(1) "Political subdivision" means: (a) a county; (b) a municipality, as defined in Section 10-1-104; (c) a local district; (d) a special service district; (e) an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103; (f) a community reinvestment agency; (g) a local building authority; or (h) a conservation district.

(a) a county;

(b) a municipality, as defined in Section 10-1-104;

(c) a local district;

(d) a special service district;

(e) an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;

(f) a community reinvestment agency;

(g) a local building authority; or

(h) a conservation district.

(2) (a) "Public employee" means any individual employed by or volunteering for a state agency or a political subdivision who is not a public official. (b) "Public employee" does not include an individual employed by or volunteering for a taxed interlocal entity.

(a) "Public employee" means any individual employed by or volunteering for a state agency or a political subdivision who is not a public official.

(b) "Public employee" does not include an individual employed by or volunteering for a taxed interlocal entity.

(3) (a) "Public official" means: (i) an appointed official or an elected official as those terms are defined in Section 67-19-6.7; or (ii) an individual elected or appointed to a county office, municipal office, school board or school district office, local district office, or special service district office. (b) "Public official" does not include an appointed or elected official of a taxed interlocal entity.

(a) "Public official" means: (i) an appointed official or an elected official as those terms are defined in Section 67-19-6.7; or (ii) an individual elected or appointed to a county office, municipal office, school board or school district office, local district office, or special service district office.

(i) an appointed official or an elected official as those terms are defined in Section 67-19-6.7; or

(ii) an individual elected or appointed to a county office, municipal office, school board or school district office, local district office, or special service district office.

(b) "Public official" does not include an appointed or elected official of a taxed interlocal entity.

(4) "State agency" means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government.

(5) "Taxed interlocal entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-13-602.