Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 1 > Chapter 12 - Commission On Uniform State Laws

• 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
• Broadcasting: means any application of communication technologies to deliver live or delayed programming to a viewing audience, including but not limited to over-the-air television broadcasts, cable television, and the streaming of audio or video signals over the internet. See Montana Code 5-11-1102
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Committee on committees: Committees formed in each party conference and responsible for nominating the party's Senators to committee membership and committee leadership positions. Nominations are subject to approval by the full party conference and to a formal vote of the Senate.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Division: means the legislative services division provided for in 5-11-111. See Montana Code 5-11-1102
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Gavel-to-gavel coverage: means that any broadcast of legislative or administrative proceedings is activated when the presiding officer of a floor session or a committee meeting calls the body to order and is deactivated on adjournment. See Montana Code 5-11-1102
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Majority party: means the party with the most members in a house of the legislature, subject to subsection (2). See Montana Code 1-1-208
• Minority party: means the party with the second most members in a house of the legislature, subject to subsection (2). See Montana Code 1-1-208
• Operator: means :

  (a)a private, nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or

  (b)a public or private Montana institution of higher education that has a program related to video production or broadcast or a related field. See Montana Code 5-11-1102

• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Several: means two or more. See Montana Code 1-1-201