Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 76 > Chapter 1 - Planning Boards

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• City: includes incorporated cities and towns. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• City council: means the chief legislative body of a city or incorporated town. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• governing bodies: means the governing body of any governmental unit represented on a planning board. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• Growth policy: means a comprehensive development plan, master plan, or comprehensive plan that was adopted pursuant to this chapter before October 1, 1999, or a policy that was adopted pursuant to this chapter on or after October 1, 1999. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• 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.
• Land use management techniques and incentives: include but are not limited to zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and market incentives. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• Mayor: means mayor of a city. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• Neighborhood plan: means a plan for a geographic area within the boundaries of the jurisdictional area that addresses one or more of the elements of the growth policy in more detail. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• Person: means any individual, firm, or corporation. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Planning board: means a city planning board, a county planning board, or a joint city-county planning board. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• 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
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Several: means two or more. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• 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
• Streets: includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, and all public ways. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Utility: means any facility used in rendering service that the public has a right to demand. See Montana Code 76-1-103
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203