13-37-206. Exception for certain school districts and certain special districts. - Montana Statutes

     13-37-206. Exception for certain school districts and certain special districts. (1) The provisions of this part, except 13-37-217, do not apply to candidates for the office of trustee of a school district, their political campaigns, and political committees organized to support or oppose a school district issue when the school district is:
     (a) a first-class district located in a county having a population of less than 15,000;
     (b) a second- or third-class district; or
     (c) a county high school district having a student enrollment of less than 2,000.
     (2) The provisions of this part, except 13-37-217, do not apply to candidates, their political campaigns, and political committees organized to support or oppose an issue if the candidate is running for or the committee's issue involves a unit of local government authorized by law to perform a single function or a limited number of functions, including but not limited to a conservation district, a weed management district, a fire district, a community college district, a hospital district, an irrigation district, a sewer district, a transportation district, a water district, or any district or other entity formed by interlocal agreement.

     History: En. 23-4781 by Sec. 6, Ch. 480, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 23, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 23-4781(7); amd. Sec. 250, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 361, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 191, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 127, Ch. 56, L. 2009.