{"id":"DUT-MT-009","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 10, ch. 3)","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. Title 10, ch. 3, part 1","instrument":"Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-103","title":"Definitions (\u0027disaster\u0027 includes \u0027outbreak of disease\u0027; \u0027emergency\u0027)","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally (definitional predicate of the emergency powers)"],"clause":"(4) \u0022Disaster\u0022 means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or artificial cause, including... outbreak of disease... (8) \u0022Emergency\u0022 means the imminent threat of a disaster causing immediate peril to life or property that timely action can avert or minimize.","enforcement":"n/a (definitional); see DUT-MT-004, -007, -008","functions":[],"notes":"The statutory predicate the Directives recited (\u0027Montana law provides that these authorities will be utilized to respond to an \u0022outbreak of disease,\u0022 § 10-3-103(4), MCA\u0027): an outbreak of disease is a \u0027disaster\u0027 within the Act, which is what made the powers of 10-3-104 and the Title 50 measures available against every person and premises in the State from March 12, 2020 to June 30, 2021. Character as recorded: statutory_framework (definition).","sourceUrl":"https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0100/chapter_0030/part_0010/section_0030/0100-0030-0010-0030.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":92009,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_framework","description":"","collection":"DUT-MT","url":"/library/DUT-MT-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MT-009","citation":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 10, ch. 3), Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-103 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-009)","stateName":"Montana","related":["DUT-MT-008","DUT-MT-004"]}