Montana Code > Title 2 > Chapter 6 – Public Records

		Sections
Part 10	General Provisions	§ 2-6-1001 – § 2-6-1033
Part 11	Executive Branch Records	§ 2-6-1101 – § 2-6-1114
Part 12	Local Government Records	§ 2-6-1201 – § 2-6-1205
Part 15	State Agency Protection of Personal Information	§ 2-6-1501 – § 2-6-1504

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 2 > Chapter 6 - Public Records

Affiliate: means a subsidiary of which more than 50% of the voting stock is owned directly by the parent corporation or another member of the Montana combined group. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Agreement: means a signed contract that is valid under Montana law between a coal mine operator and a purchaser or broker for the sale of coal that is produced in Montana. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Alternative energy system: means the generation system or equipment used to convert energy sources into usable sources using fuel cells that do not require hydrocarbon fuel, geothermal systems, low-emission wood or biomass, wind, photovoltaics, geothermal, small hydropower plants under 1 megawatt, and other recognized nonfossil forms of energy generation. See Montana Code 15-32-102
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Auger mining: means the method of recovering coal by boring with an auger into a coal bed prepared by strip-mining excavations or in naturally sloping terrain. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Base investment: means the amount expended by a production company as production expenditures and compensation incurred in this state that are directly used in a state-certified production. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Biodiesel: has the meaning provided in 15-70-401. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Biogas: means methane gas produced through controlled biochemical processes in which bacteria digest animal, municipal, or other organic wastes in an oxygen-free environment. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Biomass: means any renewable organic matter, including dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, aquatic plants, animal wastes, municipal wastes, and other organic waste materials. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Board: means the board of oil and gas conservation provided for in 2-15-3303. See Montana Code 15-36-303
breach: means the unauthorized acquisition of computerized data that:

(a)materially compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of the personal information maintained by a state agency or by a third party on behalf of a state agency; and

(b)causes or is reasonably believed to cause loss or injury to a person. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Broker: means any person who resells Montana coal. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Building: means :

(a)a single or multiple dwelling, including a mobile home or manufactured home; or

(b)a building used for commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes that is enclosed with walls and a roof. See Montana Code 15-32-102
Capital investment: means any material or equipment purchased and installed in a building or land with or without improvements. See Montana Code 15-32-102
Carbon sequestration: means the long-term storage of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide, as defined in 15-6-158, in geologic formations, including but not limited to deep saline formations, basalt or oil shale formations, depleted oil and gas reservoirs, unminable coal beds, and closed-loop enhanced oil recovery operations. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Chief information security officer: means an employee at the department of administration designated by the chief information officer who is responsible for protecting the state's information assets and citizens' data by:

(a)advising and overseeing information security strategy and programs for executive branch state agencies without elected officials;

(b)advising and consulting information security strategy and programs for executive branch state agencies with elected officials and the legislative and judicial branches; and

(c)advising information security strategy and programs for city, county, consolidated city-county, and local governments and for school districts, other political subdivisions, or tribal governments. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Clean advanced coal research and development equipment: means equipment used primarily for research and development of emerging methods for pollution control, carbon capture, and carbon sequestration. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Coal gasification: means a process that converts coal into a synthesis gas composed of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and other gases. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Coal washing: means any treatment to remove impurities from underground mined coal. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Coal-to-liquid facility: means improvements and personal property used for the production of synthetic liquid fuels from coal. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Compensation: means Montana wages, salaries, commissions, payments to a loan-out company subject to the provisions of subsection (3)(c), union benefits, fringe benefits, and any other form of remuneration paid to employees for personal services performed in this state. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Confidential information: means information that is accorded confidential status or is prohibited from disclosure as provided by applicable law. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Constitutional officer: means the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction, or auditor, who are the constitutionally designated and elected officials of the executive branch of government. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Constitutional officer record: means a public record prepared, owned, used, or retained by a constitutional officer. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Contract sales price: means either the price of coal extracted and prepared for shipment f. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Department: means the department of revenue provided for in 2-15-1301. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Department: means the department of revenue provided for in 2-15-1301. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Donation: means a gift of cash. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Donee: The recipient of a gift.
Donor: The person who makes a gift.
Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
Eligible student: means a student who is a Montana resident and who is 5 years of age or older on or before September 10 of the year of attendance and has not yet reached 19 years of age. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Energy conservation purpose: means one or both of the following results of an investment:

