(1) "Appraisal" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 12-61-702 (1), C.R.S.

(2) "Bond" means any bond, debenture, or other obligation authorized to be issued by any special district, municipal general improvement district, municipal special improvement district, county local improvement district, or county public improvement district.

(3) "County local improvement district" shall have the same meaning as district provided in section 30-20-602 (2), C.R.S.

(4) "County public improvement district" shall have the same meaning as improvement district provided in section 30-20-503 (3), C.R.S.

(5) "Depository institution" means:

(a) A person that is organized or chartered, or is doing business or holds an authorization certificate, under the laws of a state or of the United States which authorize the person to receive deposits, including deposits in savings, shares, certificates, or other deposit accounts, and that is supervised and examined for the protection of depositors by an official or agency of a state or the United States; and

(b) A trust company or other institution that is authorized by federal or state law to exercise fiduciary powers of the type a national bank, is permitted to exercise under the authority of the comptroller of the currency, and is supervised and examined by an official or agency of a state or the United States. The term does not include an insurance company or other organization primarily engaged in the insurance business.

(6) "District" means a special district, a municipal improvement district, a municipal special improvement district, a county local improvement district, or a county public improvement district.

(7) "Division" means the division of securities created by section 11-51-701.

(8) "Financial institution or institutional investor" means any of the following, whether acting for itself or others in a fiduciary capacity:

(a) A depository institution;

(b) An insurance company;

(c) A separate account of an insurance company;

(d) An investment company registered under the federal "Investment Company Act of 1940";

(e) A business development company as defined in the federal "Investment Company Act of 1940";

(f) Any private business development company as defined in the federal "Investment Advisers Act of 1940";

(g) An employee pension, profit-sharing, or benefit plan if the plan has total assets in excess of five million dollars or its investment decisions are made by a named fiduciary, as defined in the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974", that is a broker-dealer registered under the federal "Securities Exchange Act of 1934", an investment adviser registered or exempt from registration under the federal "Investment Advisers Act of 1940", a depository institution, or an insurance company;

(h) An entity, but not an individual, a substantial part of whose business activities consist of investing, purchasing, selling, or trading in securities of more than one issuer and not of its own issue and that has total assets in excess of five million dollars as of the end of its last fiscal year;

(i) A small business investment company licensed by the federal small business administration under the federal "Small Business Investment Act of 1958"; and

(j) Any other institutional buyer.

(9) "General obligation bond" means a bond constituting a debt or an indebtedness of a district backed by the full faith and credit and unlimited mill levy of such district.

(10) "Municipal general improvement district" shall have the same meaning as district provided in section 31-25-602 (1), C.R.S.

(11) "Municipal securities rule-making board" means the board established under section 15b of the federal "Securities Exchange Act of 1934".

(12) "Municipal special improvement district" shall have the same meaning as district provided in section 31-25-501 (1.5), C.R.S.

(13) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, an estate, a joint-stock company, a trust where the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security, an unincorporated organization, a government, a governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity.

(14) "Residential real property" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 39-1-102 (14.5), C.R.S.

(15) "Securities commissioner" means the commissioner of securities appointed pursuant to section 11-51-701.

(16) "Securities and exchange commission" means the commission established by the federal "Securities Exchange Act of 1934".

(17) "Special district" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 32-1-103 (20), C.R.S.

(18) "Taxing district" means a special district which is organized or acting under the provisions of title 32, C.R.S.