print media includes physical editions of newspapers, magazines, journals, periodicals, newsletters, books, flyers, brochures, posters, direct mail pieces, letters, postcards, billboards, and other similar media;
(b)
broadcast media includes television, radio, cable, satellite, and other similar media; and
(c)
digital media includes content on the internet, electronic files, including digital versions of print media and broadcast media, and other similar media.
(28)
"Periodical publication" is one that publishes at regular daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly intervals year round.
(29)
"Political Committee" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.202.
(30)
"Political Party Committee" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA, and further defined in ARM 44.11.202.
(31)
"Reportable Election Activity" includes accepting a contribution, a contribution in response to an appeal, or a designated contribution, or making an expenditure, a contribution, a coordinated expenditure, an independent expenditure, or an in-kind contribution or expenditure, or making an election communication or electioneering communication.
(32)
"Respondent" means any person against whom a complaint is filed with the commissioner.
(33)
"Support or Oppose" is defined in
13-1-101
, MCA.
History
Transferred from Rule
44.10.301
,
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