(a)reducing the waste or dissipation of energy; or

(b)reducing the amount of energy required to accomplish a given quantity of work. See Montana Code 15-32-102
Energy conversion process: includes any process by which coal in the solid state is transformed into slurry, gas, electrical energy, or any other form of energy. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Enhanced recovery project: means the use of any process for the displacement of oil from the earth other than primary recovery and includes the use of an immiscible, miscible, chemical, thermal, or biological process. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Ethanol: means nominally anhydrous ethyl alcohol that has been denatured as specified in 27 CFR, parts 20 and 21, and that meets the standards for ethanol adopted pursuant to 82-15-103. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Executive branch agency: means a department, board, commission, office, bureau, or other public authority of the executive branch of state government. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Existing enhanced recovery project: means an enhanced recovery project that began development before January 1, 1994. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Game platform: means the electronic delivery system used to launch or play an interactive game. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Game sequel: means an interactive game that builds on the theme of a previously released interactive game, is distinguished by a new title, and features objectives or characters that are recognizably different from those in the original game. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
gas: means all natural gases, hydrocarbon gases, all forms of inert gas, and all other fluid hydrocarbons as produced at the wellhead and not defined as oil under 82-1-111. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Historic record: means a public record found by the state archivist to have permanent administrative or historic value to the state. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Horizontal drain hole: means that portion of a wellbore with 70 degrees to 110 degrees deviation from the vertical and a horizontal projection within the common source of supply, as that term is defined by the board, that exceeds 100 feet. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Horizontally completed well: means :

(a)a well with one or more horizontal drain holes; or

(b)any other well classified by the board as a horizontally completed well. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Incremental production: means :

(a)the volume of oil produced by a new enhanced recovery project, by a well in primary recovery recompleted as a horizontally completed well, by recompletion of an existing horizontal drain hole, or by an expanded enhanced recovery project, that is in excess of the production decline rate established under the conditions existing before:

(i)commencing the recompletion of a well as a horizontally completed well;

(ii)expanding the existing enhanced recovery project; or

(iii)commencing a new enhanced recovery project; or

(b)in the case of any project that had no taxable production prior to commencing the enhanced recovery project, all production of oil from the enhanced recovery project. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Individual: means a human being. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Innovative educational program: includes any of the following:

(a)transformational learning as defined in 20-7-1602;

(b)advanced opportunity as defined in 20-7-1503;

(c)any program, service, instructional methodology, or adaptive equipment used to expand opportunity for a child with a disability as defined in 20-7-401;

(d)any courses provided through work-based learning partnerships or for postsecondary credit or career certification;

(e)technology enhancements, including but not limited to any expenditure incurred for purposes specified in 20-9-533; and

(f)capital improvements and equipment necessary to support an innovative educational program. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Inorganic fertilizer produced as a byproduct: means enriched mine tailings, kiln dust, and reject rock that have been processed for use in increasing soil condition and fertility and includes soil amendments as that term is defined in 80-10-101. See Montana Code 15-32-302
Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
Integrated gasification combined cycle facility: means improvements and personal property of an electrical generation facility that uses a coal gasification process and routes synthesis gas to a combustion turbine to generate electricity and captures the heat from the combustion to drive a steam turbine to produce more electricity. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Loan-out company: means a personal service company contracted with and retained by a production company to provide individual personnel who are not employees of the production company, including actors, directors, producers, writers, production designers, production managers, costume designers, directors of photography, editors, casting directors, first assistant directors, second unit directors, stunt coordinators, and similar personnel, for performance of services used directly in a qualified production activity. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Local government: means a city, town, county, consolidated city-county, special district, or school district or a subdivision of one of these entities. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Local government records committee: means the committee provided for in 2-6-1201. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Multimarket commercial distribution: means paid commercial distribution that extends to markets outside the state. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
New enhanced recovery project: means an enhanced recovery project that began development after December 31, 1993. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Oil: means crude petroleum or mineral oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced at the wellhead in liquid form and that are not the result of condensation of gas after it leaves the wellhead. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Organic fertilizer: means raw organic matter that has been processed and aged for use in increasing soil condition and fertility and includes soil amendments as that term is defined in 80-10-101. See Montana Code 15-32-302
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Pass-through entity: has the meaning provided in 15-30-2101. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Passive solar system: means a direct thermal energy system that uses the structure of a building and its operable components to provide heating or cooling during the appropriate times of the year by using the climate resources available at the site. See Montana Code 15-32-102
Permanent record: means a public record designated for long-term or permanent retention. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Person: means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, or a public organization of any character. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
Personal information: means a first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements when the name and data elements are not encrypted:

(i)a social security number;

(ii)a driver's license number, an identification card number issued pursuant to 61-12-501, a tribal identification number or enrollment number, or a similar identification number issued by any state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa;

