Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 44 - SECRETARY OF STATE
Chapter 44.11 - COMMISSIONER OF POLITICAL PRACTICES
Subchapter 44.11.7 - Surplus and Constituent Accounts
Rule 44.11.708 - OPENING AN ACCOUNT

Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 44.11.708

Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024

(1) An eligible elected official may establish a constituent services account under Title 13, chapter 37, part 4, MCA, 13-37-240, MCA, and the rules in this chapter, by filing a completed constituent services account form provided by the commissioner. The form shall require an eligible elected official to disclose and provide, as a minimum, the following:

(a) the name and elective office held by the eligible elected official establishing the constituent services account;

(b) the district or geographic area represented by the eligible elected official;

(c) the full name, mailing address, and telephone number that appears on the constituent services account;

(d) the full name and mailing address of any individual other than the eligible elected official who is authorized to make expenditures from the account (the eligible elected official establishing the account must be one of the signatories on the account);

(e) the full name, mailing address, and telephone number that appears on the campaign account from which surplus campaign funds are being transferred for deposit in the constituent services account;

(f) the full name, mailing address, and telephone number of the financial institution at which the constituent services account has been established;

(g) a copy of the closing report for the campaign account from which surplus campaign funds are being transferred for deposit in the constituent services account;

(h) the amount of surplus campaign funds being deposited in the constituent services account;

(i) if all of the surplus campaign funds in the closed campaign account will not be deposited in the eligible elected official's constituent services account, the full name and mailing address of each contributor or entity receiving any portion of the surplus campaign funds pursuant to ARM 44.11.702; and

(j) for each payment of surplus campaign funds to a contributor or entity under the preceding subsection, the date on which the payment was made.

(2) The form must be signed by the eligible elected official and verified as required by 13-37-231, MCA.

AUTH: 13-37-114, MCA; IMP: 13-37-401, 13-37-402, MCA

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