Sec. 144. (a) "Governmental entity" means:
(1) the United States or any state, county, township, city, town, separate municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public school corporation;
(2) any authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, department, division, hospital, military body, or other instrumentality of any of those entities; or
(3) a state assisted college or state assisted university.
(b) For purposes of IC 35-33-5, "governmental entity" also includes a person authorized to act on behalf of a state or local agency.
(c) For purposes of IC 35-44.1, "governmental entity" also includes a charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-4) and an organizer (as defined in IC 20-24-1-7).