(iii)an account number or credit or debit card number in combination with any required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to a person's financial account;

(iv)medical record information as defined in 33-19-104;

(v)a taxpayer identification number; or

(vi)an identity protection personal identification number issued by the United States internal revenue service. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Personal property: means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Montana Code 1-1-205
Postproduction company: means a company that:

(i)maintains a business location physically located in this state;

(ii)is engaged in qualified postproduction activities;

(iii)meets the requirements of 15-31-1005(4); and

(iv)has been approved by the department of commerce to claim the credit provided for in 15-31-1009. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Prepared for shipment: includes but is not limited to services such as in-mine movement, crushing, sizing, screening, storing, mixing, loading, treatment with substances including chemicals or oils, and other preparation of the coal for disposition. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
Primary recovery: means the displacement of oil from the earth into the wellbore by means of the natural pressure of the oil reservoir and includes artificial lift. See Montana Code 15-36-303
principal business: means a renewable energy manufacturing facility with at least 50%, by value, of its annual production suitable for sale as renewable energy material, component parts, systems, or similar equipment. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Printing: means the act of reproducing a design on a surface by any process. See Montana Code 1-1-203
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
Produced: means severed from the earth. See Montana Code 15-35-102
producer: means a person who produces oil or natural gas within this state or who owns, controls, manages, leases, or operates within this state any well or wells from which any marketable oil or natural gas is extracted or produced. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Production company: means a company primarily engaged in qualified production activities that have been approved by the department of commerce. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Production decline rate: means the projected rate of future oil or natural gas production, extrapolated by a method approved by the board, that must be determined for a project area prior to commencing a new or expanded enhanced recovery project or the recompletion of a well as a horizontally completed well or the recompletion of an existing horizontal drain hole. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Production expenditure: means a preproduction or production expenditure incurred in Montana that is directly used for a qualified production activity including:

(i)set construction and operation;

(ii)wardrobes, makeup, accessories, and related services;

(iii)costs associated with photography and sound synchronization expenditures, excluding license fees, incurred with Montana companies for sound recordings and musical compositions, lighting, or related services and materials;

(iv)editing and related services;

(v)rental of facilities and equipment;

(vi)leasing of vehicles, whether to be photographed or to transport people, equipment, or materials;

(vii)lodging costs, including hotel rooms and private housing rentals paid for by the production company;

(viii)per diem and living allowance paid to staff, cast, and crew members;

(ix)digital, film, or tape editing, film processing, transfers of film to tape or digital format, sound mixing, computer graphics services, special effects services, visual effects services, and animation services;

(x)airfare, if purchased through a Montana travel agency or travel company;

(xi)insurance costs and bonding, if purchased through a Montana insurance agency; and

(xii)other direct costs of producing the project in accordance with generally accepted entertainment industry practices and generally accepted accounting principles. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
Public agency: means the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of Montana state government, a political subdivision of the state, a local government, and any agency, department, board, commission, office, bureau, division, or other public authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the state of Montana. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Public information: means information prepared, owned, used, or retained by any public agency relating to the transaction of official business, regardless of form, except for confidential information that must be protected against public disclosure under applicable law. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
Public officer: means any person who has been elected or appointed as an officer of state or local government. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Public record: means public information that is:

(a)fixed in any medium and is retrievable in usable form for future reference; and

(b)designated for retention by the state records committee, judicial branch, legislative branch, or local government records committee. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Purchaser: means a person who purchases or contracts to purchase Montana coal directly from a coal mine operator or indirectly from a broker and who utilizes that coal in any industrial, commercial, or energy conversion process. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Qualified education provider: means an education provider that:

(a)is not a public school;

(b)(i) is accredited, has applied for accreditation, or is provisionally accredited by a state, regional, or national accreditation organization; or

(ii)is a nonaccredited provider or tutor and has informed the child's parents or legal guardian in writing at the time of enrollment that the provider is not accredited and is not seeking accreditation;

(c)is not a home school as referred to in 20-5-102(2)(e);

(d)satisfies the health and safety requirements prescribed by law for private schools in this state; and

