44.12.106    ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS

(1) To provide guidance and certainty in identifying who is a public official as defined in 5-7-102 (16) , MCA, and an elected state official as defined in 5-7-102 (7) , MCA, the following are deemed to be an elected public official acting in his/her official capacity for state government:

(a) the governor;

(b) the lieutenant governor;

(c) the secretary of state;

(d) the attorney general;

(e) the state auditor;

(f) the superintendent of public instruction;

(g) public service commissioners;

(h) justices of the supreme court;

(i) district court judges;

(j) the clerk of the supreme court; and

(k) legislators.

History: Sec. 5-7-102, MCA; IMP, Sec. 5-7-102, MCA; NEW, 2002 MAR p. 2458, Eff. 9/13/02; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 1979, Eff. 8/20/04.