Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 90 > Chapter 9 > Part 3 - Grants and Loans

• 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
• Company: means a natural person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity authorized to conduct business in the state. See Montana Code 90-9-103
• Council: means the Montana agriculture development council established in 2-15-3015. See Montana Code 90-9-103
• Department: means the department of agriculture established in 2-15-3001. See Montana Code 90-9-103
• Farmer: means a person who:

  (a)is engaged in agricultural activities, including ranching, at a farm;

  (b)participates in the day-to-day operations of a farm; and

  (c)is the primary owner of an agricultural operation, including an heir, a successor, or an assignee of the operation. See Montana Code 90-9-103

• Matching funds: means the funds received by the loan or grant recipient from private, federal, state, or commodity checkoff funds and contributed by the recipient in support of a loan or grant application in an amount that is at least equal to the funds disbursed to the recipient by the council. See Montana Code 90-9-103
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• State: means the state of Montana. See Montana Code 90-9-103