§ 5-4-201 Requirement of fiscal notes with committee reports
§ 5-4-202 Requests for notes by committee, house, or sponsor
§ 5-4-203 Budget director to prepare note
§ 5-4-204 Submission of fiscal note — sponsor’s fiscal note rebuttal — distribution to legislators
§ 5-4-205 Contents of notes
§ 5-4-206 Background information to legislators on request
§ 5-4-207 Repealed
§ 5-4-208 Report of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impact
§ 5-4-209 reserved
§ 5-4-210 Estimate of fiscal impact on local government required

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 5 > Chapter 4 > Part 2 - Fiscal Notes in Legislative Bills

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Oral examination: means an examination in the presence of the jury or tribunal that is to decide the fact or act upon it or the spoken testimony of the witness being heard by the jury or tribunal. See Montana Code 1-1-202
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • 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.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201