{"data":{"id":"us-mt/5-13-102","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"5-13-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"committee\" means the legislative audit committee;\n(2) \"state agency\" means all offices, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, universities, colleges, and any other person or any other administrative unit of state government that spends or encumbers public moneys by virtue of an appropriation from the legislature or that handles money on behalf of the state or that holds any trust or agency moneys from any source.","path":["TITLE 5. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","CHAPTER 13. LEGISLATIVE AUDIT ACT","Part 1. General"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0050/chapter_0130/part_0010/section_0020/0050-0130-0010-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:00Z","sha256":"ca006d03debfcddc404038c263e6692a089058222df9d5b7b2eeefb8ff9fe312","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/5-13-101","next":"us-mt/5-13-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}