{"data":{"id":"us-mt/90-6-402","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"90-6-402","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part, the following definitions apply:\n(1) \"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.\n(2) \"Board\" means the hard-rock mining impact board established in 2-15-1822.\n(3) \"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.\n(4) \"Large-scale mineral development\", for the purposes of this part, is defined in 90-6-302.\n(5) \"Local government unit\", for the purposes of this part, means a county, municipality, or school district.\n(6) \"Mineral development employee\" means a person who resides within the jurisdiction of an affected local government unit as a result of employment with a large-scale mineral development or its contractors or subcontractors.\n(7) \"Mineral development student\" means a student whose parent or guardian resides within the jurisdiction of an affected local government unit as a result of employment with a large-scale mineral development or its contractors or subcontractors.\n(8) \"Taxable valuation\" of a mineral development means the total of the gross proceeds taxable percentage specified in 15-6-132(2) when added to the taxable percentages of real property, improvements, machinery, equipment, and other property classified under Title 15, chapter 6, part 1.","path":["TITLE 90. PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 6. COMMUNITY IMPACT -- PLANNING AND ABATEMENT","Part 4. Hard-Rock Mining Impact Property Tax Base Sharing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0900/chapter_0060/part_0040/section_0020/0900-0060-0040-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:58Z","sha256":"2cca479a1096b0b1d3593a2c1eab3724b425f993e4b6eecdcca49dbaab44f004","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/90-6-401","next":"us-mt/90-6-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}