KRS 65.230: Definitions for KRS 65.210 to 65.300.

As used in KRS 65.210 to 65.300, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Interlocal agency" means a separate legal or administrative entity with a governing

board that is created in an agreement entered into by public agencies pursuant to the

provisions of KRS 65.210 to 65.300;

(2) "Local government" means any:

(a) City;

(b) County;

(c) Consolidated local government;

(d) Urban-county government;

(e) Charter county government; or

(f) Unified local government;

(3) "Municipal interlocal gas utility" means an interlocal agency whose membership is

only composed of city governments formed for the purpose of constructing and

operating a system that is capable of acquiring, distributing, transmitting,

furnishing, or selli ng natural gas to a federal military installation, municipal

utilities, and other industrial and commercial customers; and

(4) "Public agency" means:

(a) Any local government;

(b) Any political subdivision of this state or of another state;

(c) Any agency, board instrumentality, or commission created by a local

government;

(d) Any taxing district as defined by KRS 65.180;

(e) Any special purpose government entity as defined in KRS 65A.010(9)(a) to

(c), including those entities that are exempt from the defin ition of special

purpose governmental entity under the provisions of KRS 65A.010(9)(d)7. to

9.;

(f) Any interlocal agency;

(g) The Commonwealth or any agency or instrumentality of the state government

or of the United States, including but not limited to a state-supported

institution of higher education;

(h) Any county school district or independent school district; and

(i) Any private institution of higher education entering into an agreement

authorized by KRS 65.240(4) with another public agency.