Montana § 1-11-101 Definitions

Montana Statutes

§ 1-11-101 — Definitions

Montana § 1-11-101

Title 1GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

Ch. 11PUBLICATION AND UPDATING OF THE CODE CODE COMMISSIONER

Part 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 1-11-101 (2026).

Text

1-11-101 . Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1)"Code" or "codes" means the Montana Code Annotated, which is a reenactment of the Revised Codes of Montana, 1947, as provided in 1-11-103 .

(2)"Publication" or "publish" means the act of issuing a work in printed or electronic format.

(3)"Recodify" means to compile, arrange, rearrange, and prepare for publication. It includes, without changing the meaning, effect, or intent of any law:

(a)correcting or changing punctuation, capitalization, spelling, grammatical construction, and numbering as required by uniform literary and bill drafting practice;

(b)substituting the appropriate new code division reference for reference to a section of, to a part of, or to an ent

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1-11-101 . Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Code" or "codes" means the Montana Code Annotated, which is a reenactment of the Revised Codes of Montana, 1947, as provided in 1-11-103 .
(2) "Publication" or "publish" means the act of issuing a work in printed or electronic format.
(3) "Recodify" means to compile, arrange, rearrange, and prepare for publication. It includes, without changing the meaning, effect, or intent of any law:
(a) correcting or changing punctuation, capitalization, spelling, grammatical construction, and numbering as required by uniform literary and bill drafting practice;
(b) substituting the appropriate new code division reference for reference to a section of, to a part of, or to an entire "act";
(c) substituting calendar date for "effective date", "hereafter", and similar terms;
(d) creating new titles, chapters, parts, sections, or other divisions of the code;
(e) changing or inserting language made necessary because of rearrangement;
(f) eliminating redundant words;
(g) when given direction or authority by another statute, correcting inaccurate or obsolete references to:
(i) titles of officers or agencies, such as those changed by executive reorganization statutes;
(ii) other code sections, such as those that have been repealed or repealed and replaced;
(h) changing inaccurate terminology to comply with statutory definitions or short form amendments; and
(i) changing or creating section captions (catchlines) to clearly reflect the content of the section, unless the section captions are specifically and expressly adopted as part of the law by the legislature.

Legislative History

En. 12-501 by Sec. 1, Ch. 419, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 1, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 12-501; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 292, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 54, L. 2025.