Sec. 8. "Qualified entity" means:
(1) a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13);
(2) a state educational institution;
(3) a leasing body (as defined in IC 5-1-1-1(a));
(4) a not-for-profit utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-125);
(5) any rural electric membership corporation organized under IC 8-1-13;
(6) any corporation that was organized in 1963 under Acts 1935, c. 157 and that engages in the generation and transmission of electric energy;
(7) any communications cooperative corporation formed under IC 8-1-17;
(8) any commission, authority, or authorized body of any qualified entity;
(9) any organization, association, or trust with members, participants, or beneficiaries that are all individually qualified entities;
(10) any commission, authority, or instrumentality of the state;
(11) any other participant (as defined in IC 5-1.2-2-54);
(12) a charter school established under IC 20-5.5 (before its repeal) or IC 20-24;
(13) a volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2); or
(14) a development authority (as defined in IC 36-7.6-1-8).