Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 90 > Chapter 2 > Part 11 - Reclamation and Development Grants Program

• 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
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of natural resources and conservation provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 33. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
• Financially feasible: means that adequate funds are available to complete the project as approved. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Mineral: means any precious stones or gems, gold, silver, copper, coal, lead, petroleum, natural gas, oil, uranium, or other nonrenewable merchantable products extracted from the surface or subsurface of the state of Montana. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
• Mineral development: means exploration, extraction, processing, or other activity related to the production of a mineral. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Project: means a planned and coordinated action or series of actions addressing an objective consistent with the policy and purpose of the reclamation and development grants program. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
• Public benefits: means those benefits that accrue to citizens as a group and enhance the common well-being of the people of Montana. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
• Public resources: means the natural resources of the state, including air, water, soil, minerals, vegetation, and fish and wildlife, and the economic, social, and cultural conditions of Montana citizens. See Montana Code 90-2-1103
• 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