75-6-202. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Administrative costs" means costs incurred by the department and the department of natural resources and conservation in the administration of the program, including but not limited to:
     (a) costs of servicing loans and issuing debt;
     (b) program startup costs;
     (c) financial, management, and legal consulting fees; and
     (d) reimbursement costs for support services from other state agencies.
     (2) "Cost" means, with reference to a project, all capital costs incurred or to be incurred for a public water system, including but not limited to:
     (a) engineering, financing, and other fees;
     (b) interest during construction; and
     (c) a reasonable allowance for contingencies to the extent permitted by the federal act and rules promulgated under the federal act.
     (3) "Federal act" means the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
     (4) "Governmental agency" means a city, county, water and sewer district, or other local government unit having authority to own, construct, or operate a public water system.
     (5) "Grant" means a grant of money from the revolving fund for project costs.
     (6) "Indian tribe" means an Indian tribe within the state of Montana that is recognized by the secretary of the U.S. department of interior.
     (7) "Investor-owned public water system" means a public water system that is not owned by a governmental agency, an intergovernmental agency, a nonprofit organization, an Indian tribe, or a combination of governmental entities.
     (8) "Loan" means a loan of money from the revolving fund for project costs.
     (9) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is organized under Montana law and that qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
     (10) "Program" means the safe drinking water treatment revolving loan program established by this part.
     (11) "Project" means improvements that are:
     (a) to be undertaken for a public water system and that are of a type that will facilitate compliance with the national primary drinking water regulations applicable to the system; or
     (b) to further the health protection objectives of the federal act.
     (12) "Public water system" means a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if that system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals. The term includes any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under control of an operator of a system that are used primarily in connection with a system and any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under control of the operator and that are used primarily in connection with a system.
     (13) "Revolving fund" means the safe drinking water treatment revolving fund established by 75-6-211.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 553, L. 1995.