Group backing legalized pot no longer has to name donors March 15, 2021 GMT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A complaint was closed against the Washington-based group that bankrolled the marijuana legalization effort in Montana last year after a commissioner of political practices determined the group will not have to disclose its donors. Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Jeff Mangan on March 3 reversed his December decision against the North Fund where he ruled the group must identify its donors after it registered as an incidental political committee instead of an independent committee, The Montana State News Bureau reported Friday. Independent committees must disclose donors.