(e)qualifies for an exemption from compulsory enrollment under 20-5-102(2)(e) and 20-5-109. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Qualified production: means a new film, video, or digital project including only feature films, series for theaters, television, or streaming, pilots, movies and scripted shows made for television or streaming, televised commercial advertisements, music videos, corporate videos, industrial films, production for website creation, television specials, sports events, video games, interactive entertainment, prereleased interactive games, and sound recording projects used in a feature film, series, pilot, or movie for television. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Qualified production activity: means the production of a new film, video, or digital project in this state and approved by the department of commerce, including only feature films, series for theaters, television, or streaming, pilots, movies and scripted shows made for television or streaming, televised commercial advertisements, music videos, corporate videos, industrial films, production for website creation, television specials, sports events, video games, interactive entertainment, prereleased interactive games, and sound recording projects used in a feature film, series, pilot, or movie for television. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Qualifying production: means the first 12 months of production of oil or natural gas from a well drilled after December 31, 1998, or the first 18 months of production of oil or natural gas from a horizontally completed well drilled after December 31, 1998, or from a well that has not produced oil or natural gas during the 5 years immediately preceding the first month of qualifying production. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Raw organic matter: means unprocessed plant or animal waste products. See Montana Code 15-32-302
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Real property: means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands. See Montana Code 1-1-205
Recognized nonfossil forms of energy generation: means :

(a)a system that captures energy or converts energy sources into usable sources, including electricity, by using:

(i)solar energy, including passive solar systems;

(ii)wind;

(iii)solid waste;

(iv)the decomposition of organic wastes;

(v)geothermal;

(vi)fuel cells that do not require hydrocarbon fuel; or

(vii)an alternative energy system;

(b)a system that produces electric power from biomass or solid wood wastes; or

(c)a small system that uses water power by means of an impoundment that is not over 20 acres in surface area. See Montana Code 15-32-102
Records manager: means an individual designated by a public agency to be responsible for coordinating the efficient and effective management of the agency's public records and information. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
Redaction: means the alteration of personal information contained within data to make all or a significant part of the data unreadable. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Renewable diesel: means a biomass-derived fuel that is suitable for use in diesel engines that is hydrocarbon produced by hydrotreating and also through gasification, pyrolysis, or other biochemical and thermochemical technology, or any combination of these technologies. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Renewable energy: includes the following:

(a)solar energy;

(b)wind energy;

(c)geothermal energy;

(d)energy from the conversion of biomass;

(e)energy from biogas;

(f)energy from fuel cells that do not require a petroleum-based fuel;

(g)energy from waste heat; and

(h)cellulosic ethanol. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Renewable energy manufacturing facility: means improvements and personal property used by a facility with its principal business being the manufacturing of material, component parts, systems, or similar equipment for use in facilities that convert renewable energy into forms of energy useful to people, including electricity. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Renewable energy research and development equipment: means equipment used primarily for research and development of the efficient use of renewable energy sources. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Resident: has the meaning provided in 15-30-2101. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Secondary recovery project: means an enhanced recovery project, other than a tertiary recovery project, that commenced or was expanded after December 31, 1993, and meets each of the following requirements:

(a)The project must be certified as a secondary recovery project to the department by the board. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Security incident: means an occurrence that:

(a)actually or potentially jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information the system processes, stores, or transmits; or

(b)constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Several: means two or more. See Montana Code 1-1-201
Small business corporation: has the meaning provided in 15-30-3301. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
State agency: means an agency, authority, board, bureau, college, commission, committee, council, department, hospital, institution, office, university, or other instrumentality of the legislative or executive branch of state government. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
State records committee: means the state records committee provided for in 2-6-1107. See Montana Code 2-6-1002
State-certified production: means a production engaged in qualified production activities and certified by the department of commerce as provided in 15-31-1004. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Student scholarship organization: means a charitable organization in this state that:

(a)is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Sustainable aviation fuel: means an aviation fuel derived from renewable resources that enables a reduction in net life cycle carbon dioxide emissions compared to conventional fuels. See Montana Code 15-24-3102
Taxes paid on production: includes any tax paid to the federal, state, or local governments upon the quantity of coal produced as a function of either the volume or the value of production and does not include any tax upon the value of mining equipment, machinery, or buildings and lands, any tax upon a person's net income derived in whole or in part from the sale of coal, or any license fee. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Taxpayer: has the meaning provided in 15-30-2101. See Montana Code 15-30-3102
Tertiary recovery project: means an enhanced recovery project, other than a secondary recovery project, using a tertiary recovery method that meets the following requirements:

(a)The project must be certified as a tertiary recovery project to the department by the board. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Third party: means :

(a)a person with a contractual obligation to perform a function for a state agency; or

(b)a state agency with a contractual or other obligation to perform a function for another state agency. See Montana Code 2-6-1501
Ton: means 2,000 pounds. See Montana Code 15-35-102
Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Underserved area: means a county in this state in which 14% or more people of all ages are in poverty as determined by the U. See Montana Code 15-31-1003
Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
wells: means a single well or a group of wells in one field or production unit and under the control of one operator or producer. See Montana Code 15-36-303
Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203