1. (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
2. (b) “Financial officer” means the treasurer or other financial officer of a governmental entity who is responsible for the investment of public funds or the issuance and management of debt of the governmental entity.

3. (c) “Governing authority” means:

   1. (1) for Baltimore City, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates;
   2. (2) for a commission county, the county commissioners;
   3. (3) for a charter county, as provided by local law, the county council or the county executive and the county council;
   4. (4) for a code county, the county commissioners;
   5. (5) for a community college, the board of trustees;
   6. (6) for a municipality, the body provided by the municipal charter;
   7. (7) for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, the Commission;
   8. (8) for a public corporation, the board of directors; and
   9. (9) for an authority, the board of the authority.

4. (d)

   1. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “public money” means any money held by a governmental entity.
   2. (2) “Public money” does not include money held as part of a pension fund, a fund for other postemployment benefits, as defined in § 17-102(a) of this title, a trust fund account, or a facility closure reserve fund or for self-insurance purposes.

Added by Acts 2013, c. 119, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 568, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 569, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.