53-30-303. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Community corrections board" means a community corrections board as provided in 53-30-312.
     (2) "Community corrections facility or program" means a community-based or community-oriented facility or program, other than a jail, that:
     (a) is operated by a unit of local government, a tribal government, or a nongovernmental agency; and
     (b) provides programs and services to aid offenders in:
     (i) obtaining and holding regular employment;
     (ii) enrolling in and maintaining academic courses;
     (iii) participating in vocational training programs;
     (iv) utilizing the resources of the community to meet their personal and family needs;
     (v) obtaining the benefits of specialized treatment services that exist within the community; and
     (vi) paying restitution or performing community restitution to crime victims.
     (3) "Crime of violence" means:
     (a) an offense in which a person uses or possesses and threatens the use of a deadly weapon during the commission or attempted commission of an offense, including felony assault, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, robbery, arson, burglary, aggravated burglary, escape, or intimidation;
     (b) an offense, other than an offense in which negligence is an element of the offense, in which the person causes serious bodily injury or death to a person other than the person committing the offense during the commission or attempted commission of an offense; or
     (c) any sexual offense in which the offender causes bodily injury to the victim or uses threat, intimidation, or force against the victim.
     (4) "Department" means the department of corrections created in 2-15-2301.
     (5) "Nongovernmental agency" means a person, private, nonprofit agency, corporation, association, labor organization, or other nongovernmental entity.
     (6) "Nonviolent felony offender" means a person who has committed a felony other than a crime of violence.
     (7) "Offender" means a person who has entered a plea of guilty or has been convicted of a felony. The term does not include a person who has committed a crime of violence.
     (8) "Tribal government" means a federally recognized Indian tribe within the state of Montana.
     (9) "Unit of local government" means a county, city, town, or city-county consolidated government.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 554, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 262, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 515, Ch. 546, L. 1995.