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MT Code § 1-1-518 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-518. State veterans' memorial rose garden

  1-1-518. State veterans' memorial rose garden. (1) The Missoula memorial rose garden, located in Missoula, Montana, is officially designated as a state veterans' memorial rose garden.   (2) In addition to the reference required under 1-1-512, the department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the Missoula memorial rose garden on official state maps as a state veterans' memorial rose garden.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 296, L. 1999.
MT Code § 1-1-519 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-519. Montana state firefighters' memorial

  1-1-519. Montana state firefighters' memorial. (1) The site chosen by the city of Laurel, Montana, as "firefighters' memorial park" is officially designated as the location of the Montana state firefighters' memorial.   (2) The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the memorial in Laurel on official state maps and, where appropriate, on state highway signs as the official state firefighters' memorial.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 70, L. 2003.
MT Code § 1-1-520 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-520. Renumbered 1-1-540

  1-1-520. Renumbered 1-1-540. Code Commissioner, 2013.
MT Code § 1-1-521 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-521. State Iraq and Afghanistan veterans' memorial

  1-1-521. State Iraq and Afghanistan veterans' memorial. (1) The grateful nation Montana memorial at the university of Montana, located in Missoula, Montana, dedicated to the men and women who served the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, is an official state Iraq and Afghanistan veterans' memorial.   (2) The department of commerce and the department of transportation are directed to reference the location of the grateful nation Montana memorial at the university of Montana on official state maps as a state veterans' memorial for Iraq and Afghanistan.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 2013.
MT Code § 1-1-522 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-522. Repealed

  1-1-522. Repealed. Sec. 10, Ch. 106, L. 2017.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 290, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 106, L. 2017.
MT Code § 1-1-523 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-523. Montana veterans' memorial

  1-1-523. Montana veterans' memorial. (1) The Montana veterans memorial in Great Falls, Montana, is officially designated as a Montana veterans' memorial.   (2) The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the Montana veterans memorial in Great Falls, Montana, on official state maps as a Montana veterans' memorial.   (3) The Montana veterans memorial in Great Falls, Montana, recognizes and honors all veterans, men, women, and canine service members, living or deceased, from all branches of the U.S. armed forces who served in peacetime or in war.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 257, L. 2015.
MT Code § 1-1-524 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-524. Northeast Montana veterans memorial park

  1-1-524. Northeast Montana veterans memorial park. The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the northeast Montana veterans memorial park in Fort Peck, Montana, on official state maps.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 243, L. 2015.
MT Code § 1-1-525 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-525. Montana cowboy hall of fame

  1-1-525. Montana cowboy hall of fame. (1) There is a Montana cowboy hall of fame. Once the recipient of the grant for site development and project planning authorized pursuant to section 4(7), Chapter 3, Special Laws of May 2007, determines the location of the Montana cowboy hall of fame, the grant recipient shall notify the department of commerce and the department of transportation.   (2) Once notified that the location of the Montana cowboy hall of fame is determined, the department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the site as the location of the Montana cowboy hall of fame on official state maps. When existing road signs need replacement, the department of transportation shall provide appropriate markers to recognize the site.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 2, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 165, L. 2011.
MT Code § 1-1-526 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-526. Official home of Evelyn Cameron gallery -- Terry

  1-1-526. Official home of Evelyn Cameron gallery -- Terry. (1) The town of Terry is designated the "official home of the Evelyn Cameron gallery".   (2) The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the town of Terry as the official home of the Evelyn Cameron gallery on official state maps.   (3) The department of transportation shall erect and maintain signs designating the town of Terry as the official home of the Evelyn Cameron gallery along highways in the vicinity of Terry and shall accomplish the signing changes in accordance with the department's normal sign maintenance and replacement schedule.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 274, L. 2005.
MT Code § 1-1-527 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-527. Shelby veterans' memorial flag monument

  1-1-527. Shelby veterans' memorial flag monument. (1) The Shelby veterans' memorial flag monument in Shelby, Montana, is officially designated as a Montana veterans' memorial.   (2) The department of commerce and the department of transportation shall identify the Shelby veterans' memorial flag monument in Shelby, Montana, on official state maps as a Montana veterans' memorial.   (3) The Shelby veterans' memorial flag monument in Shelby, Montana, recognizes and honors all veterans, men, women, and canine service members, living or deceased, from all branches of the U.S. armed forces who served in peacetime or in war.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 57, L. 2017.
MT Code § 1-1-528 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-528. and 1-1-529 reserved

  1-1-528 and 1-1-529 reserved.
MT Code § 1-1-530 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-530. State lullaby

