Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 39 > Chapter 51 > Part 4 - Financial Administration

• 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
• Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to the individual's unemployment. See Montana Code 39-51-201
• Contributions: means the money payments to the state unemployment insurance fund required by this chapter but does not include assessments under 39-51-404. See Montana Code 39-51-201
• Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. See Montana Code 39-51-201
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fund: means the unemployment insurance fund established by this chapter to which all contributions and payments in lieu of contributions must be paid and from which all benefits provided under this chapter must be paid. See Montana Code 39-51-201
• 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.
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• State: includes , in addition to the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Canada. See Montana Code 39-51-201
• Unemployment insurance administration fund: means the unemployment insurance administration fund established by this chapter from which administrative expenses under this chapter must be paid. See Montana Code 39-51-201
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201