17-2-501. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) (a) "Designated state agency" means:

(i) the department of administration;

(ii) the department of agriculture;

(iii) the Montana arts council;

(iv) the office of the state auditor;

(v) the board of regents;

(vi) the department of commerce;

(vii) the department of corrections;

(viii) the department of environmental quality;

(ix) the department of fish, wildlife, and parks;

(x) the governor's office;

(xi) the department of labor and industry;

(xii) the department of livestock;

(xiii) the department of military affairs;

(xiv) the Montana board of crime control;

(xv) the department of natural resources and conservation;

(xvi) the commissioner of political practices;

(xvii) the office of state public defender;

(xviii) the board of public education;

(xix) the department of public health and human services;

(xx) the office of public instruction;

(xxi) the public service commission;

(xxii) the department of revenue;

(xxiii) the school for the deaf and blind;

(xxiv) the office of the secretary of state;

(xxv) the state fund;

(xxvi) the state library;

(xxvii) the department of transportation;

(xxviii) the office of the commissioner of higher education; or

(xxix) the department of justice.

(b) The term does not include the judicial branch, the legislative branch, or an office or other entity within the judicial branch or the legislative branch.

(2) (a) "Financial assistance" means assistance provided directly or indirectly to a tribal entity either as state funds or as federal funds provided through a state agency to carry out a program. Financial assistance may be in the form of grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, loans, loan guarantees, property, interest subsidies, insurance, direct appropriations, and electronic benefit transfer cards. The term includes awards received directly or indirectly by a tribal entity as state funds or as federal funds passed through a state agency directly or indirectly from a subrecipient. The granting agency is responsible for identifying the source of funds awarded to tribal entity recipients.

(b) The term does not include federal, state, or local government cash assistance provided directly to individuals.

(3) "Subrecipient" means a third party who receives state funds or federal funds through a state agency that the third party ultimately provides to a tribal entity in the form of financial assistance.

(4) "Tribal entity" means a tribal nation, tribal council, or tribal government located in the state.