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12-9-103. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Local government entity means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state;

(2) Local government joint venture entity means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity;

(3) Public agency means:

(A) Any political subdivision of this state;

(B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds;

(C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds;

(D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and

(E) Any political subdivision of another state; and

(4) State means a state of the United States.

[Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1.]

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12-9-103. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Local government entity means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state;

(2) Local government joint venture entity means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity;

(3) Public agency means:

(A) Any political subdivision of this state;

(B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds;

(C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds;

(D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and

(E) Any political subdivision of another state; and

(4) State means a state of the United States.

[Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1.]

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12-9-103. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Local government entity means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state;

(2) Local government joint venture entity means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity;

(3) Public agency means:

(A) Any political subdivision of this state;

(B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds;

(C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds;

(D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and

(E) Any political subdivision of another state; and

(4) State means a state of the United States.

[Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1.]