As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
- (1) "Agency" means an office, position, commission, committee, board, department, council, division, bureau, section, or any other entity or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government.
- (2) "Private sector" means any entity or individual not principally a part of or associated with a governmental unit that is associated with or involved in commercial activity.
(3)
- (a) "Privatize" means an agency contracting with the private sector to provide services that are currently or normally conducted directly by the employees of the state.
- (b) The term does not include contracting with the private sector to provide services on a temporary or emergency basis.
- (4) "Program" means a legislatively or administratively created function, project, or duty of an agency.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 762, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 285, L. 2005.