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  • (1) "Political subdivision" means:
    • (a) a county;
    • (b) a municipality, as defined in Section 10-1-104;
    • (c) a local district;
    • (d) a special service district;
    • (e) an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;
    • (f) a community reinvestment agency;
    • (g) a local building authority; or
    • (h) a conservation district.
  • (2)
    • (a) "Public employee" means any individual employed by or volunteering for a state agency or a political subdivision who is not a public official.
    • (b) "Public employee" does not include an individual employed by or volunteering for a taxed interlocal entity.
  • (3)
    • (a) "Public official" means:
      • (i) an appointed official or an elected official as those terms are defined in Section 63A-17-502; or
      • (ii) an individual elected or appointed to a county office, municipal office, school board or school district office, local district office, or special service district office.
    • (b) "Public official" does not include an appointed or elected official of a taxed interlocal entity.
  • (4) "State agency" means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government.
  • (5) "Taxed interlocal entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-13-602.




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