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Code · Montana · Title 30 — Trade and Commerce · Chapter 14 · Part 1

30-14-158. (Temporary) Prohibition against tiktok -- penalty -- enforcement -- definitions.

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30-14-158 . (Temporary) Prohibition against tiktok -- penalty -- enforcement -- definitions.
(1)Tiktok may not operate within the territorial jurisdiction of Montana. An entity violates this prohibition when any of the following occurs within the territorial jurisdiction of Montana:
(a)the operation of tiktok by the company or users; or
(b)the option to download the tiktok mobile application by a mobile application store.
(2)An entity that violates a provision of this section is liable in the amount of $10,000 for each discrete violation and is liable for an additional $10,000 each day thereafter that the violation continues.
(3)It is an affirmative defense to this section if the violating entity could not have reasonably known that the violation occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of Montana.
(4)Penalties under this section do not apply to law enforcement activities, national security interests and activities, security research activities, or essential government uses permitted by the governor on the information technology system of the state.
(5)Penalties in this section do not apply to users of tiktok.
(6)The department of justice shall enforce the provisions of this section.
(7)As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(a)"Discrete violation" means each time that a user accesses tiktok, is offered the ability to access tiktok, or is offered the ability to download tiktok.
(b)"Entity" means a mobile application store or tiktok.
(c)"Mobile application" means a type of software program designed to run on a mobile device.
(d)"Territorial jurisdiction" means all places subject to the criminal jurisdiction of Montana.
(e)"Tiktok" means the social networking service owned by the Chinese company bytedance limited or any successors. (Void on occurrence of contingency--sec. 4, Ch. 503, L. 2023.)
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