Colorado § 29-1-202 - Definitions.
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§ 29-1-202. Definitions.
As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Government" means any political subdivision of the state, any agency or department of the state government or of the United States, a federally recognized tribal entity, and any political subdivision of an adjoining state.
(2) "Political subdivision" means a county, city and county, city, town, service authority, school district, local improvement district, law enforcement authority, city or county housing authority, or water, sanitation, fire protection, metropolitan, irrigation, drainage, or other special district, or any other kind of municipal, quasi-municipal, or public corporation organized pursuant to law.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 955, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-2-2. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 128, § 1, effective March 24. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 4, § 1, effective March 2.
ANNOTATION
Applied in People v. Bailey, 41 Colo. App. 504, 595 P.2d 252 (1978).
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