Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 33 > Chapter 35 - Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

• arrangement: means a multiple employer welfare arrangement that does not provide for payment of benefits under the arrangement solely through a policy or policies of insurance issued by one or more insurance companies with a certificate of authority under this title. See Montana Code 33-35-103
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bona fide association: means an association of employers that has been in existence for a period of not less than 5 years prior to sponsoring a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement, during which time the association has engaged in substantial activities relating to the common interests of member employers, and that continues to engage in substantial activities in addition to sponsoring an arrangement. See Montana Code 33-35-103
• Claims liability: means the total of all incurred and unpaid claims for allowable benefits under a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement that are not reimbursed or reimbursable by excess of loss insurance, subrogation, or other sources. See Montana Code 33-35-103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Customary: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Multiple employer welfare arrangement: means a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined by 29 U. See Montana Code 33-35-103
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• 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.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Reserves: means the excess of the assets of a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement minus the liabilities of the arrangement. See Montana Code 33-35-103
• 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
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201