Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 75 > Chapter 11 > Part 2 - Montana Underground Storage Tank Installer and Inspector Licensing and Permitting Act

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Board: means the board of environmental review provided for in 2-15-3502. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Inspection: means activities to inspect all or part of an underground storage tank system, including records relating to installation, operation, maintenance, and closure to determine compliance with applicable laws and rules relating to operation and maintenance. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Inspector: means an individual who performs inspections of underground storage tank systems. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Installer: means an individual who installs or closes underground storage tank systems. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
• License: means a license issued by the department under 75-11-204 or 75-11-210 to conduct the inspection, installation, or closure of underground storage tank systems. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Licensed installer: means an individual who holds a valid underground storage tank system installer license. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Operator: means a person in control of or having responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of an underground storage tank system. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Owner: means a person who owns an underground storage tank system used for the storage, use, or dispensing of regulated substances. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• 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, firm, trust, estate, partnership, company, association, corporation (whether organized for profit or not), city, town, local governmental entity, or any other governmental or private entity. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Regulated substance: means a regulated substance as defined in 75-11-503. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• 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
• underground storage tank system: means an underground storage tank, as defined in 75-11-503, and, for purposes of this part, includes ancillary equipment designed to prevent, detect, or contain a release from an underground storage tank system. See Montana Code 75-11-203
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203