As used in this chapter:
(1) "Political subdivision" means:
(a) a county;
(b) a municipality, as defined in Section 10-1-104;
(c) a special district;
(d) a special service district;
(e) an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;
(f) a community reinvestment agency;
(g) a local building authority; or
(h) a conservation district.
(2)
(a) "Public employee" means any individual employed by or volunteering for a state agency or a political subdivision who is not a public official.
(b) "Public employee" does not include an individual employed by or volunteering for a taxed interlocal entity.
(3)
(a) "Public official" means:
(i) an appointed official or an elected official as those terms are defined in Section 63A-17-502; or
(ii) an individual elected or appointed to a county office, municipal office, school board or school district office, special district office, or special service district office.
(b) "Public official" does not include an appointed or elected official of a taxed interlocal entity.
(4) "State agency" means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government.
(5) "Taxed interlocal entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-13-602.