8A.101 - DEFINITIONS.



        8A.101  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Agency" or "state agency" means a unit of state
      government, which is an authority, board, commission, committee,
      council, department, or independent agency as defined in section
      7E.4, including but not limited to each principal central department
      enumerated in section 7E.5.  However, "agency" or "state
      agency" does not mean any of the following:
         a.  The office of the governor or the office of an elective
      constitutional or statutory officer.
         b.  The general assembly, or any office or unit under its
      administrative authority.
         c.  The judicial branch, as provided in section 602.1102.
         d.  A political subdivision of the state or its offices or
      units, including but not limited to a county, city, or community
      college.
         2.  "Department" means the department of administrative
      services.
         3.  "Director" means the director of the department of
      administrative services or the director's designee.
         4.  "Governmental entity" means any unit of government in the
      executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government; an agency
      or political subdivision; any unit of another state government,
      including its political subdivisions; any unit of the United States
      government; or any association or other organization whose membership
      consists primarily of one or more of any of the foregoing.
         5.  "Governmental subdivision" means a county, city, school
      district, or combination thereof.
         6.  "Public records" means the same as defined in section
      22.1.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2003 Acts, ch 145, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1031,
      §8
         Referred to in § 185.34