2C.1 - DEFINITIONS.



        2C.1  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter:
         1.  "Administrative action" means any policy or action taken
      by an agency or failure to act pursuant to law.
         2.  "Agency" means all governmental entities, departments,
      boards, commissions, councils or institutions, and any officer,
      employee or member thereof acting or purporting to act in the
      exercise of official duties, but it does not include:
         a.  Any court or judge or appurtenant judicial staff.
         b.  The members, committees, or permanent or temporary staffs
      of the Iowa general assembly.
         c.  The governor of Iowa or the governor's personal staff.
         d.  Any instrumentality formed pursuant to an interstate
      compact and answerable to more than one state.
         3.  "Employee" means any employee of an agency.
         4.  "Officer" means any officer of an agency.
         5.  "Person" means an individual, aggregate of individuals,
      corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 601G.1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         C93, § 2C.1