Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 10 > Chapter 4 > Part 3 - Emergency Telephone System Account -- Usage

• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Department: means the department of justice provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 20. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Provider: means a public utility, a cooperative telephone company, a wireless provider, a provider of interconnected voice over IP service, a provider of exchange access services, or any other entity that provides access lines. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Public safety answering point: means a communications facility operated on a 24-hour basis that first receives emergency communications from persons requesting emergency services and that may, as appropriate, directly dispatch emergency services or transfer or relay the emergency communications to appropriate public safety agencies. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• 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
• Transfer: means a service in which a public safety answering point, upon receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, directly transfers the request to an appropriate public safety agency or other emergency services provider. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Tribal government: has the meaning provided in 2-15-141. See Montana Code 10-4-101