  1-1-530. State lullaby. The song "Montana Lullaby", written by Ken Overcast and Wylie Gustafson, is the official lullaby of Montana.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 243, L. 2007.
MT Code § 1-1-531 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-531. State soil

  1-1-531. State soil. The soil series known as Scobey, of the taxonomic class fine, smectitic, frigid Aridic Argiustolls, is the official Montana state soil.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 321, L. 2015.
MT Code § 1-1-532 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-532. through 1-1-539 reserved

  1-1-532 through 1-1-539 reserved.
MT Code § 1-1-540 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-540. Display of historical writings or documents in or on public buildings or on state land -- definitions

  1-1-540. Display of historical writings or documents in or on public buildings or on state land -- definitions. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), a state agency or unit of local government may display the national motto, "in God we trust", as adopted by congress in 1998 (36 U.S.C. 302), in or on public buildings or state-owned land occupied by a state agency or unit of local government. For purposes of this section, the use of the word "God" is not intended to further the establishment of any specific religion or set of religious beliefs or to dissuade the free exercise of any religion or set of religious beliefs.   (2) In addition to the national motto, the legislature encourages the display of other historical documents in or on public buildings and state-owned land, including but not limited to:   (a) the Declaration of Independence;   (b) the United States constitution;   (c) the pledge of allegiance;   (d) the national anthem;   (e) the Mayflower Compact;   (f) the writings, speeches, documents, and proclamations of the founders and the presidents of the United States;   (g) writings from United States supreme court decisions;   (h) organic documents from the precolonial, colonial, revolutionary, federalist, and postfederalist eras;   (i) acts of the United States congress, including the published text of the Congressional Record;   (j) United States treaties; and   (k) any other writings, documents, or proclamations that are permanently displayed in a historic context in the United States capitol.   (3) The content of any writing, document, or record described in subsection (2) may not be censored solely because the writing, document, or record contains religious references, nor may any writings, documents, or material be selected for display in order to advance a particular religious, partisan, or sectarian purpose.   (4) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Local government" has the meaning provided in 1-2-116.   (b) "State agency" has the meaning provided in 1-2-116.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 372, L. 2005; Sec. 1-1-520, MCA 2011; redes. 1-1-540 by Code Commissioner, 2013.
MT Code § 1-1-541 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 1. General Provisions|Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations|1-1-541. Display of POW/MIA flag

  1-1-541. Display of POW/MIA flag. (1) The POW/MIA flag must be displayed on or in front of the locations specified in subsection (2) on any day when the flag of the United States of America is displayed. The display of the POW/MIA flag is to symbolize Montana's concern and commitment to achieving the fullest possible accounting of United States military personnel who, having been prisoners of war or missing in action, still remain unaccounted for or who in the future may become prisoners of war, missing in action, or otherwise unaccounted for as a result of hostile action.   (2) The POW/MIA flag must be displayed pursuant to subsection (1) at the following locations:   (a) the state capitol;   (b) any building that serves as the location of a state district court;   (c) any building that serves as the location of a city or town hall for an incorporated city or town; and   (d) any building that serves as the main administrative building of a county.   (3) The POW/MIA flag may be no larger than the national flag and must be displayed as follows:   (a) if the national and the POW/MIA flags are flown on the same flagpole, the POW/MIA flag must be directly below the national flag;   (b) if the national and state flags are flown on the same flagpole, the POW/MIA flag must be directly below the national flag;   (c) if the national and state flags are flown on two different flagpoles, the POW/MIA flag must be on the pole with and directly below the national flag;   (d) if the national and POW/MIA flags are flown on separate flagpoles, the POW/MIA flag must occupy the pole to the left of the national flag;   (e) if the national, state, and POW/MIA flags are to be flown on three separate flagpoles, the national flag must occupy the right pole, the POW/MIA flag must occupy the middle pole, and the state flag must occupy the far left pole.   (4) As used in this section, "POW/MIA flag" means the flag designated in 36 U.S.C. 902 as the symbol of concern about United States military personnel taken as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 411, L. 2015.
MT Code § 1-2-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-101. Role of the judge -- preference to construction giving each provision meaning

  1-2-101. Role of the judge -- preference to construction giving each provision meaning. In the construction of a statute, the office of the judge is simply to ascertain and declare what is in terms or in substance contained therein, not to insert what has been omitted or to omit what has been inserted. Where there are several provisions or particulars, such a construction is, if possible, to be adopted as will give effect to all.   History: En. Sec. 612, p. 198, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 612, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 630, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3134, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7875, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10519, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1858; re-en. Sec. 10519, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-401-15(part).
MT Code § 1-2-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-102. Intention of the legislature -- particular and general provisions

