2-8-301. Definitions. 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) "Privatize" means an agency contracting with the private sector to provide services normally conducted directly by the employees of the agency if the contract displaces five or more current state employees. For the purposes of this subsection, an employee is displaced if the privatization proposal will result in his layoff, demotion, or involuntary transfer to a new location requiring a change in residence of the employee.
     (4) "Program" means a legislatively or administratively created function, project, or duty of an agency.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 762, L. 1991.