Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 1 > Chapter 3 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Action with taking or damaging implications: means a proposed state agency administrative rule, policy, or permit condition or denial pertaining to land or water management or to some other environmental matter that if adopted and enforced would constitute a deprivation of private property in violation of the United States or Montana constitution. See Montana Code 2-10-103
• Annual performance report: means a written annual review and assessment of the outcomes and outputs of a department as compared to its established annual plan and performance measures. See Montana Code 2-12-103
• Annual plan: means a written plan prepared to guide the ongoing and proposed activities of a department by setting out initiatives, aspirational goals, outcomes, and outputs that the department intends to accomplish, and performance measures to facilitate program evaluations. See Montana Code 2-12-103
• Department: means each entity listed in 2-15-104(1)(a) through (1)(p), the office of the secretary of state, the office of the state auditor, and the office of public instruction. See Montana Code 2-12-103
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Initiative: means a specific goal, objective, or target related to a performance measure that is adopted by a department. See Montana Code 2-12-103
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Outcomes: means a quantification of the public benefit for Montanans derived from actions by a department. See Montana Code 2-12-103
• Outputs: means a quantification of the number of services that a department produces for Montanans. See Montana Code 2-12-103
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Performance measure: means a metric or measurement that is designed to help guide government by assessing what a department aspires to achieve pursuant to its annual plan with respect to the outcomes and outputs of its programs. See Montana Code 2-12-103
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Private property: means all real property, including but not limited to water rights. See Montana Code 2-10-103
• 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
• State agency: means an officer, board, commission, department, or other entity within the executive branch of state government. See Montana Code 2-10-103
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Taking or damaging: means depriving a property owner of private property in a manner requiring compensation under the 5th and 14th amendments to the constitution of the United States or Article II, section 29, of the Montana constitution. See Montana Code 2-10-103
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201