Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 40 - Smoking in Public Places

• 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.
• Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-40-103
• Enclosed public place: means an indoor area, room, or vehicle that the general public is allowed to enter or that serves as a place of work, including but not limited to the following:

  (a)restaurants;

  (b)stores;

  (c)public and private office buildings and offices, including all office buildings and offices of political subdivisions, as provided for in 50-40-201, and state government;

  (d)trains, buses, and other forms of public transportation;

  (e)health care facilities;

  (f)auditoriums, arenas, and assembly facilities;

  (g)meeting rooms open to the public;

  (h)bars;

  (i)community college facilities;

  (j)facilities of the Montana university system; and

  (k)public schools, as provided for in 20-1-220 and 50-40-104. See Montana Code 50-40-103

• Establishment: means an enterprise under one roof that serves the public and for which a single person, agency, corporation, or legal entity is responsible. See Montana Code 50-40-103
• Incidental to the service of alcoholic beverages or gambling operations: means that at least 60% of the business's annual gross income comes from the sale of alcoholic beverages or gambling receipts, or both. See Montana Code 50-40-103
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, political subdivision, or other entity. See Montana Code 50-40-103
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• 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
• Place of work: means an enclosed room where one or more individuals work. See Montana Code 50-40-103
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• to smoke: includes the act of lighting, smoking, or carrying a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any smokable product and includes the use of marijuana. See Montana Code 50-40-103