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,
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Referred to in § 185.34