17-8-402. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Claim" includes any request or demand for money, property, or services made to an employee, officer, or agent of a governmental entity or to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient, whether under contract or not, if any portion of the money, property, or services requested or demanded issued from or was provided by a governmental entity.
     (2) "Government attorney" means the attorney general except for complaints involving a unit of the university system.
     (3) "Governmental entity" means:
     (a) the state;
     (b) a city, town, county, school district, tax or assessment district, or other political subdivision of the state; or
     (c) a unit of the Montana university system.
     (4) (a) "Knowingly" means that a person, with respect to information, does any of the following:
     (i) has actual knowledge of the information;
     (ii) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or
     (iii) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
     (b) A specific intent to defraud is not required.
     (5) "Person" includes any natural person, corporation, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business, trust, or other legal or business entity.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 465, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 64, L. 2009.