§ 17-8-101 Appropriation and disbursement of money from treasury
§ 17-8-102 Expenditure procedures — quarterly allotment system
§ 17-8-103 Expenditures in excess of appropriation unlawful — conditions in appropriation acts
§ 17-8-104 Civil penalties and remedies for violation
§ 17-8-105 Definitions applicable to expenditure limitation
§ 17-8-106 Expenditure limitation — exception
§ 17-8-107 Limitations on spending deferred inflows of resources — exception — definition
§ 17-8-108 Prohibited uses of public funds
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Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 17 > Chapter 8 > Part 1 - Limits on Disbursements and Expenditures

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
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  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
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  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201