SEC. 17-13-5. Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall be defined
as herein provided unless the context
requires otherwise:
(a) "Local
governmental unit" shall mean any county, any incorporated city, town or
village, any school district, any utility
district, any community college, any institution of higher learning,
* * * any municipal airport authority or regional airport
authority in the state or any public improvement district created under
the Public Improvement District Act.
(b) "Governing
authority" shall mean the board of supervisors of any county, board of
trustees of any school district or
community college whether elective or appointive, the governing board
of any city, town or village, the board of commissioners
of a utility district, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions
of Higher Learning, * * * the commissioners of a municipal airport
authority or regional airport authority or the board of directors of
any public improvement district created under the Public
Improvement District Act.
SOURCES: Laws, 1974, ch. 498, Sec. 3; 1989, ch. 354, Sec. 1; 1992, ch. 379, Sec. 1; Laws, 2002, ch. 499, § 28, HB 1558, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 1, 2002).
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2002