2-1903.   Definitions.As used in this act:

      (1)   "District" or "conservation district" means a governmentalsubdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic,organized in accordance with the provisions of this act, for the purposes,with the powers, and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.

      (2)   "Supervisor" means one of the members of the governing body of adistrict, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of thisact.

      (3)   "Commission" or "state conservation commission" means the agencycreated in K.S.A. 2-1904, and amendments thereto.

      (4)   "State" means the state of Kansas.

      (5)   "Agency of this state" includes the government of this stateand anysubdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporation or otherwise, of thegovernment of this state.

      (6)   "United States" or "agencies of the United States" includestheUnited States of America, the soil conservation service of the UnitedStates department of agriculture and any other agency or instrumentality,corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

      (7)   "Government" or "governmental" includes the government ofthisstate, the government of the United States and any subdivision,agency orinstrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.

      History:   L. 1937, ch. 5, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 5, § 2;L. 1994, ch. 45, § 1; Jan. 1, 1995.