Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 17. STATE FINANCE

CHAPTER 7. BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS

Part 2. Long-Range Building Program and Budget

Definitions

17-7-201. Definitions. In this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) (a) "Building" includes a:

(i) building, facility, or structure constructed or purchased wholly or in part with state money;

(ii) building, facility, or structure at a state institution;

(iii) building, facility, or structure owned or to be owned by a state agency, including the department of transportation.

(b) The term does not include a:

(i) building, facility, or structure owned or to be owned by a county, city, town, school district, or special improvement district;

(ii) facility or structure used as a component part of a highway or water conservation project.

(2) "Construction" includes construction, repair, alteration, and equipping and furnishing during construction, repair, or alteration.

(3) "High-performance building" means a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including but not limited to:

(a) energy efficiency;

(b) durability;

(c) life-cycle performance; and

(d) occupant productivity.

(4) (a) "Long-range building program-eligible building" means a building, facility, or structure:

(i) owned by a state agency and for which the operation and maintenance are funded with state general fund money; or

(ii) that supports academic missions of the university system and for which the operation and maintenance are funded with current unrestricted university funds.

(b) The term does not include a building, facility, or structure:

(i) owned by a state agency and for which the operation and maintenance are entirely funded with state special revenue, federal special revenue, or proprietary funds; or

(ii) that supports nonacademic functions of the university system and for which the operation and maintenance are funded from nonstate and nontuition sources.

History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 271, L. 1963; amd Sec. 1, Ch. 24, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 81, Ch. 326, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 82-3314; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 281, L. 2017.