Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 90 > Chapter 6 > Part 4 - Hard-Rock Mining Impact Property Tax Base Sharing

• Affected local government unit: means a local government unit that will experience a need to increase services or facilities as a result of the commencement of large-scale mineral development or within which a large-scale mineral development is located in accordance with an impact plan adopted pursuant to 90-6-307. See Montana Code 90-6-402
• Board: means the hard-rock mining impact board established in 2-15-1822. See Montana Code 90-6-402
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• 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.
• Jurisdictional revenue disparity: means property tax revenues resulting from a large-scale hard-rock mineral development that are inequitably distributed among affected local government units as finally determined by the board in an approved impact plan. See Montana Code 90-6-402
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Usual: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206