  1-2-102. Intention of the legislature -- particular and general provisions. In the construction of a statute, the intention of the legislature is to be pursued if possible. When a general and particular provision are inconsistent, the latter is paramount to the former, so a particular intent will control a general one that is inconsistent with it.   History: En. Sec. 613, p. 198, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 613, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 631, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3135, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7876, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10520, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1859; re-en. Sec. 10520, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-401-16(part).
MT Code § 1-2-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-103. Statutes in derogation of the common law -- liberal construction

  1-2-103. Statutes in derogation of the common law -- liberal construction. The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed has no application to the statutes of the state of Montana. The statutes establish the law of this state respecting the subjects to which they relate, and their provisions and all proceedings under them are to be liberally construed with a view to effect their objects and to promote justice.   History: En. Sec. 4, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 4, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4; re-en. Sec. 4, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 12-202.
MT Code § 1-2-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-104. Preference to construction favoring natural right

  1-2-104. Preference to construction favoring natural right. When a statute is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.   History: En. Sec. 620, p. 200, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 620, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 638, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3142, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7883, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10527, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1866; re-en. Sec. 10527, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-401-23(part).
MT Code § 1-2-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-105. General definitional rules -- verb tense, gender, and number

  1-2-105. General definitional rules -- verb tense, gender, and number. The following rules apply in this code:   (1) The present tense includes the future as well as the present.   (2) Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter.   (3) The singular includes the plural and the plural the singular.   History: En. Sec. 16, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 16, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 4, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 17; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 11-114, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 19-103(part).
MT Code § 1-2-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-106. Construction of words and phrases

  1-2-106. Construction of words and phrases. Words and phrases used in the statutes of Montana are construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases and such others as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law or are defined in chapter 1, part 2, as amended, are to be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning or definition.   History: En. Sec. 15, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 15, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 4, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 15, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 16; re-en. Sec. 15, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 19-102.
MT Code § 1-2-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-107. Applicability of definitions

  1-2-107. Applicability of definitions. Whenever the meaning of a word or phrase is defined in any part of this code, such definition is applicable to the same word or phrase wherever it occurs, except where a contrary intention plainly appears.   History: En. Sec. 4661, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6223, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8776, R.C.M. 1921; Field Civ. C. Sec. 2000; re-en. Sec. 8776, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 12-215.
MT Code § 1-2-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-108. Reference to other titles, chapters, parts, sections, or subsections -- subsequent amendments

  1-2-108. Reference to other titles, chapters, parts, sections, or subsections -- subsequent amendments. (1) A statute which refers to a title, chapter, part, section, or subsection number without further identification or attribution is presumed, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, to refer to a title, chapter, part, section, or subsection of the Montana Code Annotated.   (2) A specific or implied reference to a title, chapter, part, section, or subsection of the Montana Code Annotated is presumed to be a reference to that title, chapter, part, section, or subsection as it may be amended or changed from time to time. This presumption may be overcome only by a clear showing that a subsequent amendment or change in the title, chapter, part, section, or subsection is inconsistent with the continued purpose or meaning of the section referring to it.   (3) The presumption contained in subsection (2) applies retroactively as well as prospectively to any reference to a title, chapter, part, section, or subsection of the Montana Code Annotated, regardless of when the reference was created.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 12-216; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 30, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1983.
MT Code § 1-2-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-109. When laws retroactive

  1-2-109. When laws retroactive. No law contained in any of the statutes of Montana is retroactive unless expressly so declared.   History: En. Sec. 3, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3; re-en. Sec. 3, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 12-201.
MT Code § 1-2-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-110. All statutes subject to repeal

  1-2-110. All statutes subject to repeal. Any statute may be repealed at any time except when it is otherwise provided therein. Persons acting under any statute are deemed to have acted in contemplation of this power of repeal.   History: En. Sec. 294, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 121, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 95, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 326; re-en. Sec. 95, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 43-512.
MT Code § 1-2-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 1. General Laws and Definitions|Chapter 2. Statutory Construction|Part 1. General Provisions|1-2-111. Effect of code on special, local, and private statutes

  1-2-111. Effect of code on special, local, and private statutes. Nothing in this code affects any of the provisions of any special, local, or private statutes; but such statutes are recognized as continuing in force notwithstanding the provisions of this code, except so far as they have been repealed or affected by subsequent laws.   History: En. Sec. 18, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 18, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 18, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 19; re-en. Sec. 18, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 12-209.