(1) "Debt" means a monetary sum owed to the state of Montana.

(2) "Department" means the department of justice.

(3) "Offset" means a deduction from monies due to a person or entity from the state for the purpose of recovering in total or in part a debt owed by the person or entity to the state. An offset is undertaken by the department of administration, or other agency designated by law, under the authority of 17-4-105, MCA. Offset may include but is not limited to an offset of a person or an entity's state tax refund.

(4) "Recovery" means any measure undertaken by the department of administration, or other agency designated by law, under the authority of 17-4-101, MCA et seq., in accordance with that agency's rules and policies as a means of recovering a debt owed by a person or entity to the state of Montana. Recovery may include but is not limited to assignment to a collection agency and litigation.

History: 2-4-201, MCA; IMP, 17-4-110, MCA; NEW, 1999 MAR p. 984, Eff. 5/7/99.