Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 22 > Chapter 2 > Part 4 - Art for State Buildings

• 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
• Artist: means a practitioner in the visual arts generally recognized by the practitioner's peers or critics as a professional who produces works of art. See Montana Code 22-2-403
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• New state building: means any structure to be built, remodeled, or renovated with money appropriated by the legislature that is, in the opinion of the architecture and engineering division of the department of administration, appropriate for the inclusion of works of art. See Montana Code 22-2-403
• Sole ownership: The type of property ownership in which one individual holds legal title to the property and has full control of it.
• 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
• Work of art: means any work of visual art, including but not limited to a drawing, painting, mural, fresco, sculpture, mosaic, photograph, work of calligraphy, work of graphic art (including an etching, lithograph, offset print, or silk screen), craft (including crafts in clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, or glass), or mixed media (including a collage, assemblage, or any combination of art media). See Montana Code 22-2-403