§ 17-1-101 Definition of department
§ 17-1-102 Uniform accounting system and expenditure control
§ 17-1-103 Assistance to legislature
§ 17-1-104 Definitions
§ 17-1-105 Statewide cost allocation plan
§ 17-1-106 Agency recovery of indirect costs — exemption
§ 17-1-107 Agency recovery of costs for services rendered — invoice — payment deadline — interest
§ 17-1-111 General fiscal duties of state treasurer
§ 17-1-112 Access to offices
§ 17-1-113 Securities lending program
§ 17-1-121 Repealed
§ 17-1-122 Discretionary authority of state treasurer
§ 17-1-123 Repealed
§ 17-1-124 Authority of state auditor concerning securities
§ 17-1-131 General duties of budget director
§ 17-1-132 Access to information
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Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 17 > Chapter 1 > Part 1 - General Administration and Fiscal Officers

  • Agency: means all offices, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, universities, colleges, and any other administrative units of state government. See Montana Code 17-1-104
  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Indirect costs: means costs for services that benefit more than one agency or program and that are not readily assignable to the agency or program specifically benefiting. See Montana Code 17-1-104
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • 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