Definitions

As used in this chapter: (1) "Political subdivision" means: (a) a county; (b) a municipality, as defined in Section 10-1-104; (c) a special 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, special 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.