§ 21-2-702 - Definitions.
               	 		
21-2-702.    Definitions.
    As used in this subchapter:
      (1)  "Audit" or "audit report" means an audit or other statutorily allowed financial examination of the books and records;
      (2)  "Commissioner" means the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Arkansas;
      (3)  "County" means the county or counties of the State of Arkansas;
      (4)  "County  public official" or "county public employee" means any elected officer  of the counties and the employees or deputies of any elected officer,  members of the quorum court, and the members of the various county  boards and commissions, excluding officials and employees of county  hospitals, county nursing homes, and conservation and improvement  districts;
      (5)  "Money" means  currency, coins, and bank notes in current use and having a face value  and travelers' checks, register checks, and money orders held for sale  to the general public;
      (6)  "Municipal" or "municipality" means the municipalities of the State of Arkansas;
      (7)  "Municipal  public official" or "municipal public employee" means any elected  officer of the municipalities and the employees or deputies of any  elected officer, specifically including salaried municipal employees of  municipally owned utilities, members of the city council, including the  mayor, and the members of the various municipal boards and commissions,  but excluding officials and employees of municipal hospitals, nursing  homes, and improvement districts;
      (8)  "Participating governmental entity" means those organizations defined in subdivisions (3), (6), (10), and (13) of this section;
      (9)  "Property  other than money and securities" means any tangible property, other  than money and securities, that has intrinsic value;
      (10)  "School district" means the school districts of the State of Arkansas;
      (11)  "School  district public official" or "school district public employee" means  all school district salaried officials and salaried school district  employees, whether elected or appointed, and the members of local school  boards of directors;
      (12)  "Securities"  means negotiable and nonnegotiable instruments or contracts  representing either money or other property and includes:
            (A)  Tokens,  tickets, and revenue and other stamps in current use whether  represented by actual stamps or unused value in a meter; and
            (B)  Evidences of debt, other than money, issued in connection with credit or charge cards;
      (13)  "State" means the State of Arkansas;
      (14)  "State  officers and employees" means all elected and appointed salaried  officials of the state and their salaried state employees, the salaried  officials and salaried employees of all state boards and commissions,  members of the General Assembly, and nonsalaried appointed members of  the various state boards and commissions; and
      (15)  "State  public official" or "state public employee" means any elected or  appointed salaried officer of the State of Arkansas and the salaried  governmental employees of that elected or appointed officer, members of  the General Assembly, and the nonsalaried members of the various state  boards and commissions.