Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 49 > Chapter 2 > Part 3 - Prohibited Discriminatory Practices

• Age: means number of years since birth. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Commission: means the commission for human rights provided for in 2-15-1706. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Credit: means the right granted by a creditor to a person to defer payment of a debt, to incur debt and defer its payment, or to purchase property or services and defer payment. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Credit transaction: means any invitation to apply for credit, application for credit, extension of credit, or credit sale. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Creditor: means a person who, regularly or as a part of the person's business, arranges for the extension of credit for which the payment of a financial charge or interest is required, whether in connection with loans, sale of property or services, or otherwise. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in 2-15-1701. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Educational institution: means a public or private institution and includes an academy; college; elementary or secondary school; extension course; kindergarten; nursery; school system; university; business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school; or agent of an educational institution. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Employee: means an individual employed by an employer. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Employer: means an employer of one or more persons or an agent of the employer but does not include a fraternal, charitable, or religious association or corporation if the association or corporation is not organized either for private profit or to provide accommodations or services that are available on a nonmembership basis. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Employment agency: means a person undertaking to procure employees or opportunities to work. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Financial institution: means a commercial bank, trust company, savings bank, finance company, savings and loan association, credit union, investment company, or insurance company. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Housing accommodation: means a building or portion of a building, whether constructed or to be constructed, that is or will be used as the sleeping quarters of its occupants. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Labor organization: means an organization or an agent of an organization organized for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, of dealing with employers concerning grievances or terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid and protection of employees. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• National origin: means ancestry. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Organization: means a corporation, association, or any other legal or commercial entity that engages in advocacy of, enforcement of, or compliance with legal interests affected by this chapter. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Person: means one or more individuals, labor unions, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated employees' associations, employers, employment agencies, organizations, or labor organizations. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Physical or mental disability: means :

  (i)a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities;

  (ii)a record of such an impairment; or

  (iii)a condition regarded as such an impairment. See Montana Code 49-2-101

• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Public accommodation: means a place that caters or offers its services, goods, or facilities to the general public subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable to all persons. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Sex: has the meaning provided in 1-1-201. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• 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