Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 71 > Part 1 - Montana Occupational Safety and Health Act

• 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
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in 2-15-1701. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Employee: has the meaning provided in 39-71-118. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Employer: has the meaning provided in 39-71-117. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• 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.
• Health: means protection against occupational illness. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Inspection: means an onsite review of a workplace by the department to determine compliance with standards adopted under this part. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Public sector employee: means an employee of a public sector employer. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Public sector employer: means :

  (a)a state agency;

  (b)each county in the state;

  (c)each municipality in the state;

  (d)each school district or community college; and

  (e)any other political subdivision of the state. See Montana Code 50-71-112

• Safety: means protection against occupational injury or death. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Safety consultation services: has the meaning provided in 39-71-1503. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Standard: means a rule adopted by the department pursuant to this part that is designed to promote or ensure safety or health in the workplace. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• 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 any branch of government, including a department, board, commission, office, bureau, institution, university system entity, or unit of state government recognized in the state budget. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Workplace: means any site or location where an employee performs work for the employee's employer. See Montana Code 50-71-112
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203