Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 17 > Chapter 6 > Part 6 - Montana Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund

• 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
• Health care: has the meaning provided in 50-16-504. See Montana Code 17-6-602
• 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.
• Programs for tobacco disease prevention: means programs of services administered by the state for the purposes of informing individuals of the health risks of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, assisting persons in the avoidance of tobacco products use, and assisting individuals in cessation of tobacco use. See Montana Code 17-6-602
• 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.
• 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
• Tobacco products: means a substance intended for human use that contains tobacco and includes but is not limited to cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco, and tobacco intended for use in an oral or nasal cavity. See Montana Code 17-6-602
• Trust fund: means the Montana tobacco settlement trust fund authorized by Article XII, section 4, of the Montana constitution and implemented through this part. See Montana Code 17-6-602