§ 69-1-201 Definitions
§ 69-1-211 Meetings of committee
§ 69-1-212 Compensation of committee members
§ 69-1-221 Staff of consumer counsel
§ 69-1-222 Annual report
§ 69-1-223 Funding of office of consumer counsel
§ 69-1-224 Determination of fee — reporting
§ 69-1-225 Computation and collection of fee in absence of statement — penalty and interest
§ 69-1-226 Failure to pay fee — penalty and interest — collection of fee
§ 69-1-227 Warrant for distraint
§ 69-1-228 Credit for overpayment — interest on overpayment
§ 69-1-229 reserved
§ 69-1-230 Statute of limitations
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Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 69 > Chapter 1 > Part 2 - Consumer Committee and Consumer Counsel

  • 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
  • commission: means the public service commission provided for in 2-15-2602. See Montana Code 69-1-101
  • Committee: means the legislative consumer committee provided for in Title 5, chapter 15, part 1. See Montana Code 69-1-201
  • Consumer counsel: means the consumer counsel provided for in Title 5, chapter 15, part 2. See Montana Code 69-1-201
  • 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.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Regulated companies: means all those organizations, corporations, associations, or other public or private entities which now are or may hereafter become subject to regulation in any manner by the department of public service regulation or the public service commission or any successor agency. See Montana Code 69-1-201
  • 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
  • Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203