As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Local government entity" means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state; (2) "Local government joint venture entity" means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity; (3) "Public agency" means: (A) Any political subdivision of this state; (B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds; (C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds; (D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and (E) Any political subdivision of another state; and (4) "State" means a state of the United States. Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Local government entity" means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state; (2) "Local government joint venture entity" means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity; (3) "Public agency" means: (A) Any political subdivision of this state; (B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds; (C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds; (D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and (E) Any political subdivision of another state; and (4) "State" means a state of the United States. Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Local government entity" means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state; (2) "Local government joint venture entity" means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity; (3) "Public agency" means: (A) Any political subdivision of this state; (B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds; (C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds; (D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and (E) Any political subdivision of another state; and (4) "State" means a state of the United States. Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Local government entity" means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state; (2) "Local government joint venture entity" means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity; (3) "Public agency" means: (A) Any political subdivision of this state; (B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds; (C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds; (D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and (E) Any political subdivision of another state; and (A) Any political subdivision of this state; (B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds; (C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds; (D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and (E) Any political subdivision of another state; and (4) "State" means a state of the United States. Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1.
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