Montana Code 2-18-1105. Eligibility for award
2-18-1105. Eligibility for award. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), an employee, a group or team of employees, or a nonemployee is eligible for an incentive award for innovations that:
Terms Used In Montana Code 2-18-1105
- Agency head: means a director, commissioner, or constitutional officer in charge of an executive, legislative, or judicial branch agency or an agency of the Montana university system. See Montana Code 2-18-1101
- Employee: means an employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch or the Montana university system. See Montana Code 2-18-1101
- Group or team of employees: means a group, team, or work unit of employees working cooperatively. See Montana Code 2-18-1101
- 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
(a)significantly contribute to achievements or outcomes eliminating or reducing an agency’s expenditures; or
(b)improve the effectiveness of state government or improve services to the public by permitting more work to be accomplished within an agency without increasing the cost of governmental operations.
(2)To be eligible for an incentive award, an employee, a group or team of employees, or a nonemployee must receive approval from agency management for immediate implementation, for a short-term test of an idea or innovation, or for the development and testing of a prototype that could make significant improvement in the way an agency conducts business by addressing fiscal, customer service, efficiency, or safety issues.
(3)A director, as defined in 2-15-102, or a legislator is not eligible for the incentive award provided for under this part.
(4)Suggestions relating to an agency are eligible for an award from that agency’s agency head even if the employee or group or team of employees, or one or more members of the group or team, do not work for that agency.